Anubha Agarwal vividly remembers when her high school teacher explained how economics is a social science. Knowing the field is quantitative and measures the causes and effects of human actions, and their social implications through economic activities, excited Anubha.

“I developed a very keen interest in economics from my first class. I’ve never looked back. I knew very early on that I wanted to specialize in economics,” she said.

Anubha completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics in India and plucked up the courage to move halfway across the world to start her PhD at the University of Toronto in 2019. [Read more…]