Aradhya Sood

Professor Sood received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota. Her research interests include urban and real estate economics, industrial organization and applied microeconomics. Her research includes studying historic factors and current policies associated with land and residential zoning and their effects on spatial distribution of economic and residential activities in the context of cities and regions in U.S. and India. In particular, her research has focused on studying the detrimental effects of land friction on the growth of Indian manufacturing firms, understanding the long-term consequences of racial historical housing practices on internal socio-economic geography of cities in the U.S., and the role of local politics and zoning on building of multi-unit housing

Education

• UCL (2012 — 2012)
• High School Diploma UWC Mahindra College (2008 — 2010)
• ICSE (10th) Loreto Convent School, Shimla (1996 — 2008)

Companies

• Assistant Professor University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management (2021)
• Assistant Professor University of Toronto Scarborough (2021)
• Postdoctoral Scholar Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (2020 — 2021)
• Research Assistant University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management (2017 — 2019)
• Large Lecture Instructor, Course Instructor, Writing Assistant, and Head Teaching Assistant University of Minnesota (2015 — 2018)
• Research Analyst Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (2016 — 2017)
• Research Assistant Colorado College (2012 — 2013)