About me
My name is Ivan Hajdukovic and I am an applied economist with a keen interest in economic policies, international economics, environmental and resource economics, agricultural and forestry economics, and applied econometrics.
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Landscape Development of the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), where I contribute to research and teaching on landscape development and renewable energy, focusing on their environmental, socio-economic, and policy aspects. I am also a research fellow at the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA).
After obtaining my Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Geneva in June 2015, I pursued a Master's degree in Economics at the University of Lausanne. During my studies, I had the opportunity to spend an exchange semester at the University of Bologna in the autumn of 2016.
After graduating in 2017, I moved to the United Kingdom, where I gained valuable professional and academic experience. I completed an internship at the London Stock Exchange Group and worked as a research assistant at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the University of Oxford. During my time at Oxford, I contributed to a research project reviewing the literature on the substitutability of natural capital with other forms of capital.
In October 2018, I started my PhD in Economics at the University of Barcelona. My doctoral thesis focused on the transmission mechanisms of fiscal and monetary policies in open economies and their impact on the energy markets and environmental quality. I successfully defended my thesis in July 2021.
During my doctoral studies, I gained valuable work experience. From October 2018 to February 2019, I worked as a research assistant at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the University of Oxford on a research project examining whether mineral commodities have become scarcer in the long run. In 2019, as part of my six-month internship at the Trade and Environment Division of the World Trade Organisation, I wrote an empirical research paper assessing the impact of international trade on the price of solar photovoltaic modules.
From May 2020 to November 2021, I worked as a data analyst - Federation-wide Databank and Reporting System (FDRS) at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). My role was to support data collection, validation and analysis and to work with National Societies in the Africa and Europe and Central Asia regions. The data collected was used to produce the 2022 edition of the Everyone Counts report, a flagship publication of the IFRC. I also worked as an independent consultant on two data collection and analysis projects led by the IFRC from February to July 2022.
From September 2022 to August 2024, I worked as a researcher at EMEA. My work involved supporting the implementation of EU-funded projects by carrying out data collection, data analysis, and economic policy research on sustainability and the environment. I led research for EMEA's participation in ReForest (2022-2026), a project funded by Horizon Europe. The project aims to enhance the uptake of agroforestry in Europe by fostering innovation, supporting knowledge exchange, and providing new solutions to enable farmers to achieve multiple objectives such as food production, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity enhancement. In parallel to my work on EU projects, I wrote an empirical research paper examining the determinants of energy and material resources productivity.
In the spring of 2024, I undertook research visits at the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG) and the Conservation Research Institute (CRI) in the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge, and at the University College London (UCL) Energy Institute of the Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources.
My ambition is to conduct interdisciplinary research at the intersection of science, policy, and society, and to contribute to the co-creation of new solutions to pressing climate, environmental, and socio-economic challenges.
Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends. I am also passionate about sports, music, hiking, and travelling.