Siwan Anderson

Siwan Anderson
Born
Kristin Siwan Anderson
NationalityCanadian
Education
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
OccupationProfessor
Known for
  • development economics
  • gender economics
Awards
  • UBC Killam Research Prize
  • John Rae Prize
WebsiteAnderson's Homepage

Siwan Anderson is a Canadian economist and professor at the Vancouver School of Economics (VSE) at the University of British Columbia (UBC).[1] Her area of focus is on development economics with a micro-level approach focusing on institutions in developing countries, and also gender economics focusing on the role of women in the economy.[2] Siwan Anderson is also an Associate of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), an Associate of the Theoretical Research in Development Economics (ThReD), a Fellow of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), and a Faculty Associate of the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA).[3][4] Siwan Anderson is the first woman to receive the John Rae Prize from the Canadian Economics Association.[5]

  1. ^ "Siwan Anderson | Vancouver School of Economics". economics.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  2. ^ "Bio". CIFAR. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  3. ^ India, Ideas For. "Siwan,Anderson". www.ideasforindia.in. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  4. ^ Anderson, Siwan. "Siwan Anderson". VoxEU.org. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  5. ^ "UBC economist Siwan Anderson makes history as John Rae Prize recipient". economics.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2019-04-02.