Elizabeth Espinosa-Uquillas

FSRI PhD Fellow

Elizabeth Espinosa
Alma mater(s)
  • B.A. Economics, the Catholic University of Ecuador
  • M.A. Development Economics, FLACSO Ecuador
  • M.S. Complex Systems and Data Science, University of Vermont
Affiliated Department(s)

Mathematics and Statistics, Nutrition and Food Sciences, and Food Systems

Area(s) of expertise

Data Science, Bayesian statistics, climate adaptation in agriculture, Agent-Based models, Federal crop insurance.   

BIO

Elizabeth Espinosa is a Ph.D. candidate in Complex Systems and Data Science at UVM. She holds a B.A. in Economics from the Catholic University of Ecuador, an M.A. in Development Economics from FLACSO Ecuador, and an M.S. in Complex Systems and Data Science from UVM. She worked as a policy analyst, advisor, and researcher concerning welfare programs, women's economic participation, and children's wellbeing at Ecuadorian public institutions, academia, and international organizations, and recently as a research assistant of the Barracuda Project (Biodiversity and Rural Response to Climate Change Using Data Analysis). Elizabeth is particularly interested in understanding the effect of non-conservation government programs on farmers' diverse climate change adaptation decisions by applying complex systems approaches.

Bio

Elizabeth Espinosa is a Ph.D. candidate in Complex Systems and Data Science at UVM. She holds a B.A. in Economics from the Catholic University of Ecuador, an M.A. in Development Economics from FLACSO Ecuador, and an M.S. in Complex Systems and Data Science from UVM. She worked as a policy analyst, advisor, and researcher concerning welfare programs, women's economic participation, and children's wellbeing at Ecuadorian public institutions, academia, and international organizations, and recently as a research assistant of the Barracuda Project (Biodiversity and Rural Response to Climate Change Using Data Analysis). Elizabeth is particularly interested in understanding the effect of non-conservation government programs on farmers' diverse climate change adaptation decisions by applying complex systems approaches.