Professor Geeta Kingdon is Chair of Education and International Development at the Institute of Education, University College London. Prior to this, she worked at the Department of Economics, University of Oxford for ten years. She has a BSc Hons. in Economics from the London School of Economics, and MSc and DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford. Her research on Economics of Education is based mostly on statistical analysis of education datasets in developing countries. Based on this research, she advises governments and donor agencies on education policy.