Nasirra Ahsan is a Research Associate at the Lowy Institute working on the Pacific Aid Map, a tool that analyses foreign aid and development finance flows to the Pacific. Her research interests include the influence of development aid financing on foreign policy; the foreign aid assistance of China, Taiwan and India to the Pacific; and the impact of aid financing on human development.

Nasirra joined the Lowy Institute in 2024, having previously worked with the World Bank Australia and Bangladesh. She holds a Master of Science in Economics from Queen Mary University of London.