Ishan Nath is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, a Faculty Associate of the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, and a Faculty Fellow of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program. His research focuses broadly on climate change, international trade, and the macroeconomics of development. He currently serves as an associate editor of the Journal of International Economics, is a fellow with the Climate Impact Lab, and a research affiliate of the International Growth Centre.
Prior to joining Harvard, Ishan worked as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and completed postdoctoral fellowships with the Climate Impact Lab at the University of Chicago and in the International Economics section at Princeton University. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago, an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a B.A. in Economics and B.S. in Earth Systems from Stanford University where he was awarded a Truman Scholarship.
When he is not thinking about economics, Ishan can be found playing, watching, or talking about basketball.
More details about Ishan's work can be found on his personal website: here
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| Cambridge University Press | Editorial services |
| Climate Impact Lab | Research or teaching appointment |
| International Growth Centre | Research or teaching appointment |
| Journal of International Economics | Editorial services |
| National Bureau of Economic Research | Research or teaching appointment |
| Review of Economics and Statistics | Editorial services |