Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur is an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Mauritius.   She is currently the Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, which consists of 5 departments, namely Economics and Statistics, Social Studies, History and Political Science, English Studies and French Studies.  She is also an Extraordinary Associate Professor at North West University.  Her research areas focus on international and development economics.  She works on social protection, social policies, labour market, trade, climate change, gender and poverty.   She has published extensively in high-impact factor journals.  She is currently heading the Pole of Applied Socio-Economic Research and Analysis and is also the co-chair of the WTO Chairs Programme at the University of Mauritius.  She has been involved in various research and consultancy projects internationally and locally with Ministries, NGOs and private institutions.