Shaonlee is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Imago, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool. Her research brings together spatial data analysis and questions about how environments and institutions shape social and economic outcomes. At Imago, she works with satellite-derived environmental data to understand how satellite data can be leveraged to support social sciences and policy research across the UK. She is particularly excited about translating these methods and data infrastructure for cities and regions in the Global South, where satellite data can help address questions about equity and development in the face of data gaps.

Shaonlee recently completed her PhD at the LSE's Department of Geography and Environment, where she was part of the Economic Geography Cluster. Her thesis examined how institutional arrangements—from colonial opium trade networks to contemporary mortgage markets—shape persistent patterns of spatial inequality and urban development in India.

Previously, she worked at the Centre for Social and Economic Policy (formerly Brookings Institution India Center), New Delhi, where she specialised in housing and property rights. She holds a master’s degree from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (2017–2019), where she studied Urban Policy and Governance, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Delhi.

She loves exploring cities, cool maps, and petting cats.