Adam Bieda
Adam is a graduate with a double major in Economics and English. Through the NLC Menino Fellowship, Adam spent the fall semester paired with IOC Director and Professor Graham Wilson and Professor of Economics Robert Margo in an on-campus Directed Study program. He spent the 2019 spring semester in Boston University’s (BU) Washington, DC study abroad program, where […]
Elizabeth Champion
Read more about Elizabeth’s experience as the 2018 Greater Manchester Combined Authority Fellow Elizabeth Champion studied economics in the College of Arts and Science. Avid about the economics and history of cities, she hopes to eventually pursue her Masters in City Planning. Last fall, she worked as a Community Planning Intern for the City of […]
Iliana Colie
Iliana Colie is a rising senior at Boston University pursuing a BA in Economics and History of Art and Architecture. A New York City native, Iliana developed an early fascination with the way cities are built, moved through, and experienced — an interest that has grown to encompass urban planning, public space design, and landscape […]
Reuben Danyali
Reuben is a rising junior studying Environmental Analysis and Policy and Economics. He is originally from Baltimore, MD, where he gained a passion for urban design and environmental justice. His main academic interests include ecological restoration and planning policy. He does research at BU as a team lead for the Campus Climate Lab at the […]
Abby Enevoldsen
Abby is a former IOC Communications Assistant with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at the College of Arts and Sciences. She continually invests her personal and professional development at the intersection of business strategy, economic policy, and social equity. As a communications assistant for the IOC, she created social media campaigns and marketing materials […]
Bahar Erbas
Urban H Interests: Heat, Health Bahar Erbas teaches various courses at the undergraduate and master’s level, including Environmental Economics and Public Economics. She works on empirical topics related to environmental, resource and energy economics and public economics. Her research mainly focuses on environmental regulations and climate change. She has public sector experience at the US Department […]
James Feigenbaum
James Feigenbaum studies economic history, labor economics, and political economy. His research interests include inequality, intergenerational mobility, health and mortality, and labor markets in the 19th and early 20th century US, spanning cities during the Age of Mass Migration and the epidemiological transition to the postbellum South. He is also a Faculty Research Fellow at […]
Vijay Fisch
Vijay (he/him) is a student in the Faculty of Computing and Data Science (CDS) pursuing a BS in Data Science and a minor in economics. He has been attending IOC events since his freshman year at BU and is excited about the opportunity to get more involved. He enjoys exploring interdisciplinary approaches to problem-solving around […]
Martin Fiszbein
Martin Fiszbein’s research seeks to understand comparative paths of development in historical perspective, drawing on new empirical approaches and conceptual insights from growth theory, development economics, regional/urban economics, political economy, social psychology, and evolutionary approaches. Adopting a long-run perspective, my papers underscore how “initial conditions” shaping economies early in their history may influence subsequent development […]
Juliahna Green
Read more about Juliahna’s experience as the 2018 Greater Manchester Combined Authority Fellow Juliahna Green studied economics in the College of Arts and Sciences. She interned at Roca, a local not-for-profit aimed at combating cyclical poverty. In the past, she has interned in three different departments at the City of Boston, most recently in Intergovernmental […]