Postgraduate research students

Kabir Rahul Vaidya

Email - k.vaidya.1@research.gla.ac.uk

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0009-0001-9792-3228

Research title: How Elite Capture leads to Structural Violence and its Economic Implications on Development and Inequality.

Research summary

I am an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of political economy, development, and inequality. My reasech examines the functioning of decentralized democratic institutions, with a particular focus on how democratic systems shape economic and social outcomes.

My primary theoretical framework draws on electoral competition model, I complement this theoretical framework with structural estimation.  

Research Interests :

  • Microeconomic Theory
  • Development Economics
  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Political Economy
  • Game Theory
  • Electoral Competition
  • Structural Violence

Grants

COSS (College of Social Science) PhD Scholarship - 2021-2026

Conferences

  • APR 2026 - Scottish Economic Soceity (SES) Annual Conference, University of Glasgow
  • MAY 2026 - 2nd South West Economics PhD Conference , University of Exeter.
  • JUN 2026 - Royal Economic Society (RES) Annual Conference, Newcastle Univeristy.
  • AUG 2026 - Econometric Society European Meeting (EEA-ESEM 2026), Dublin, Ireland  

Teaching

Academic Year 2022-2023

  • ECON 1012 - Introductory Mathematics for Economists (Fall Semester)
  • ECON 1013 - Introduction to Statistics for Economists (Winter Semester) 

Academic Year 2023-2024

  • ECON 1012 - Introductory Mathematics for Economists (Fall Semester)

 Academic Year 2024-2025

  • ECON 1012 - Introductory Mathematics for Economists (Fall Semester)
  • ECON 1001 - Economics 1A (Fall Semester)
  • ECON 1002 - Economics 1B (Winter Semester)
  • ECON 2002 - Economics 2B (Winter Semester)
  • ECON 4032 - Contemporary Issues in Inequality (winter Semester)

 Academic Year 2024-2025

  • ECON 1001 - Economics 1A (Fall Semester)
  • ECON 1002 - Economics 1B (Winter Semester)
  • ECON 2002 - Economics 2B (Winter Semester)
  • ECON 4032 - Contemporary Issues in Inequality (winter Semester)