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Overview
Aleksandra is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Hertfordshire. Prior to joining the Business School in 2019, she has taught at SOAS University of London, King's College London, the University of Mauritius, and the Sorbonne in Paris.
She holds a PhD in Economics from the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, where she has also completed a Research Master's in Public Decisions, Organisations, and Institutions. In addition, she completed a Master's degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Ruhr-University in Bochum.
Research interests
Aleksandra’s research focusses on the political economy of water and green transitions, with an emphasis on institutional issues. Her research on water began with her PhD where she examined water governance in Germany, France, and the UK. After moving to Mauritius, she studied institutional obstacles to water sector reform in developing countries. In a grant-financed project, she analysed the sustainability of the Mauritian water sector, identifying institutional failings and disseminating the results to decision-makers. More recent work explores the colonial legacy of water resource allocations and their impact on capital accumulation, integrating concepts of accumulation by dispossession and State-capital symbiosis. She also investigates the potential for decolonising water resource allocations in small island developing states with her colleague Lianne Oosterbaan.
Currently, she is involved in an interdisciplinary research project on green hydrogen exports from Morocco to the UK with Siobhan Bygate (PIR, LMS) and Darren Crook (Geography, LMS). She is also working with Christina Wolf (Economics) on green discontent in Germany.
Teaching specialisms
Prior to joining UH, Aleksandra was awarded the Departmental Teaching Prize for Outstanding Teaching by SOAS, University of London. She is passionate about making the classroom an interactive, inclusive, and collaborative community.
She has been teaching a vast array of subjects, many of them with a focus on pluralist approaches: Global Political Economy, Economy and Society, Development Economics, Organisation Theory, Industrial Organisation, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Public Policy, Infrastructure Economics, Statistics.
She has also a completed PhD supervision (together with Prof Hulya Dagdeviren and Dr Bruno Bonizzi): Hannah Hasenberger "Local government financialisation in Europe: Definitions, patterns and drivers".
Education/Academic qualification
Economics, MSc, Ruhr University Bochum
Economics, PhD, Decentralisation and the Water Sector: Institutional Perspectives, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Economics, MSc, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The Political Economy of Green Hydrogen Morocco -UK Phase 2
Bygate, S. (PI), Crook, D. (CoI), Peeroo, A. (CoI), Page, M. (Researcher) & Eltaweel, M. (Researcher)
28/03/25 → 27/03/26
Project: Research
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Unpacking Green Discontent: Precarious Homeowners and Progressive Renters in the German Domestic Energy Transition
Wolf, C. (PI) & Peeroo, A. (CoI)
3/02/25 → …
Project: Research
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Mauritian Water Sector Governance
Peeroo, A. (PI) & Sultan, R. (CoPI)
1/12/14 → 15/11/15
Project: Research
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A Political Economy Perspective on Mauritian Water Services
Peeroo, A., Bayliss, K., Oya, C. (Editor), Ramtohul, R. (Editor) & Tandrayen-Ragoobur, V. (Editor), 20 Mar 2025, Oxford Handbook of the Mauritian Economy. Oxford University Press (OUP), p. 384–411 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Colonial Water Rights and Sustainability of Water Utilities: A Comparative Political Economy Analysis
Peeroo, A., 15 Sept 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Disruptions from Within: How Mauritian Water Sector Governance Drains Away the Sustainability of Water Services
Peeroo, A., 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation › peer-review
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Non-Existing Public Utilities that Disrupt… and Existing Public Utilities that Are Disrupted
Peeroo, A. & Sindzingre, A., 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Criticality of Assets and Organisational Centralisation: Evidence from French Drinking Water Services
Peeroo, A. & Huet, F., 2017, (Unpublished) 18 p.Research output: Working paper
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