Mukesh Eswaran

Mukesh Eswaran is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at The University of British Columbia. His research focuses on the application of economic theory to understand economic phenomena, with primary interests in economic development and the economics of gender. Other areas of interest include evolutionary economics and, more recently, the economics of religion. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Economics Association, an Associate of Theoretical Research in Economic Development (ThReD), and a Senior Fellow of the Bureau of Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD).