Associate Professor Dipa Sarkar

  • Associate Professor Dipa Sarkar

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Co-Leader Business, Engineering & Social Systems Theme; Associate Professor School of Economics and Finance

Doctor of Philosophy (Southern Methodist University)

My research focuses on understanding the impact of social programs and policies through rigorous causal analysis and experimental methods. I have conducted large field studies in Australia and India, collaborated with industry partners, and published in leading journals such as Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Health Economics, Labour Economics, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Economic Psychology, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. My research involves inter-disciplinary collaborations, with projects funded by The International Growth Centre at LSE, he Victorian Department of Education, and iMOVE Australia Cooperative Research Centre.

I am a Co-editor for Economic Analysis and Policy, which is a Scimago Q1 journal. I am a regular commentator on media and have made appearances in Australian national news and radio. Before academia, I served as Economic Consultant at Colemont Insurance Brokerage, Inc. and Organ Transport Systems, Inc. in Dallas.

Research focus: Development Economics, Behavioural Economics (focus on education and health)

Awards

  • 2019: Best Research Paper Award, Australian Health Economics Society
  • 2016: 1 of 10 young Australian scientists selected for the Frontiers of Science Symposium, US and Australian Academy of Science and Kavli Foundation.
  • 2014: Vice Chancellor’s Performance Award for Excellence in Research, Queensland University of Technology.
  • 2007: Dean’s Outstanding Graduate Dissertation Fellowship, Southern Methodist University.
  • 2006: Southern Economic Association Graduate Student Award.

Additional information

Awards

Type
Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
Reference year
2025
Details
Co-editor, Economic Analysis and Policy - Scimago Q1 journal with 7.9 Impact factor (Elsevier), I was selected through a competitive process to join 4 other co-editors. We work with 45 associate editors and received 3000 submissions in 2024 with 85% rejection rate.
Type
Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
Reference year
2025
Details
Chair, Inaugural Conference of the Australasian Development Economics Association, eminent plenary speakers Professor Paul Glewwe (U Minnesota), Professor Jonathan Morduch (NYU), and Prof Adeline Delavande (UTS).
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2024
Details
Nominated for the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence and the David Gardiner Teacher of the Year Award, 2024.
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2019
Details
Best Research Paper Prize. AHES is the leading Australian research body engaged in promoting the study, practice and development of the field of health economics in Australia, and the role of health economics analysis in informing policy and health practice in Australia and internationally. Every two years, AHES awards a prize to promote excellence in research by Australasian health economists. The award was selected out of 30 articles scored by 3 experts of which the top 5 were judged by 2 internationally esteemed scholars - Prof Tom Buchmueller (Chair of Business Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business) and Prof Jody Sindelar (Professor of Public Health and Economics at the Yale School of Public Health, and Founder of American Society of Health Economists).
Type
Assessor, Examiner or Supervisor Role
Reference year
2023
Details
PhD Thesis Examiner for Monash University, University of Sydney, RMIT, University of Western Australia
Type
Fellowships
Reference year
2020
Details
The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is a leading global research and policy network on labor, demographics and human resources. Based on merit, active collaboration and quality contributions, the Executive Board of GLO appoints GLO Fellows from the group of GLO Affiliates.
Type
Fellowships
Reference year
2017
Details
The Australia India Institute is the premier Australian centre dedicated to the study of India and its bilateral relationship. The Institute produces quality, high impact research on contemporary India specialising in the areas of equity, education, health, infrastructure, and governance. The Institute builds Australia's capacity for India-related research that addresses key social, political and environmental challenges. wields significant influence in reshaping and developing relations, perceptions and scholarship opportunities between the two democracies of India and Australia. The Institute has developed a strong reputation in foreign policy, research, education and the arts. Its publications, international conferences, public seminar series, events and programs, are changing Indian perceptions of Australia and have created opportunities for partnerships across key areas of the relationship. The Institute plays a crucial role in activating bilateral relationships between governmen
Type
Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year
2014
Details
Vice Chancellor's Performance Award for Excellence in Research

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