Rinchan Ali Mirza is a Research Fellow at CERP. He is the Lecturer in Economics (Education and Scholarship) at the University of Kent. Previously, a post-doctoral researcher at the Center of Research in the Economics of Development (CRED) at the University of Namur. In his research, he uses applied econometric techniques to investigate the impact of historical institutions and events on long-run development in South Asia. His fields of interest include economic history of South Asia, development economics, applied econometrics, migration studies, health economics, political economy of religion, institutions and development. He holds a D Phil in Economic and Social History from the University of Oxford, an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford, and a BSc (Honours) in Mathematics and Management from King’s College London.