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Development Economics & Technology Governance Consultant | Policy Research, Econometrics & Data Analysis

Profile Summary

I am an interdisciplinary researcher and policy analyst working at the intersection of development economics, technology governance, and data-driven public policy analysis. I support research teams, NGOs, policy organizations, and academic groups in producing rigorous analytical research, policy reports, and evidence-based insights for complex economic, technological, and institutional challenges. My work combines economics, data science, and governance analysis, enabling research that bridges quantitative modeling with policy-relevant interpretation. I have published peer-reviewed research in journals including Ecological Economics, IEEE Access, Scientific Reports, and Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy. My research has developed analytical frameworks addressing topics such as technology–resilience trade-offs, algorithmic accountability, sustainability governance, and data infrastructures for policy systems. Alongside academic research, I regularly publish policy analysis and op-eds in major newspapers, including The Daily Star, Dhaka Tribune, Business Standard, Prothom Alo, and Samakal, translating complex research and economic evidence into practical insights for policymakers and development organizations. Technically, I work with Python, Stata, econometric modeling, machine learning, and quantitative data analysis. I also develop data visualizations, dashboards, and analytical reports using Power BI and modern data-visualization frameworks, enabling complex datasets to be communicated clearly through charts, dashboards, and publication-quality figures. On Kolabtree, I support clients with: • Academic literature reviews and systematic reviews • Policy analysis and policy briefs • Development economics and governance research • Econometric modeling and statistical analysis • Data analysis using Python and Stata • Data visualization and analytical dashboards • Research reports for NGOs, think tanks, and international development organizations My goal is to help research teams and organizations transform complex questions into rigorous, well-structured, and actionable research outputs. I am particularly interested in projects related to: • Development policy and economic governance • Environmental sustainability and climate policy • Public-sector data systems and digital governance • AI governance and technology regulation • NGO and development-sector research

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Artificial Intelligence
• ★ Development Economics
• ★ Econometrics
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Political Science
• ☆ Economic Policy
• ☆ Public Finance
• ☆ Democracy
• ☆ Python
• ☆ Sustainable Development
• ☆ Political Economy
• ☆ Environmental Economics
• ☆ Technology Law

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Business & Legal Writing, Newswriting, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Digital Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Regulatory Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Image Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Text Mining & Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Data Science Intern

SAJIDA Foundation

April 2026 - September 2026

Expert Contributor

UK Government Metascience Unit

January 2026 - January 2026

lecturer

Royal University of Dhaka

January 2021 - April 2024

Software Engineer (Data Science & Data Analysis)

Neurosoft Technologies

February 2017 - December 2020

Education

MSc in Computing Science (School of Computing Science)

University of Glasgow

- Present

MS Economics

North South University

January 2026 - Present

Certifications

• Introduction to Generative AI

  Google Cloud

  January 2026 - Present

• Statistical Data Analysis with STATA

  Datascape

  January 2026 - Present

• Data science Foundations

  Great Learning Academy

  January 2026 - Present

• Introduction to Data Science

  Great Learning Academy

  January 2026 - Present

• Understanding Geopolitics

  Alison

  January 2026 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Shaikh Afnan Birahim (2026). The Afnan Equilibrium: A Coupled Welfare Model for Balancing Technology, Resilience, and Externalities . Ecological Economics.

Shaikh Afnan Birahim, Abdullah Siddique Mohammad Sayeed, Md Shafiq Ullah, Yamina Islam, Avijit Paul, Mohammad Asif Hasan, Mominul Ahsan, Marcin Kowalski (2026). Explainable and secure federated learning for privacy-enhancing skin cancer classification using a lightweight multi-scale CNN . Scientific Reports.

Shaikh Afnan Birahim, Meftahul Jannat, Mohammad Asif Hasan, Tonmoy Roy, Lubna Sultana, Hasan Sarker, Samia Fairuz, Hanaa A. Abdallah (2025). Lung Segmentation with Lightweight Convolutional Attention Residual U-Net . Diagnostics.

(2025). Lung Segmentation with Lightweight Convolutional Attention Residual U-Net . DIAGNOSTICS.

(2025). Contesting the algorithm: advancing a right to challenge AI decisions under the GDPR for algorithmic fairness . TRANSFORMING GOVERNMENT- PEOPLE PROCESS AND POLICY.

(2025). Intrusion Detection for Wireless Sensor Network Using Particle Swarm Optimization Based Explainable Ensemble Machine Learning Approach . IEEE ACCESS.

(2025). Zero-shot segmentation meets EfficientNetB7-MHA: an explainable deep learning framework for real-time plant disease detection . ENGINEERING RESEARCH EXPRESS.