- I’m an immigrant to this country, and very proud of it.
- I am constantly saddened that the third statement here by the Guerrilla Girls applies so often to academia: that it “tolerates abuse because it believes research is above it all”
- For those that are surprised that I am Irish, see this video.
Assistant Professor (2017- )
- Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
email: amirjina [at] uchicago [dot] edu
Past appointments & Education
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Economics Department, University of Chicago (2014-2017)
- Visiting Researcher, Goldman School of Public Policy, U.C., Berkeley (2013-2014)
- Ph.D. in Sustainable Development, Columbia University in the City of New York (2009-2014)
google scholar: here
research interests: Development economics; Environmental economics; Climate impacts; Climate change adaptation and mitigation