Elza Samantha Elmira is a PhD candidate from the Center for Development (ZEF), Universität Bonn, under the Bonn International Graduate School of Development Research program. Her research examines the impact of macroeconomic crises, marriage customs, and digital food environments on the nutrition transition in developing countries. Her research interests are development economics, health economics, food systems, and the nutrition transition. She holds a Master's degree in Public Health from the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Medicine from Mulawarman University in Indonesia. She has over six years of work experience in evidence-based policy research within think tank organizations across Southeast Asia, including The SMERU Research Institute, FHI 360, Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit, and J-PAL SEA.