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CONTACT INFORMATION
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (GRI)
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK
E-mail: S.M.Eskander@lse.ac.uk
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
Research Officer (Post-doctoral Researcher), Grantham Research Institute and Center for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP), July 2015 to present
Adjunct Economics Faculty, Department of Geography and the Environment, September 2016 to present
EDUCATION
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
Ph.D., Economics, May 2015
Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
M.A., Economics, June 2010
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
M.S.S., Economics (First Class), May 2005
B.S.S., Economics (First Class, with Honors), June 2003
RESEARCH FIELDS: Environmental Economics; Sustainable Development; Impact Evaluation; Disasters and Climate Change; Human Capital; Agricultural Economics
TEACHING FIELDS: Environmental & Resource Economics, Applied Econometrics, Agricultural Economics, Industrial Organizations, Development Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Public Policy
OTHER / PAST POSITIONS
External Fellow, South Asian Network on Economic Modeling, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2007 to present
Graduate Assistant, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA, August 2010 to June 2015
Graduate Assistant, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, September 2009 to June 2010
Lecturer in Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 2005 to July 2010
Research Associate, ActionAid Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 2005 to October 2005
JOB MARKET PAPER
Eskander, S., and E. Barbier. 2017. Tenure Security, Soil Conservation, and Human Capital in an Overlapping Generation Rural Economy, Ecological Economics, Volume 135, May 2017, Pages 176-185.
Eskander, S., E. Barbier, and B. Gilbert. 2018. Fishing and Non-Fishing Income Decisions: The Role of Human Capital and Family Structure. Land Economics, volume 94, issue 1, February 2018.
Eskander, S., S. Fankhauser, and S. Jha. Do Natural Disasters Cause Structural Change in the Rural Economy? Evidence from Bangladesh. Asian Development Review (invited)
Crick, F., S. Eskander, S., Fankhauser, and M. Diop. 2017. How do African SMEs respond to climate risks? Evidence from Kenya and Senegal. Revisions requested by World Development
WORKING PAPERS
Eskander, S., and E. Barbier. 2017. “Legacies of Gusts and Bloods: Long-term Impacts of the Series of 1970-74 Disasters in Bangladesh” Under review [Coverages: 2017 AEA/ASSA; 2017 AERE Meetings]
Crick, F., S. Eskander, S., Fankhauser, and M. Diop. 2017. How do African SMEs respond to climate risks? Evidence from Kenya and Senegal. Grantham WP 284. Under review
Eskander, S., S. Fankhauser, S. Jha, S. Batool, and A. Qaisrani. 2017. Do Natural Disasters Change Savings and Employment Choices? Evidence from Pakistan. Under review
Eskander, S., T. Janus, and E. Barbier. 2016. Linking the unlinked: Trans-boundary water-sharing under water-for-leverage negotiations
Eskander, S., and S. Shaffer. 2015. Impacts of Advertising Restrictions on Cigarette Market: Evidence from US CDC Data
Eskander, S., N. Ushakova, S. Khadka, S. Choudhury and J. Shogren. 2012. Are multilateral agreements more efficient than bilateral? Evidence from experimental data
Eskander, S., and E. Barbier. 2012. Altruism, subsistence consumption and economic growth
ON-GOING PROJECTS
Climate Change, Agricultural Policy and Household Adaptation: Implications for Environmental Sustainability and Food Security
Short- and long-term welfare effects of climate change induced tenure insecurity and conservation investment in Tanzania.
The Role Micro-credit on Disaster Adaptation. With E. Barbier
Trade Openness and Cropping Intensity: Evidence from Bangladesh
Endogenous Receipts, and Reciprocity and Religiosity in Giving
BOOK CHAPTERS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS
Eskander, S., S. Fankhauser, and S. Jha. 2016. Do Natural Disasters Change Savings and Employment Choices? Evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan. EWP Series 505 December 2016, ADB
Eskander, S. 2011. A Policy Scan of ODA in the Education Sector: Bangladesh, in MLA Khan et al (eds.) “ODA for Education in Asia and the Pacific”, Asia South Pacific Association for Basic & Adult Education, 43-66
Ellis, K., R. Singh, S. Eskander, and I. Huq. 2010. “Assessing the Economic Impact of Competition: Findings from Bangladesh.” Overseas Development Institute (ODI), July 2010.
Eskander, S., and D. Akter. 2005. Gender Parity (Non)-achievement in Education MDG: Bangladesh Update, Education Theme, ActionAid Bangladesh
Eskander, S., and H. Bekkers. 2008. Poverty-profiling of Some Selected Rural and Urban Areas of Bangladesh, Working Paper 1, Poverty Study Series, SwissContact-Katalyst
Eskander, S., M. Tanvir and H.A. Farooque. 2008. Aid Effectiveness in Bangladesh Education Sector: A Case Study of PEDP-II, ActionAid Bangladesh
Eskander, S. 2007. Do Wage Bill Caps Prevent the Hiring of Teachers? ActionAid International
EXTERNAL GRANTS (Selected)
2017-18. Asian Development Bank. Do Natural Disasters Cause Structural Change in the Rural Economy? Evidence from Bangladesh. Commissioned by the Asian Development Review. $5,000.
2016. Asian Development Bank. Do Natural Disasters Change Savings and Employment Choices? Evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan. Commissioned by ADB as a background paper for Asian Development Outlook Updates (ADOU) 2016. $12,000.
2014. Assisted Ed Barbier. “Challenges to Ecosystem Service Valuation for Wealth Accounting”, Chapter for 2014 Inclusive Wealth Report, UNU International Human Dimensions Program on Global Environmental Change and United Nations Environment Program, Bonn, Germany.
2011. SwissContact-Katalyst, Bangladesh. “Development of an empirical framework for monitoring employment-effects within selected Katalyst Sectors”, $12,500.
2009. Overseas Development Institute (ODI), UK. Bangladesh Country Study of Competition Policy “Measuring the Economic Benefits of Competition: An ODI Research Project Funded by DFID”, £8,000.
2009. SwissContact-Katalyst, Bangladesh. “Employment Creation through Agricultural Growth: Direct and Cross Effects of Economic Growth and Consumption Patterns”, $2,500.
2008. Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE). “A Policy scan of ODA in the Education Sector in selected Asian countries- Bangladesh”, $2,200.
2008. Bureau of Economic Research, U Dhaka and Ministry of Commerce, Bangladesh. “Feasibility study of Commodity Exchange Market in Bangladesh”. With Bazlul Khondker and Selim Raihan, partially subcontracted, $3,500 (total value $60,000).
2008. Swisscontact-Katalyst. “Information Asymmetry and Agricultural Supply Chain in Bangladesh”, $1,500.
2007. Swisscontact-Katalyst. “Poverty-profiling of Some Selected Rural and Urban Areas of Bangladesh”, $4,000.
2007. ActionAid. “Aid Effectiveness in Bangladesh Education Sector: Case Study of PEDP-II”, $1,500.
2007. ActionAid. “Significance of Skill Development for Expatriate’ Bangladeshi Workers”, $1,800.
2007. Bureau of Economic Research, University of Dhaka. “Responsiveness of Some selected groups on HIV/AIDS”. With Khandokar Istiak, $1,200.
GRADUATE SUPERVISION
London School of Economics and Political Science
James Ferguson Carruthers; Master in Environmental Economics & Climate Change (Aug. 2017) “The effect of the El Nino Southern Oscillation on rice yield/production in the Java, Indonesia”
Sara Hernandez-Munoz; Master in Environmental Economics & Climate Change (Aug. 2017) “The Effect of Extreme Weather Events on the Labor Market: Evidence from Mexico”
Yuqing Wang; Master in Environmental Economics & Climate Change (Aug. 2017) “The Impact of Weather Fluctuations on Crop yield in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of China”
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Taslima Rahman, Master in Health Economics (2006-07) “Determinants of the Length of Hospital Stay after a Cesarean Section”
Current placement: Lecturer, Institute of Health Economics, U of Dhaka
TEACHING (INSTRUCTOR / LECTURER)
LSE; Department of Geography and the Environment
Fall 2017 Applied Regression Analysis (Graduate – 60 students)
Fall 2016 Applied Regression Analysis (Graduate – 60 students)
University of Wyoming
Fall 2014 Principles of Microeconomics (130 students)
Spring 2014 Principles of Microeconomics (60 students)
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Econometrics for Health Economics (Graduate – 60 students)
Advanced Microeconomics for Health Economics (Graduate – 60 students)
External Thesis Examiner – Master of Development Studies (Graduate – 2 students)
Applied Economics & Public Policy (65–110 students)
Basic Econometrics (130 students)
Principles of Microeconomics (30 students)
Principles of Economics (130 students)
Principles of Macroeconomics (30 students)
Mathematics for Economics (30 students)
TEACHING ASSISTANT AND SUBSTITUTE INSTRUCTOR
University of Wyoming
Spring 2015 Intermediate Econometric Theory (40 students)
Principles of Microeconomics (130 students)
Spring 2011 Intermediate Macroeconomics (130 students)
Fall 2010 Principles of Microeconomics
Carleton University
Winter 2010 The Economics of Development
Introduction to Economic Development
PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS
August 2017: Asian Development Review Conference on Climate Change (Seoul, Rep. of Korea)
July 2017: University College London (London, UK)
July 2017: Kingston University London (London, UK)
June 2017: Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford (Oxford, UK)
June 2017: International Development Research Council Brown Bag Seminar (Ottawa, ON)
June 2017: Canadian Economic Association Annual Conference (Antigonish, NS)
June 2017: Association of Environment and Resource Economists Conference (Pittsburgh, PA)
May 2017: Aston Business School, Aston University (Birmingham, UK)
March 2017: Queens University Belfast (Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK)
January 2017: AEA/ASSA Conference (Chicago, IL)
July 2016: Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Conference (Boston, MA)
June 2016: Association of Environment & Resource Economists Conference (Breckenridge, CO)
June 2016: University of Wyoming College of Business, Laramie, WY (Invited Speaker)
May 2016: Asian Development Outlook Update (ADOU) Workshop (Manila, Philippines)
November 2014: Southern Economic Association Conference (Atlanta, GA)
July 2014: Western Economic Association International Conference (Denver, CO)
October 2008: Asia Pacific Regional Conference on ODA in Education (Manila, Philippines)
February 2004: First South Asian Economics Students’ Meet (New Delhi, India)
TRAINING AND WORKSHOP
Writing Targeted Grant Proposals, Research Division, LSE, 2017
Fundamentals of Grant Writing Workshop, Research Division, LSE, 2016 & 2017
Equality & Diversity course (online), LSE, 2015
Conjoint and Discrete choice workshop, University of Wyoming, May-June 2014
LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES
Founder, Bangladesh Student Association at University of Wyoming, and President 2014-15
Member – UW Cricket Club (UWCC) and UW Badminton Club, 2010-15
AFFILIATED GROUPS
American Agricultural Economic Association (AAEA)
American Economic Association (AEA)
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE)
Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA)
Canadian Economic Association (CEA)
European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE)
REFEREE SERVICE
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (1)
Environment and Development Economics (1)
Center for Climate Change Economics and Policy (1)
Journal of Developing Areas (2)
AWARDS AND HONORS
2016 Sponsored Session, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, $1,325
2014-15 Conference Travel Grants, University of Wyoming, $1,000
2014-15 International Student Scholarship, University of Wyoming, $1,500
2010-15 Graduate Assistant Fellowship, University of Wyoming, $80,000
2014 (Nom.) James C. Hurst Teaching Excellence Award, U Wyoming Parents & Family Assoc.
2014 (Nom.) Job Market Paper Workshop at WEAI 89th Annual Conference
2013-14 Summer Research Grants, University of Wyoming, $4,800
2009-10 Graduate Assistant Fellowship, Carleton University, CAD18,000
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Languages: English (Full professional proficiency); Bengali (Native)
Software: stata (advanced); MSOffice (advanced); Gauss, LaTeX (occasional); ArcGIS (intermediate)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Citizenship: Bangladeshi
Personal: Male, Married, Two Children
REFERENCES
Edward Barbier
Professor of Economics and Senior Scholar in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1771
+1 (970) 491-3321
Edward.Barbier@ColoState.edu
(PhD Supervisor and coauthor)
Sam Fankhauser
Director, Grantham Research Institute
London School of Economics
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK
+44(0) 20 7107-5427
S.Fankhauser@lse.ac.uk
(Postdoc Supervisor and coauthor)
Ben Gilbert
Assistant Professor of Economics
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colorado
+1 (303) 384-2359
BGilbert@Mines.edu
(PhD committee member and coauthor)
Giles Atkinson
Professor in Environmental Policy
London School of Economics
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK +44(0)20 7955-6809
G.Atkinson@lse.ac.uk
(Early Career Development Mentor)
Klaas T. van 't Veld (Teaching Reference)
Director of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor of Economics, University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071
+1 (307) 766-3143
Klaas@uwyo.edu
PLACEMENT OFFICER
Kristin Lewis
Office Associate, Graduate Coordinator
Dept. of Economics, University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071
+1 (307) 766-2175
Kristins@uwyo.edu
CONTACT INFORMATION
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (GRI)
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK
E-mail: S.M.Eskander@lse.ac.uk
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
Research Officer (Post-doctoral Researcher), Grantham Research Institute and Center for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP), July 2015 to present
Adjunct Economics Faculty, Department of Geography and the Environment, September 2016 to present
EDUCATION
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
Ph.D., Economics, May 2015
Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
M.A., Economics, June 2010
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
M.S.S., Economics (First Class), May 2005
B.S.S., Economics (First Class, with Honors), June 2003
RESEARCH FIELDS: Environmental Economics; Sustainable Development; Impact Evaluation; Disasters and Climate Change; Human Capital; Agricultural Economics
TEACHING FIELDS: Environmental & Resource Economics, Applied Econometrics, Agricultural Economics, Industrial Organizations, Development Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Public Policy
OTHER / PAST POSITIONS
External Fellow, South Asian Network on Economic Modeling, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2007 to present
Graduate Assistant, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA, August 2010 to June 2015
Graduate Assistant, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, September 2009 to June 2010
Lecturer in Economics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 2005 to July 2010
Research Associate, ActionAid Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 2005 to October 2005
JOB MARKET PAPER
- Adaptation to Natural Disasters through the Agricultural Land Rental Market: Evidence from Bangladesh”
- Grantham WP Series; 2016 AERE Sponsored Session; EconThatMatters; World Bank's Law, Climate Change and Development; 2018 AEA/ASSA Meetings
Eskander, S., and E. Barbier. 2017. Tenure Security, Soil Conservation, and Human Capital in an Overlapping Generation Rural Economy, Ecological Economics, Volume 135, May 2017, Pages 176-185.
Eskander, S., E. Barbier, and B. Gilbert. 2018. Fishing and Non-Fishing Income Decisions: The Role of Human Capital and Family Structure. Land Economics, volume 94, issue 1, February 2018.
Eskander, S., S. Fankhauser, and S. Jha. Do Natural Disasters Cause Structural Change in the Rural Economy? Evidence from Bangladesh. Asian Development Review (invited)
Crick, F., S. Eskander, S., Fankhauser, and M. Diop. 2017. How do African SMEs respond to climate risks? Evidence from Kenya and Senegal. Revisions requested by World Development
WORKING PAPERS
Eskander, S., and E. Barbier. 2017. “Legacies of Gusts and Bloods: Long-term Impacts of the Series of 1970-74 Disasters in Bangladesh” Under review [Coverages: 2017 AEA/ASSA; 2017 AERE Meetings]
Crick, F., S. Eskander, S., Fankhauser, and M. Diop. 2017. How do African SMEs respond to climate risks? Evidence from Kenya and Senegal. Grantham WP 284. Under review
Eskander, S., S. Fankhauser, S. Jha, S. Batool, and A. Qaisrani. 2017. Do Natural Disasters Change Savings and Employment Choices? Evidence from Pakistan. Under review
Eskander, S., T. Janus, and E. Barbier. 2016. Linking the unlinked: Trans-boundary water-sharing under water-for-leverage negotiations
Eskander, S., and S. Shaffer. 2015. Impacts of Advertising Restrictions on Cigarette Market: Evidence from US CDC Data
Eskander, S., N. Ushakova, S. Khadka, S. Choudhury and J. Shogren. 2012. Are multilateral agreements more efficient than bilateral? Evidence from experimental data
Eskander, S., and E. Barbier. 2012. Altruism, subsistence consumption and economic growth
ON-GOING PROJECTS
Climate Change, Agricultural Policy and Household Adaptation: Implications for Environmental Sustainability and Food Security
Short- and long-term welfare effects of climate change induced tenure insecurity and conservation investment in Tanzania.
The Role Micro-credit on Disaster Adaptation. With E. Barbier
Trade Openness and Cropping Intensity: Evidence from Bangladesh
Endogenous Receipts, and Reciprocity and Religiosity in Giving
BOOK CHAPTERS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS
Eskander, S., S. Fankhauser, and S. Jha. 2016. Do Natural Disasters Change Savings and Employment Choices? Evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan. EWP Series 505 December 2016, ADB
Eskander, S. 2011. A Policy Scan of ODA in the Education Sector: Bangladesh, in MLA Khan et al (eds.) “ODA for Education in Asia and the Pacific”, Asia South Pacific Association for Basic & Adult Education, 43-66
Ellis, K., R. Singh, S. Eskander, and I. Huq. 2010. “Assessing the Economic Impact of Competition: Findings from Bangladesh.” Overseas Development Institute (ODI), July 2010.
Eskander, S., and D. Akter. 2005. Gender Parity (Non)-achievement in Education MDG: Bangladesh Update, Education Theme, ActionAid Bangladesh
Eskander, S., and H. Bekkers. 2008. Poverty-profiling of Some Selected Rural and Urban Areas of Bangladesh, Working Paper 1, Poverty Study Series, SwissContact-Katalyst
Eskander, S., M. Tanvir and H.A. Farooque. 2008. Aid Effectiveness in Bangladesh Education Sector: A Case Study of PEDP-II, ActionAid Bangladesh
Eskander, S. 2007. Do Wage Bill Caps Prevent the Hiring of Teachers? ActionAid International
EXTERNAL GRANTS (Selected)
2017-18. Asian Development Bank. Do Natural Disasters Cause Structural Change in the Rural Economy? Evidence from Bangladesh. Commissioned by the Asian Development Review. $5,000.
2016. Asian Development Bank. Do Natural Disasters Change Savings and Employment Choices? Evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan. Commissioned by ADB as a background paper for Asian Development Outlook Updates (ADOU) 2016. $12,000.
2014. Assisted Ed Barbier. “Challenges to Ecosystem Service Valuation for Wealth Accounting”, Chapter for 2014 Inclusive Wealth Report, UNU International Human Dimensions Program on Global Environmental Change and United Nations Environment Program, Bonn, Germany.
2011. SwissContact-Katalyst, Bangladesh. “Development of an empirical framework for monitoring employment-effects within selected Katalyst Sectors”, $12,500.
2009. Overseas Development Institute (ODI), UK. Bangladesh Country Study of Competition Policy “Measuring the Economic Benefits of Competition: An ODI Research Project Funded by DFID”, £8,000.
2009. SwissContact-Katalyst, Bangladesh. “Employment Creation through Agricultural Growth: Direct and Cross Effects of Economic Growth and Consumption Patterns”, $2,500.
2008. Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE). “A Policy scan of ODA in the Education Sector in selected Asian countries- Bangladesh”, $2,200.
2008. Bureau of Economic Research, U Dhaka and Ministry of Commerce, Bangladesh. “Feasibility study of Commodity Exchange Market in Bangladesh”. With Bazlul Khondker and Selim Raihan, partially subcontracted, $3,500 (total value $60,000).
2008. Swisscontact-Katalyst. “Information Asymmetry and Agricultural Supply Chain in Bangladesh”, $1,500.
2007. Swisscontact-Katalyst. “Poverty-profiling of Some Selected Rural and Urban Areas of Bangladesh”, $4,000.
2007. ActionAid. “Aid Effectiveness in Bangladesh Education Sector: Case Study of PEDP-II”, $1,500.
2007. ActionAid. “Significance of Skill Development for Expatriate’ Bangladeshi Workers”, $1,800.
2007. Bureau of Economic Research, University of Dhaka. “Responsiveness of Some selected groups on HIV/AIDS”. With Khandokar Istiak, $1,200.
GRADUATE SUPERVISION
London School of Economics and Political Science
James Ferguson Carruthers; Master in Environmental Economics & Climate Change (Aug. 2017) “The effect of the El Nino Southern Oscillation on rice yield/production in the Java, Indonesia”
Sara Hernandez-Munoz; Master in Environmental Economics & Climate Change (Aug. 2017) “The Effect of Extreme Weather Events on the Labor Market: Evidence from Mexico”
Yuqing Wang; Master in Environmental Economics & Climate Change (Aug. 2017) “The Impact of Weather Fluctuations on Crop yield in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain of China”
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Taslima Rahman, Master in Health Economics (2006-07) “Determinants of the Length of Hospital Stay after a Cesarean Section”
Current placement: Lecturer, Institute of Health Economics, U of Dhaka
TEACHING (INSTRUCTOR / LECTURER)
LSE; Department of Geography and the Environment
Fall 2017 Applied Regression Analysis (Graduate – 60 students)
Fall 2016 Applied Regression Analysis (Graduate – 60 students)
University of Wyoming
Fall 2014 Principles of Microeconomics (130 students)
Spring 2014 Principles of Microeconomics (60 students)
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Econometrics for Health Economics (Graduate – 60 students)
Advanced Microeconomics for Health Economics (Graduate – 60 students)
External Thesis Examiner – Master of Development Studies (Graduate – 2 students)
Applied Economics & Public Policy (65–110 students)
Basic Econometrics (130 students)
Principles of Microeconomics (30 students)
Principles of Economics (130 students)
Principles of Macroeconomics (30 students)
Mathematics for Economics (30 students)
TEACHING ASSISTANT AND SUBSTITUTE INSTRUCTOR
University of Wyoming
Spring 2015 Intermediate Econometric Theory (40 students)
Principles of Microeconomics (130 students)
Spring 2011 Intermediate Macroeconomics (130 students)
Fall 2010 Principles of Microeconomics
Carleton University
Winter 2010 The Economics of Development
Introduction to Economic Development
PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS
August 2017: Asian Development Review Conference on Climate Change (Seoul, Rep. of Korea)
July 2017: University College London (London, UK)
July 2017: Kingston University London (London, UK)
June 2017: Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford (Oxford, UK)
June 2017: International Development Research Council Brown Bag Seminar (Ottawa, ON)
June 2017: Canadian Economic Association Annual Conference (Antigonish, NS)
June 2017: Association of Environment and Resource Economists Conference (Pittsburgh, PA)
May 2017: Aston Business School, Aston University (Birmingham, UK)
March 2017: Queens University Belfast (Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK)
January 2017: AEA/ASSA Conference (Chicago, IL)
July 2016: Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Conference (Boston, MA)
June 2016: Association of Environment & Resource Economists Conference (Breckenridge, CO)
June 2016: University of Wyoming College of Business, Laramie, WY (Invited Speaker)
May 2016: Asian Development Outlook Update (ADOU) Workshop (Manila, Philippines)
November 2014: Southern Economic Association Conference (Atlanta, GA)
July 2014: Western Economic Association International Conference (Denver, CO)
October 2008: Asia Pacific Regional Conference on ODA in Education (Manila, Philippines)
February 2004: First South Asian Economics Students’ Meet (New Delhi, India)
TRAINING AND WORKSHOP
Writing Targeted Grant Proposals, Research Division, LSE, 2017
Fundamentals of Grant Writing Workshop, Research Division, LSE, 2016 & 2017
Equality & Diversity course (online), LSE, 2015
Conjoint and Discrete choice workshop, University of Wyoming, May-June 2014
LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES
Founder, Bangladesh Student Association at University of Wyoming, and President 2014-15
Member – UW Cricket Club (UWCC) and UW Badminton Club, 2010-15
AFFILIATED GROUPS
American Agricultural Economic Association (AAEA)
American Economic Association (AEA)
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE)
Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA)
Canadian Economic Association (CEA)
European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE)
REFEREE SERVICE
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (1)
Environment and Development Economics (1)
Center for Climate Change Economics and Policy (1)
Journal of Developing Areas (2)
AWARDS AND HONORS
2016 Sponsored Session, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, $1,325
2014-15 Conference Travel Grants, University of Wyoming, $1,000
2014-15 International Student Scholarship, University of Wyoming, $1,500
2010-15 Graduate Assistant Fellowship, University of Wyoming, $80,000
2014 (Nom.) James C. Hurst Teaching Excellence Award, U Wyoming Parents & Family Assoc.
2014 (Nom.) Job Market Paper Workshop at WEAI 89th Annual Conference
2013-14 Summer Research Grants, University of Wyoming, $4,800
2009-10 Graduate Assistant Fellowship, Carleton University, CAD18,000
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Languages: English (Full professional proficiency); Bengali (Native)
Software: stata (advanced); MSOffice (advanced); Gauss, LaTeX (occasional); ArcGIS (intermediate)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Citizenship: Bangladeshi
Personal: Male, Married, Two Children
REFERENCES
Edward Barbier
Professor of Economics and Senior Scholar in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1771
+1 (970) 491-3321
Edward.Barbier@ColoState.edu
(PhD Supervisor and coauthor)
Sam Fankhauser
Director, Grantham Research Institute
London School of Economics
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK
+44(0) 20 7107-5427
S.Fankhauser@lse.ac.uk
(Postdoc Supervisor and coauthor)
Ben Gilbert
Assistant Professor of Economics
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colorado
+1 (303) 384-2359
BGilbert@Mines.edu
(PhD committee member and coauthor)
Giles Atkinson
Professor in Environmental Policy
London School of Economics
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK +44(0)20 7955-6809
G.Atkinson@lse.ac.uk
(Early Career Development Mentor)
Klaas T. van 't Veld (Teaching Reference)
Director of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor of Economics, University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071
+1 (307) 766-3143
Klaas@uwyo.edu
PLACEMENT OFFICER
Kristin Lewis
Office Associate, Graduate Coordinator
Dept. of Economics, University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071
+1 (307) 766-2175
Kristins@uwyo.edu