Anushka Bose

About Anushka Bose

I\'m a PhD candidate at American University studying the rise of golden visas and golden passports (residency- and citizenship-by-investment programs), and more broadly how states classify and value mobility across borders. I\'m looking to bring my skills into consulting, advisory, or strategy—where qualitative depth, quantitative rigor, and a human-centered understanding of global mobility can sharpen how organizations think and decide. My research develops along two tracks. The first examines citizenship-by-investment programs: how governments design, legitimate, and regulate the sale of passports, with a focus on the EU. The second examines high-skilled labor markets in the Gulf, where I study how passports shape compensation structures. Both tracks are unified by a concept I call passport capital, the measurable economic premium that nationality confers across markets and mobility regimes. Across both, this work also intersects with how similar classification logics are being embedded in data-driven and AI-assisted systems, particularly in global talent mobility governance. I\'ve recently presented this research at the Gulf Research Meeting at the University of Cambridge and at Georgetown University in Qatar. My interest in this space is rooted in a place I will always call home. I grew up inside the Saudi Aramco compound in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, spending fifteen years as a third culture kid in a globally connected community shaped by oil economics and global talent mobility. That experience gave me an early lens through which I came to see citizenship not merely as a status but as a form of capital. Alongside my PhD research, I\'ve built research experience across three university centers: currently at the Accountability Research Center at American University, with prior roles at the Sie Center for International Security and Diplomacy at the University of Denver and Purdue\'s Institute for Global Security and Defense Innovation. I bring a deep love for long-form writing and storytelling, with over forty published features and oral histories for Aramco ExPats and The Arabian Sun, alongside contributions to TEDxMileHigh. I received my MPhil from American University, an MA from the University of Denver\'s Korbel School of International Studies, and my BA from Purdue University. When I\'m not working, I enjoy listening to Hans Zimmer, lifting weights, WWII documentaries, British spy shows, and most recently, Bridgerton. Interests: investment migration, passport capital, golden visa, golden passport, economic sociology, AI governance

Experience

1. Graduate Research Assistant

   Accountability Research Center

   May 2025 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Supporting Dr. Rachel Nadelman\'s research portfolio on monitoring civic engagement in development aid, spanning multilateral development finance institutions and global civil society.–Co-authored Accountability Note 17 on accountability in development finance, conducting primary research through interviews with eight global fellows across Africa, Asia, and Central and South America as part of the Mott Foundation–funded Sandra Smithey Fellowship program–Led a systematic review of 19 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) evaluations, civil society advocacy documents, and MICI compliance reports for an IDB contract, mapping patterns in stakeholder engagement, consultation quality, and accountability mechanisms across the IDB Group–Produced a ten-year analysis of IDB lending patterns across 26 borrowing countries, identifying sectoral concentrations and accountability complaint trends–Supported multilingual research by translating French and Spanish interview transcripts to English–Attended the World Bank and IMF Annual Meeting 2025 as part of the Accountability Research Center–Currently preparing for the World Bank Spring Meetings 2026

Education

• Dhahran Academy High School

  High School

  2011 — 2015

• American University School of International Service

  Master of Philosophy, International Relations and Affairs

• Purdue University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Political Science and Government

  2015 — 2019

• American University School of International Service

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, International Relations and Affairs

• University of Denver - Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs

  Master of Arts - MA, International Security

  2019 — 2021

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Editing
• Photography
• Technical Writing
• Customer Service
• Frontpage
• Political Science
• Fundraising
• Public Speaking
• Photoshop
• Spreadsheets
• Web Content Writing
• Model United Nations
• Financial Services
• Microsoft Office
• Writing
• Microsoft Expression
• Online Journalism
• Public Relations
• Leadership
• Social Media Marketing
• Blogging
• Sharepoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Indesign
• News Writing
• Microsoft Word
• Middle East Politics
• Team Leadership
• Foreign Languages
• Social Media