Singapore to Bali

My research focuses on the relationship between poverty and the environment in low-income countries. Degraded environmental conditions can push people into poverty. Alternatively, sustainable access to environmental goods and services can be an important pathway to springboarding people out of poverty. I’m trained as an applied economist, but I work on problems that require deeply interdisciplinary science. My current research focuses on understanding the impacts and adaptations associated with both sudden and slow-onset climate shocks. My research team is collecting data in Bangladesh and in the Lake Victoria Basin. We work with policymakers and program implementers to understand what supports adaptation to climate change in these settings.