Alejandra Padín-Dujon

Alejandra Padín-Dujon, PhD candidate

Department and School
Sustainable Development, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)

Bio
Alejandra Padín-Dujon is interested in climate change resilience and development economics. She hopes to identify synergies and tradeoffs between post-disaster climate action and economic development, starting with case studies in small island developing states. Using econometric methods tailored to manage data constraints, she aims to produce an evidence base for  policymakers confronting the dual crises of poverty and climate vulnerability, especially in the Global South. Padín-Dujon is a member of the Caribbean Climate Justice Alliance network. Prior to her doctoral studies, she earned a B.A. in Mathematics and Philosophy from Yale University and an MSc in Development Studies (Applied Development Economics) from the London School of Economics. She went on to work as a policy analyst in the Government of Antigua and Barbuda; an economist in the green consultancy Vivid Economics; and the climate policy advisor for the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development.

Advisor
Dan Osgood, Professor, Senior Research Scientist in the International Research Institute for Climate and Society

Favorite self-care ritual
Listening to diasporic Afrobeats

Recommended book/ Podcast
Carbon Brief – an accessible newsletter with key takeaways
from global climate policy headlines

Favorite study spot
Morningside Heights Public Library

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