Nurul Wakhidah is a PhD student in Public Policy (Economics Track) at Harvard. Her research interests are in development, behavioral, and public economics, particularly in the context of education, inequality, and the psychology of poverty. 

Prior to her doctoral study, Nurul worked as a Research Associate at J-PAL Southeast Asia and a Research Manager of the Pre-Employment Card Program at Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs. She holds an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford as a Jardine Scholar and a BSc in Economics from Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia) as a National Olympiad Scholar.