Welcome! I am an Associate Professor I Professor of Business and Society at the Asia School of Business, an MIT-Sloan international collaboration with the Central Bank of Malaysia, where I also serve as Associate Dean (Student Journey) and faculty lead of the Center of Technology, Strategy, and Sustainability (CTSS). I hold a Ph.D. degree in Political Science from MIT and my research interests are on energy transition challenges, institutions, economic development, and accountability.

My research has taken me to many places: copper mines in Antofagasta (Chile), old oil fields in Baku (Azerbaijan), shipyards in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), the twin towers of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), factories in Vietnam and Indonesia, Mexico’s presidential palace, to name a few. My work draws from extensive fieldwork, combining ideas from the fields of political science, energy studies, and economics, with rigorous data collection and analysis. At MIT, I have been a fellow of the MIT Energy Initiative and have had research appointments with the MIT Industrial Performance Center, MIT-Sloan and I am also an invited researcher to J-Pal. I teach courses on International Business, Sustainability, Energy Markets and I am deeply involved in advising MBA students doing Action Learning / Experiential learning projects throughout Southeast Asia and beyond. 

Outside of academia, I have worked as a business reporter in Brazil with experience in newspaper, TV and radio; interned at the BBC World Service in London; and contributed for more than a decade to a radio program about books and ideas in Brazil. I have also worked as a consultant for energy and environmental projects in Brazil, Mexico, and Malaysia. In this page you will see my research papers, teaching information and CV.

Read more about my research and teaching work here on Why businesspeople need to think about politics.