York, England, United Kingdom
My duties involve teaching three undergraduate courses: (a. Descriptive Statistics and Economic Indicators, b. Probability and Statistics, c. Time Series Analysis) at the Open and Distance Learning department of the Faculty of Economics, UNAM. This implies preparing teaching materials, developing learning activities and classes (webinars) based on power point slides, message boards and multimedia devices. I also manage the courses' online platform (based on Moodle) and provide advice and help to students. Additionally, I mark activities and exams.
My research mainly focuses on analysing the climate-development nexus, particularly assessing demand-side climate change mitigation measures and their effects in global development. I develop models for forecasting and scenario analysis to understand how fiscal and non-fiscal policies can influence the UK’s future energy and material needs through changes in demand.
I contributed to the writing of the Economic Development in Africa Report 2012, titled Structural Transformation and Sustainable Development in Africa.
I developed projections up to 2050 for domestic and imported CO2 emissions for the United Kingdom by using time series data for domestic and imported goods classified in 63 sectors. My duties involved projecting the emissions for each sector by developing an econometric model. Once the model was complete, I developed four scenarios and analyzed the results. I also did a literature review about emissions accounting, consumption patterns in the UK, technological-induced mitigation options and the different emission pledges presented by developing countries after the Copenhagen Accord. I made graphs, and tables, and wrote two reports. The findings will be included in a journal article that will be published in 2012.