Soham Sahoo is an Assistant Professor currently with the Economics Group at Loughborough University, UK. He is also affiliated with the Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore.

His research interest is broadly in development economics, with a focus on education, gender, labour, and political economy. Soham holds a PhD in Quantitative Economics from Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi. Before joining IIM Bangalore, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Economics of University of Goettingen, Germany. He has also held visiting positions at the London School of Economics and the University of Warwick.

Soham Sahoo joined IZA as a Research Fellow in March 2021.