Prof Patricia Justino

Post:	Fellow (Institute of Development Studies)
Location:	IDS 160
Email:	A.P.V.Justino@sussex.ac.uk
Personal homepage:	patricia-justino

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JUSTINO, Patricia  MSc (Cantab) PhD (London)

Professor Patricia Justino is a development economist at the Institute of Development Studies specialising in applied microeconomics. Her current research work focuses on the impact of violence and conflict on household welfare and local institutional structures, the microfoundations of violent conflict and the implications of violence for economic development.

Other research interests include the measurement of multidimensional inequality and poverty and their effects on social development and economic growth, the measurement and modelling of poverty (static and dynamic), the role of social security and redistribution on economic growth and household welfare and the impact of economic shocks on household income mobility.

She has led several research projects funded by the British Academy, DFID, the European Commission, the ESRC, FAO, the Leverhulme Trust, UNDP, UNESCO, UN Women and the World Bank. She is the Director of MICROCON and co-founder and co-director of the Households in Conflict Network. Since June 2010, Patricia convenes the Conflict and Violence cluster at IDS.

Personal page: http://www.ids.ac.uk/person/patricia-justino