Saurabh Singhal is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics at Lancaster University, and a research affiliate at the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) and the Institute for Labour Economics (IZA). His research interests include the political economy of development, health and education in developing countries, and experimental economics. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Southern California, and has previously worked at UNU-WIDER and at the University of Delhi.