, ▁the ▁marriage ▁of ▁clin ical ▁and ▁social ▁nut r ition ▁was ▁very ▁fruit ful ▁and ▁this ▁period ▁was ▁form ative . ▁Harr iss - White ▁added ▁her ▁political ▁economy ▁approach ▁to ▁food ▁systems ▁to ▁the ▁department al ▁energy ▁inv ested ▁in ▁the ▁determin ants ▁of ▁mal nut r ition ▁and ▁fam ine , ▁in ▁the ▁relation ▁between ▁agricult ure ▁and ▁nut r ition , ▁in ▁int ra - house hold ▁food ▁distribution ▁and ▁gender ▁dis adv antage . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁she ▁moved ▁to ▁Oxford ▁Department ▁of ▁International ▁Development ▁( Que en ▁Elizabeth ▁House ) ▁to ▁teach ▁agricult ural ▁econom ics ▁and ▁rural ▁development , ▁alongside ▁her ▁colle ague ▁Jud ith ▁He yer ▁( with ▁whom ▁she ▁later ▁co - ed ited ▁two ▁books ▁on ▁capital ist ▁transformations : ▁▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁The ▁Compar ative ▁Political ▁Econom y ▁of ▁Development ▁ ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁Indian ▁Capital ism ▁in ▁Development ). ▁At ▁Oxford , ▁she ▁contributed ▁field - based ▁research ▁to ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁relations ▁between ▁dep riv ation ▁and ▁India ' s ▁capital ist ▁market ▁economy : ▁nut r ition , ▁the ▁life ▁ch ances ▁of ▁girls , ▁gender ▁sub ord ination , ▁pover ty , ▁ill - he alth ▁and ▁dis ability , ▁dest itution , ▁age ing , ▁st igma ▁and ▁cas te ▁disc rim ination , ▁incomplete ▁citizens hip ▁and ▁the ▁opp ress ive ▁conditions ▁of ▁waste - work , ▁together ▁with ▁the ▁politics ▁of ▁the ▁policy ▁processes