Anshuman is an applied economist who studies questions related to sustainable development and economic growth in developing countries. His research to date seeks to advance the economics of air and water pollution, climate change, and groundwater depletion. The research questions of interest to him are strongly informed by the specific institutions and political economy of developing countries such as India. He uses large geospatial and administrative datasets, as well as machine learning methods to overcome missing data challenges. He has utilized structural models of economic geography, various causal inference methods, and big data in his work.