Name

Subhransu Pattnaik

Current Position

Doctoral Researcher, University of Göttingen, RTG 2654 Sustainable Food Systems, Subproject A2 How sustainable are sustainability standards? (Prof. Wollni)

Research Interests

• Food security
• Agricultural and Environmental and Resource Economics
• Gender in Agriculture
• Technology adoption
• Impact evaluation
• Development Economics

Education

• 09/2024-Present Ph.D. in Sustainable Food Systems, University of Göttingen, Germany
• 09/2017-09/2018 Master of Science in Development Finance, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
• 07/2014-07/2016 Master of Commerce in Business Finance, Pondicherry University, India
• 06/2010-05/2013 Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting, Ravenshaw University, India

Professional Experience

• 2020 – 2024 Senior Research Analyst, International Food Policy Research Institute
• 2019 - 2020 Associate Consultant, Thinkthrough Consulting
• 2018 - 2019 Research Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Utkal University
• May-July 2017 Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
• 2016-2017 Research Assistant, Center for Development and World Solidarity, Odisha

Publications

• Kramer, Berber; Pattnaik, Subhransu; and Ward, Patrick S. (2021). Gender, demand for agricultural credit and digital technology: Survey evidence from Odisha. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2093. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134958
• Adhikari, Roshan; Kramer, Berber; Ward, Patrick S.; Foster, Timothy; Sharma, Varun; Gaur, Pushkar; and Pattnaik, Subhransu. 2023. A gender-responsive approach to designing agricultural risk management bundles. IFPRI Project Note May (2023). Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136692
• Kramer, B., Ward, P.S. and Pattnaik, S. (2021) ‘Lending her name, but not having a say? Gender norms and credit for agriculture in Odisha’, https://medium.com/center-for-effective-global-action/lending-her-name-but-not-having-a-say-gender-norms-and-credit-for-agriculture-in-odisha-77034ad5b6d5
• Kramer, Berber; Pattnaik, Subhransu; Ward, Patrick S.; and Xu Yingchen (2023) “Impacts of a digital credit-insurance bundle for landless farmers: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial in Odisha, India”.

Conferences

• 2023: Gender Science Exchange at Nairobi organized by CGIAR Gender platform.
• 2022: Asia Evaluation Week organized by Asian Development Bank; Gender Science Exchange at Nairobi organized by CGIAR Gender platform.
• 2021: 3ie’s Agricultural Insurance Evidence Program -Midterm Learning Workshop, IPA researchers Gathering.
• 2020: Big Data in Agriculture convention organized by IFPRI.

Languages

• English
• Hindi
• Odia