Kelsey Jack - CERP

Kelsey Jack

Principal Investigator

Kelsey Jack is a Principal Investigator on Climate Change Initiative at CERP. Dr Kelsey’s research is at the intersection of Environmental and Development Economics, with a focus on how individuals, households, and communities decide to use natural resources and provide public goods. Much of Dr Kelsey’s research uses field experiments to test theory and new policy innovations. She has done research in numerous countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and has ongoing work in South Africa, Ghana, Zambia, and Niger. She co-chairs the Environment and Energy sector at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT (J-PAL), directs the Poverty Alleviation group at the Environmental Markets Lab at UCSB (emLab), and is an associate editor at the American Economic Review. Dr Kelsey joined the Bren School after seven years as an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Tufts University and a postdoc position at MIT, with the Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI) at J-PAL. Dr Kelsey has a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University and a Bachelor’s degree in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University. Before graduate school, she spent two years in Lao PDR working for IUCN.

Kelsey Jack

Principal Investigator

Kelsey Jack is a Principal Investigator on Climate Change Initiative at CERP. Dr Kelsey’s research is at the intersection of Environmental and Development Economics, with a focus on how individuals, households, and communities decide to use natural resources and provide public goods. Much of Dr Kelsey’s research uses field experiments to test theory and new policy innovations. She has done research in numerous countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and has ongoing work in South Africa, Ghana, Zambia, and Niger. She co-chairs the Environment and Energy sector at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT (J-PAL), directs the Poverty Alleviation group at the Environmental Markets Lab at UCSB (emLab), and is an associate editor at the American Economic Review. Dr Kelsey joined the Bren School after seven years as an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Tufts University and a postdoc position at MIT, with the Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI) at J-PAL. Dr Kelsey has a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University and a Bachelor’s degree in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University. Before graduate school, she spent two years in Lao PDR working for IUCN.

Kelsey Jack

Principal Investigator

Kelsey Jack is a Principal Investigator on Climate Change Initiative at CERP. Dr Kelsey’s research is at the intersection of Environmental and Development Economics, with a focus on how individuals, households, and communities decide to use natural resources and provide public goods. Much of Dr Kelsey’s research uses field experiments to test theory and new policy innovations. She has done research in numerous countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and has ongoing work in South Africa, Ghana, Zambia, and Niger. She co-chairs the Environment and Energy sector at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT (J-PAL), directs the Poverty Alleviation group at the Environmental Markets Lab at UCSB (emLab), and is an associate editor at the American Economic Review. Dr Kelsey joined the Bren School after seven years as an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Tufts University and a postdoc position at MIT, with the Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI) at J-PAL. Dr Kelsey has a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University and a Bachelor’s degree in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University. Before graduate school, she spent two years in Lao PDR working for IUCN.