Researcher with a background in sociology and anthropology, interested in migration, modern slavery, music and Africa

Claudia N. Avellaneda is an Associate Professor in the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. She specializes in governance and public management in developing countries, with an emphasis on local and subnational governments in Latin America. Specifically, she investigates the drivers of municipal and provincial performance by focusing on the role of mayors' and governors’ education, experience, networking, and political support on social service delivery, public finances, tax collection, and decision-making.

I am an economist with interests in economics of armed conflict and security studies, economic policy and foreign aid. I completed my Ph.D. in Economics at Royal Holloway, University of London, and currently I am employed as an Associate Professor of Economics at Coventry University. I am also an Associate Member of the Research Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity at Coventry. My research often incorporates elements of economics and political science, for example, I studied the sensitivity of public opinion to war-related costs and terrorism. My recent projects also analyse the impact of terrorism and conflict on foreign aid allocation, targeting of civilians in war, economic sanctions, social trust in urban studies.

I have more than 14 years of teaching experience both at undergraduate and postgraduate (MBA/MPA) levels at different universities in the United Kingdom, Australia and Bangladesh. I have completed Ph.D. in Accounting and Corporate Governance from Macquarie University, Australia and previously I have completed Master of Philosophy (M.Phil), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the University of Chittagong; Bangladesh. I have got excellent teaching satisfaction rating by the students in Australia and Bangladesh. I have a keen interest in research, publications, and presentations as well. I have 17 papers published and four papers under the publication process in International and professional journals. I have presented seven papers at different international conferences in Australia, Scotland, Malaysia, Thailand, and Fiji. I have supervised 7 Master Dissertations. I am highly interested in teaching at Bachelor and Master levels and supervising at the same. I was one of the initiators of introducing Accounting as a major discipline at IIUC, where I played the leading role. I was responsible for curriculum designing, teacher selection, counseling to both teachers and students. I played a pioneering role in creating a research environment among the students and also a source of research motivation among colleagues. I work as the Convener of the Organizing Committee for Organizing Accounting Software Training, Pathways to Professional Accountants, Study tours, Industrial tours for the students. I also served as the President of Business Club, Department of Business Administration, International Islamic University Chittagong. The main purpose of the Club is to develop the extra-curricula qualities among the students. I am highly interested in serving at a University having excellent research and teaching environment which will help me in designing and developing my Career.