Teaching
Courses
Undergraduate
- Development Economics (2021, 2023, 2024, 2025)
- Econometrics (2021)
Doctoral
- Development Economics, joint (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)
- The Frontiers of the Economics of Artificial Intelligence, joint (2025)
- Development Economics (2021)
- Research Design for a Social Science Thesis (2022)
Master of Public Administration (ISSCAD)
- Statistics for Social Science Research (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
- Development Theory and Policy (2022)
Teaching Awards
- Peking University Award for Excellence in Teaching and Student Development
- Third Prize, Peking University Young Faculty Teaching Skills Competition
Doctoral Advising
- Martin Mubanga Bwalya (Zambia, in progress) — Bridging Gaps in Rural Maternal Care: Midwife Availability, Attrition, and Maternity Service Delivery in Zambia’s Northern Province.
- Gabriel Isaac Kibombwe (Zambia, in progress) — Policy Pathways for Sustaining Zambia’s HIV Response Amid Declining PEPFAR Support. ISSCAD Doctoral Competitive Research Grant, 2025.
- Bure Cain (Zimbabwe, in progress) — Economic Security, Cash Management, and Financial Inclusion in the Informal Sector of Harare. ISSCAD Doctoral Competitive Research Grant, 2024.
- Xuanxuan Ma (China, in progress, co-supervisor, School of Public Health) — A Randomized Controlled Trial of Developmental Interventions for Clinical Medical Students in China.
- Assefa Zelalem Lijalem (Ethiopia, Ph.D. 2025) — The Impact of the Productive Safety Net Program on Household Food Security and Asset Accumulation in the Southern Region of Ethiopia. Shortlisted for Peking University Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, 2025; Baoping Africa Research Outstanding Thesis Award, 2025.
- Khin Mar Aye (Myanmar, Ph.D. 2025) — Determinants of Public–Private Partnership Transport Infrastructure Delivery in Myanmar.
- Fatou Jobe (Gambia, Ph.D. 2024) — Food Insecurity and Coping Mechanisms in Urban Unplanned Settlements: Ebo Town and Bakoteh Dumpsite, Gambia.
MPA Advising
My MPA advisees at ISSCAD include Joni Effeh Kwakye (Ghana) and Warie Grace Maninare (Papua New Guinea), both in progress; and Bahta Ashenafi Menasbo (Ethiopia, 2025), David Jonathan Williams (Sierra Leone, 2025), Stevius Charles Mfuko (Tanzania, 2024), and Tuna Kaleinasho Pauline Coetzee (Namibia, 2022).