Arboreal Archives
A 120 year old Oak tree deliberates on questions about solidarity, activism and how to build movements as it witnesses an ongoing one-month protest camp at Oranienplatz in Berlin.
I’m Dr. Pooja Balasubramanian, an independent consultant and researcher with 12+ years of experience translating rigorous evidence into policy guidance on the care economy, gender-responsive public policy, and social protection, with growing expertise in development and sustainable finance.
I work across:
- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis for evidence-based policymaking
- Quantitative and distributional analysis
- Global value chain analysis
- Governance and institutional design for gender-sensitive public policy
My work has informed policy and research for UN agencies (UNDP, the Oslo Governance Centre, UNU-WIDER), bilateral development agencies (BMZ), and research institutions (the Center for Global Development, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability), with findings published in journals including World Development and Economic & Political Weekly.
I’m currently expanding into monitoring & evaluation and geospatial data visualisation to support policy diagnostics — happy to discuss project fit.
Available for home-based consultancies. Do get in touch with your terms of reference to discuss fit.
pooja@poojabalasubramanian.com
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