In her 2018 Harvard University Press book, Sriya uses economic methods to study religion. Religion is not a popular target for economic analysis. Yet she argues that the tools of economics can offer deep insights into how religious groups compete, deliver social services, and reach out to potential converts—how, in daily life, religions nurture and deploy market power. She is studying this in India, one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world.

Read the full details of her Faculty Research Seminar talk on the Women in Economics pages