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I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Wyss Academy for Nature of the University of Bern. I work with an interdisciplinary research team on projects that aim to make the gold mining industry more sustainable in the Peruvian Amazon Forest.
Previously, I served as the chair of the Economics Department of Universidad de Piura and director of the Lima School of Economics. Earlier in my career, I worked as a research fellow at the London School of Economics (STICERD) studying anti-poverty programs designed to empower adolescent girls in Africa. I have also worked as a consultant for international organizations such as the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank.
I hold a PhD in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2019), a master’s degree in Economics from Barcelona School of Economics (2013), and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Universidad de Piura (2010).
Fernando Fernandez, PhD in Economics
News and updates
Presentation at the "Resources, Conflict and the Environment" workshop, ETH Zurich, June 21-22, 2023
Attendance to the "Advances in Micro Development" workshop of the Barcelona SE Summer Forum, June 12-13, 2023
Presentation at SMAP (virtual seminar), November 21 , 2022
Presentation at NEUDC, in Yale University, November 5-6, 2022. Twitter thread here.
Organizer of the 9th UDEP Workshop for Young Economists, in collaboration with University of British Columbia. The event was held in Lima, in mid August.
Co-organizer of the Applied Micro Seminar to Peru. Details and next talks here.
Organizer of the 8th Workshop for Young Economists, held on August 6th and 7th, 2020. Program available here