Some of the questions Ann-Sofie Isaksson tries to answer with her research:
- To what extent does foreign aid help developing countries reach the SDG targets and how can it be made more efficient in this respect?
- What are the local political economy effects of Chinese development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- What interventions can help change persistent gender norms harmful to women’s health and welfare in developing countries?
Ann-Sofie Isaksson is currently involved in two major research projects. The first evaluates aid effectiveness in a disaggregated manner, in order to meet the increasing demand for evaluating target specific aid impacts brought by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The second project focuses on women’s health and welfare in developing countries. It investigates the persistence – over time and across generations – of a number of outcomes important for women’s health and welfare (e.g. early marriage, high fertility and intimate partner violence), and evaluates the effectiveness of different interventions for changing the relevant norms and behaviors.
Ann-Sofie is primarily based in Gothenburg.