Jing-Rong Zeng

Jing-Rong Zeng is a postdoctoral fellow at the Paris School of Economics, where she works with Professor Oliver Vanden Eynde. She obtained her doctorate in Economics from Université Catholique de Louvain in August 2025. She is a development economist and political economist studying how economic policies and market forces shape conflict and political violence. Her research examines how trade and market access, international aid, and the organization of armed actors shape conflict dynamics.