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My name is Rimjhim Saxena (Pronounced : Rim-Jim Sax-éna). I am a Researcher at the Institute of Economics and Econometrics (IEE) at the Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM) at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. I graduated with my PhD in Economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder in May 2025. I like working at the intersection of Climate + Labor + Development, preferably with a good coffee.

I worked as a Pre-Doctoral Fellow at Environmental Defense Fund in Summer of 2021 at the Office of Chief Economist. Before starting graduate school, I worked as a Research Assistant at Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania. I hold a Masters degree in Economics from Boston University, MBA in Finance and Bachelors in Industrial Engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India (#10 engineering school in India, #997 globally).

Upcoming whereabouts:

  1. Twenty-Fourth Summer School in International and Development Economics: “Geo-economics, Natural Resources, and Development” - September 2-5, 2025, Castello di Gargonza, Italy

Research Interests

  • Environmental Economics
  • Labor Economics
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Sustainable Development
  • Economics of Climate Change
  • Political Economics