Gopal Trital is a Ph.D. student in the Technology Applications and Implications stream at the RAND School of Public Policy and an assistant policy researcher at RAND. He has a joint M.A. in international development, development economics, and global development policy from Palacky University (Czech Republic), University of Clermont Auvergne (France) and University of Pavia (Italy) and a B.A. in development studies from Kathmandu University.
Prior to joining RAND, he was a research scholar at the University of Pavia, where he conducted quantitative research and published articles on household food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan African countries. He also taught graduate-level courses on causal inference methods and data cleaning and management in STATA.
His research interests are in the areas of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies, and their possibilities and consequences for addressing policy problems in contemporary and near-future economies.
M.A. in international development, Palacky University, Czech Republic; M.A. in development economics, University of Clermont Auvergne, France; M.A. in global development policy, University of Pavia, Italy; B.A. in development studies, National College, Kathmandu University, Nepal
English; Nepali; Hindi
