Amir Jina

Amir Jina is an Assistant Professor at Harris Public Policy. Amir’s research focuses on the role of the environment in shaping how societies develop. This research combines economics with methods from climate science and remote sensing to understand the impacts of climate, and has involved fieldwork on climate change adaptation with communities in India, Bangladesh, Kenya, and Uganda.

Amir is a founding member of the Climate Impact Lab – researching the socioeconomic impacts of climate change around the world – and scientific advisor to the Innovation Commission on Climate Change, Food Security, and Agriculture – promoting the use of weather services for climate change adaptation in low-income countries

Amir received a Ph.D. in Sustainable Development and M.A. in Climate and Society both from Columbia University, B.A.s in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics from Trinity College, Dublin, and previously worked with the Red Cross/Red Crescent in South Asia.