Serati's research examines the impact of financial and banking development on poverty and income inequality. Other interests include studying the role of central banks in climate change disclosures, as well as the finance-sustainability nexus. Past research includes work at the University of Manchester (Cathie Marsh Institute of Social Statistics) on DHS-India and Bangladesh household income and gender, as well as work at the University of Manchester (SEED) examining the economic differential outcomes of students by social and economic background.