Pooja Jain is working on a three years’ research project on the new actors, dynamics and territorialities of development: “Understanding the Relations between Africa and Asia: Creating an Interdisciplinary Space of Research and Education” (CRAA-ETRE).

She did her PhD at Sciences Po Paris where she studied Partnerships for Development through a case study on India and Senegal. Her research interests include development practice and policy, public-private partnerships in development, international relations and South-South Cooperation.

She has written and published articles for the French Agency of Development, Afrique Contemporaine and Le Soleil, a Senegalese daily.