A Data & Society affiliate, Ananya Raihan is a leading policy researcher in Bangladesh, and an Ashoka fellow. In a global research program run by the Oxford Internet Institute’s Fairwork Foundation, Ananya leads Fairwork Bangladesh in ranking the digital platforms engaging gig workers, with the goal of gathering evidence and influencing platforms to create better conditions for platform workers in Bangladesh. He has worked with the government of Bangladesh in various policy engagement roles, and as an e-governance advisor, helping to shape the Digital Bangladesh agenda. He is a member of a panel of economists designing Bangladesh’s Eighth Five-Year Plan.   

As an economist, Ananya led research at the Centre for Policy Dialogue, a leading think tank in Bangladesh. He also produced research papers for ADB, DAI, ILO, ICTSD, WTO-ITC, UNCTAD, IDRC, UNICEF, OXFAM, UNESCAP, UNESCO, and many other institutions at home and abroad. He previously served as a member of the global advisory body of the Institute of Development Studies at University of Sussex. Ananya holds a PhD in Economics from Institute of Cybernetics, National Academy of Science, Ukraine.