Nava Ashraf is a Canadian economist and academic, currently serving as a Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) since 2016. At LSE, she is also the Research Director of The Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship and the Founding Director of the Altruistic Capital Lab. Her research interests span development economics, behavioral economics, and family economics.
Ashraf earned her B.A.