Penn Climate is excited to welcome Professor R. Jisung Park to the Penn Climate Seminar Series for a talk titled Adapting to a Warmer World: The Effects of Heat on Learning and Labor at 1:30 PM on Wednesday, October 15, in Steinberg-Dietrich Room 350. Park is an Assistant Professor at the School of Social Policy & Practice and holds a secondary appointment at the Department of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School. As an environmental and labor economist, Park’s research investigates the relationship between environmental factors and economic opportunities. Park leverages data analysis, quasi-experimental methods, and economic analysis to explore how environmental changes impact human well-being and to design effective policy responses.

Park earned his PhD in economics from Harvard and has advised policymakers and practitioners worldwide, providing congressional testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives and briefings for the United Nations, the World Bank, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and more. His research is widely featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other major outlets. We look forward to welcoming R. Jisung Park for the second installment in the Penn Climate Seminar Series.