Other Affiliated Programs: Global Social Impact Fellowship

Students on Summer Project Team:
Josue Quintero '23, Finance
Hugo Ramos '23, International Relations / Spanish
Jeffrey Kirshenbaum 'G, Applied Economics

Faculty Mentor(s): Dinissa Duvanova, Associate Professor, International Relations

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Project description:
Full project title: Community Engagement and Environmental Initiatives in Kazakhstan

This project is researching approaches to assessing the environmental and social impacts of air pollution, working with local stakeholders in and around Almaty, Kazakhstan to collect data and design and implement a locally sustainable system for monitoring air quality. The team is evaluating the costs and benefits of alternative approaches to monitoring air quality, testing and assessing the proposed solution, and producing the technical and public reports detailing the results of their research. They are also writing policy briefs for the Department of Green Economics and local environmental NGOs.