Faisal Bari

Dr Faisal Bari is an economist with over twenty-five years of research and teaching experience in the areas of economics of education, philosophy of education, social protection, industrial organization, microeconomics, game theory, and economic development. He is an associate professor of economics and education (joint appointment) at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan.

He served as the Dean of the School of Education at LUMS from 2020 to 2023. Currently, he is the CEO and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS) since January 2024. Prior to this, he held the position of CEO at IDEAS from 2015 to 2020, was the Executive Director of the Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre from 2004 to 2006, and served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Yale University, New Haven, from 2000 to 2001.

A Rhodes Scholar (Pakistan-1988), Dr. Bari has a BA (Honours) from Oxford and a doctorate from McGill University. His research has been published in numerous journals and books. He is a regular columnist for the daily Dawn, Pakistan. He is the author of the book ’Educational Conundrums of Pakistan’ (Aks Publications, 2024).