Joshua Graff Zivin

Joshua Graff Zivin holds dual faculty positions at GPS and UC San Diego’s Department of Economics, exemplifying his multidisciplinary research. His research interests are broad and include the areas of environmental, health, development and innovation economics. Policy relevance serves as a guiding force behind all of this work.

Much of his current work is focused on three distinct areas of research: the relationship between the environment, health and human capital, the economics of innovation with a particular eye toward the role of institutions, social networks and financial incentives, and the design of health interventions and their economic impacts.