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Anand Murugesan is an economist at the Department of Public Policy, CEU. He combines insights from economics and related disciplines with causal inference methods, using experimental and observational data to study behavior and social issues. His recent research includes examining the impact of conflicts on India's economy, the long shadow of the Habsburg imperial history on contemporary behaviors, and how beliefs and norms affect participation and democratic behavior. Before CEU, Anand worked at the University of California, Merced. At CEU, besides economics for policy, Anand teaches electives on development themes and causal inference methods. He co-authored the book Demystifying Causal Inference with Vikram Dayal.
Anand is a Senior Researcher (part-time) at the University of Vienna, where he works with Jean-Robert Tyran on the Horizon Europe-funded research project "Emotional Politics of Democracies." He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Vienna, and an affiliate at the Democracy Institute, Budapest.
