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At the time of the QE Scholarship, Zafeer was pursuing a Masters of Commerce degree in Development Economics at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa with focus on environmental policy research. His minor dissertation was aimed at investigating the optimal plastic-bag levy through hypothetical elasticity analysis applied in the South African context. He holds an honours Bachelor of Commerce Economics as well as a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Econometrics, both from the University of Johannesburg.

He was also a researcher at the Africa Centre for Evidence (ACE) and worked on various systematic reviews related to socio-economic problems. His research interests’ lie in better understanding evidence use across Africa, the influence of knowledge translation into policy setting, behavioural economics and the role of big data within the developmental sphere. Zafeer is currently a research associate with 3ieImpact.

As an incoming Queen Elizabeth Scholar at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, Zafeer hoped to build his understanding of effective evidence use as well as gaining a better understanding of engaging with policy makers and responding to the needs of policy makers in an efficient and operative manner.