Tara Bedi is an Assistant Professor in Development Practice in the Department of Geography at Trinity College Dublin. Prior to this she was a research fellow, a Marie Curie postdoctoral researcher (CAROLINE) and Irish Research Council PhD student in development economics at Trinity College Dublin. She also holds a master’s degree in Public Administration in International Development from the Harvard Kennedy School. She focuses on the evaluation of large-scale field projects on gender empowerment and poverty reduction. She is conducting research in Ethiopia, India, Malawi, Mauritania, Kenya and Ireland. Tara has worked in local and international NGOs on development, as well as international organisations and with refugee settlement in the US. She grew up in rural India around her parent’s work on rights and development.