Ranjula Bali Swain is Research Director at Center for Sustainability Research, SIR, Stockholm School of Economics and a Professor of Economics at Södertörn University. Her research focuses on Economic Development, Sustainable Finance, Sustainable Development, Gender and Circular Economy. Bali Swain has received and led various research grants from Swedish Research Council (VR and Uforsk), Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (Formas), Swedish International Development Cooperation (Sida), Swedish Energy Agency etc. She is also affiliated to the Center for European Research in Microfinance (CERMi), at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management. Bali Swain has worked at the International Labour Organisation, Geneva; Uppsala University and has been Visiting Professor at University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, Tufts University, University of Pretoria, South Africa and UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, New York, USA etc.