Brigitte Castañeda Rodríguez
Evaluating climate/energy policies
PhD Candidate in Economics, Universidad de los Andes
Research Interest: Macroeconomics, Environmental Economics.
Topics: _Climate Policies, Just Transition.
Supervisor: Hernando Zuleta
Thesis Overview:
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Can Growth Take Place While Reducing Emissions? The role of Energy Mix (JMP) Link
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Climate Policy and Structural Change: Evidence from Energy Transitions in Latin America (with Hernando Zuleta) Link
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Spreading Jam Across the National Toast: Royalties and Local Fiscal Capacities (with Andrés Álvarez and Marc Hofstetter) Link
Im Languages: Spanish (Native), English (Fluent), Russian (Fluent).
Previous Experience: Consultant for GGGI, EDF, CFS, CREE, and World Bank.
Affiliations: Member of the EfD Network via REES Colombia.
I will be on the Job Market in 2025/2026.
Last updated: June 2025
News
| Sep 16, 2024 | Graduate of the Research Mentoring Programme (PMI) on Article 6 of the SPAR6C program with GGGI. |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Winner of the award for the best article of the Doctoral Workshop 2024 Faculty of Economics, Universidad de los Andes. |
| Nov 1, 2023 | With MCC and Uniandes, we received funding from EfD to conduct surveys in Colombia on fossil fuel subsidy reform and acceptability. |
| Jun 12, 2023 | Started a summer internship on Inclusive-Just Transition at EDF supervised Luis Fernandez. |
| Jan 10, 2023 | Worked for the World Bank as Short Term Consultant in Data Scientist. |
| Aug 10, 2020 | Degree with honors in the “Data Science for All” course, by the Colombian Ministry of Technology. |
| Aug 1, 2020 | Started PhD in economics at Univeristy of the Andes in Bogota, Colombia. |
| Nov 21, 2019 | First place in Paper Contest and second in the Poster Session at Oil and Gas Horizons Congress XI. |