PhD Student
Education
BSc, Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences
Bio
Fatiq is an environmental economist who uses tools in applied microeconomics, statistics and remote sensing to understand how citizens in developing countries make decisions around natural resources. He studies how citizens and farmers interact with technology and are affected by externalities. In most of his recent work, he examines the causes and consequences of air pollution, forest fires and crop fires. He also evaluates the effectiveness of various adaptation mechanisms in reducing the consequences of climate change. His work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Science and Energy Policy. He is a McNamara Research Fellow at The World Bank Group. His research has been supported by the International Growth Center (IGC), the Schmidt Family Foundation, and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). He joined the Bren School after completing a Pre-Doc at Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) at UCLA. He has a BSc. (Honors) in Economics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Year Admitted
2020
Faculty Advisor
Kathy Baylis and Robert Heilmayr