Aditya Sarkar

Independent Researcher and Visiting Fellow, World Peace Foundation

Aditya Sarkar is an independent researcher, and a visiting fellow at the World Peace Foundation, at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. His research focuses on the political economy of transactional political systems, labour, and migration/displacement. He has advised the Government of Sudan on developing a National Employment Policy, and has advised the Federal Government of Somalia, as well as the Job Creation Commission in Ethiopia on similar issues. He has also consulted with the World Bank, the International Labour Organization, and the Open Society Foundations, and is qualified as a lawyer in India and in England and Wales. He previously worked with Linklaters LLP (a global law firm) in London as well as the Ministry of Commerce in India. He holds a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and is a graduate of the National Law School of India University in Bangalore, India.