Dr Vipra Jain is Assistant Professor in Economics at University of Southampton Delhi. She completed her PhD in Economics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. Her research interests lie in behavioural and experimental economics.
Dr Vipra Jain has been Assistant Professor in Economics at University of Southampton Delhi since January 2026.
She completed her PhD in Economics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. Dr Jain holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Hansraj College, University of Delhi.
Prior to joining University of Southampton Delhi, Dr Jain served as an Assistant Professor at Indraprastha University, New Delhi. She brings valuable industry experience, having worked with McKinsey & Company and American Express before transitioning to academia
Her research interests lie in behavioural and experimental economics. Her work combines applied empirical methods with real-world contexts such as sports and decision-making.
She has published in peer-reviewed outlets and has presented her research at prestigious conferences, including the Public Economic Theory (PET) Conference, the Australia and New Zealand Workshop on Experimental Economics (ANZWEE), the Society for the Advancement of Behavioural Economics (SABE), and the Scottish Economic Society (SES).
She is an active member of the Economic Science Association (ESA), the Royal Economic Society (RES), and the Scottish Economic Society (SES).
