Saad Gulzar

Saad Gulzar is an Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, and received his PhD in Political Science from New York University. He studied the political economy of development and governance in South Asia, using field experiments and data from large government programs. His research interests lie in political economy, comparative politics, development, and environment, with a regional focus on South Asia including Pakistan, India, and Nepal.

He has a BSc in Economics from Lahore University of Management Sciences and completed his graduate studies in public policy at Columbia University and the National University of Singapore. Before starting graduate school, he was a Pakistan economist at the International Growth Center, and a student fellow at the Association for Analytical Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies, as well as a graduate fellow at the Center for Economic Research in Pakistan.