Shahroo Malik is a Fulbright scholar and a PhD Economics candidate at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. She has previously served as a Research Associate at Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI). She’s also a GDI Development Leadership Scholar and holds degrees in MSc International Development from University of Manchester, UK (2016) and BS (Hons) Economics from NUST, Islamabad (2014). Her research interests include international trade, climate change and South Asia’s economic and development issues.