Dr Kambaiz Rafi

Kambaiz Rafi is a postdoctoral fellow under the UKRI's Economic and Social Research Council, hosted at SOAS University of London. He finished his doctorate at UCL (University College London) in development policy, where he also worked as a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant.

His research is at the intersection of institutionalist political economy and economic sociology. His doctoral research studied private investments in manufacturing in a conflict-affected market economy, taking Kabul, Afghanistan during 2002-2018 as a case study. His doctoral thesis was published by Palgrave Macmillan entitled 'Patriarchal Hierarchy; Market Capitalism and Production in Afghanistan'. 

Kambaiz's independent work in English and Persian has been published in academic and online media. He has an MA in International Political Economy from King's College London, a BA majoring in Economics with minors in Political Science and Psychology from University of Pune, India, and a Diploma in National Security and International Relations from JRVGT Institute, Pune, India. He has worked as adviser to the Minister of Economy of Afghanistan on Sustainable Development Goals, has experience working at the United Nations headquarters on ECOSOC and Security Council issues and has think-tank experience in Washington, D.C.

Kambaiz practices fine arts and has been taught at the Arts Students League of New York, UCL Arts Society and most recently at the Universite Populaire Europeenne in Strasbourg, France.