Sanjana Rajasekar is a junior researcher at the One Health and Urban Transformation Research Consortium at ZEF. Her research examines how social capital and local institutions shape last-mile access to social protection, food security, and health outcomes, with a focus on women in urban agricultural communities in India. Prior to ZEF, she worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Göttingen, where she obtained a Master’s degree in Development Economics. She has collaborated with academic and government partners in India and elsewhere on large-scale surveys, translating research into actionable insights for policy and program design. Her work combines quantitative and qualitative methods with stakeholder engagement and policy analysis. She is a founding member of the Decolonizing Knowledge group and an active member of the ZEF Gender Group.