Vinayakan Sajeev Beena

Vinayakan is a pluralist economist specialising in public policy and LGBTQIA+ economics, currently studying for an MSc at the University of Bologna. He co-founded the Institute for Queer Economics and has been elected twice to the Members’ Council of Rethinking Economics International, serving as a campaign officer. His research includes property rights, tribal policies, and government failures. Vinayakan has been awarded the Frédéric Bastiat and Don Lavoie Fellowships at the Mercatus Center, the Youth Leadership Fellowship from the Centre for Public Policy Research (funded by the Atlas Network), and the Public Policy New Voices Europe Fellowship by the Salzburg Global Seminar and the Walt Disney Company. He is also the National Coordinator for Students For Liberty, leading the Academic Programs track for South Asia, and a distinguished Prometheus Fellow.