Saloni Gupta

Welcome to my webpage. I am a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Stanford King Center on Global Development  for the academic year 2024–25. In 2025, I will join the Department of Education, Brown University. as an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Education.

My research lies at the intersection of education, innovation, and economic development. I study how education systems can cultivate higher-order skills—particularly innovation, STEM thinking, and adaptive problem-solving—and how these capabilities shape economic opportunity. I also investigate how new technologies, teaching models, and institutional designs diffuse through public education systems, and how promising innovations scale.

I am also a visiting researcher at Aalto University and a research collaborator with the Development Innovation Lab at the University of Chicago.

I completed my Ph.D. in Economics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, in 2024, and was a 2023 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellow

I have completed my Ph.D. in Economics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, in 2024 and have been an NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellow 2023. 

Find my latest CV here. You can email me at salonig-at-stanford-dot-edu

Primary Fields: Economics and Education, Labor Economics

Secondary Fields: Economics of Innovation