Mohammed is a Senior Research and Policy Officer (Postdoctoral Fellow) at the What Works Hub for Global Education, University of Oxford. His research interests are in the areas of development economics, applied microeconomics, and political economy, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. Specifically, Mohammed investigates the interplay between intrahousehold resource allocation, cultural norms, gender, and climate change, exploring their combined effects on individual and household-level outcomes such as marriage behaviour, education, children's nutrition, and sanitation.

Previously, Mohammed worked as an Advisor at the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) in Ghana, where he provided technical support to the Ministry of Finance and Ghana Revenue Authority in the implementation of reforms including national revenue forecasting, tax compliance strategy and risk assessment, taxpayer self-assessment, and environmental fiscal reform. Mohammed was also an intern at the Center for Global Development in London in the area of climate finance.

Mohammed holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Kent, UK, and an MPhil in Economics from the University of Ghana. While at Kent, he served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and later as an Assistant Lecturer, delivering undergraduate modules in mathematics for economics, statistics, and strategy and games.