Associate Professor Ankita Mishra
Details
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College: Economics Finance & Marketing
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Department: Economics Finance & Marketing
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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ankita.mishra@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0002-4121-8749
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Collaborative projects
- Membership of an advisory committee
About
Ankita Mishra is an Associate Professor at RMIT University’s School of Economics, Finance, and Marketing (EFM). Previously, she was an Assistant Lecturer at Monash University and a Research Associate at Morgan Stanley Advantage Services Ltd., India.
Her research interests lie in Applied Development Economics and Applied Macroeconomics. Ankita’s research is interdisciplinary, solution-focused, and closely aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being), SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities). She has published extensively in internationally recognized peer-reviewed journals, supervised numerous PhD students, and secured external research funding.
Ankita has significant teaching experience, both as an instructor and in academic governance. She has designed, taught, and managed a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Additionally, she has served as the Program Manager for Economics at the School of EFM at RMIT, where she oversaw a team of economics course coordinators.
Research fields
- 4404 Development studies
- 4403 Demography
- 3801 Applied economics
UN sustainable development goals
- 5 Gender Equality
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
- 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
Academic positions
- Associate Professor
- RMIT University
- School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2024 – Present
- Senior Lecturer
- RMIT University
- Schoolof Economics, Finance and Marketing
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2019 – 31 Dec 2023
- Lecturer
- RMIT University
- School of Economics, Finance and Marketing
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Feb 2012 – 31 Dec 2018
- Casual Academic
- Monash University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2 Mar 2009 – 31 Dec 2010
- Research Associate
- Morgan Stanley Advantage Services
- Mumbai, India
- 2 Oct 2006 – 31 Jan 2009
- PhD Scholar
- Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
- Mumbai, India
- 1 Jul 2002 – 29 Sep 2006
Supervisor projects
- Unravelling the Trichotomy of Financial Inclusion in Pakistan: Traditional, Digital, and CBDC Perspective
- 26 Jul 2022
- Examining the Relationship Between Migration and Wages in Australia
- 11 Dec 2021
- Beyond GDP: The Traditional Economy of Fiji Measurement, Definition and Analysis
- 1 Jan 2021
- Essays on Child Health in Ghana
- 28 Jul 2020
- Gender Preference at Birth (GPB): A New Measure for Son Preference and its Implications for Outcomes in Fertility and Poverty in Pakistan
- 27 Jun 2017
Teaching interests
· Undergraduate- Foundation Courses- Business Decision Making (BUSM 2567 -RMIT)
· Undergraduate- First Year Courses- Macroeconomics 1 (ECON1010, ECON1016- RMIT), Prices and Markets (ECON1020, ECON1025- RMIT), Introductory Macroeconomics (ECW1102 - Monash)
· Undergraduate- Second Year Courses- Economics and Quantitative Analysis (ECON1607, ECON1610), Macroeconomic Policy (ECW2730)
· Postgraduate- Second Year course- Applied Macroeconomics (ECON1236- Monash)
· PhD Coursework- Topics in International Economics and Finance (IGIDR)
Research interests
Ankita is an applied researcher with a focus on empirical issues in Development Economics, Gender Economics, Population Economics, Demography, and policy-oriented Macroeconomics.
