Kimi Vu

Biography

Ha Vu is a research scholar in the IIASA Economic Frontiers Program. She is involved in two major research projects: MultiFutures and JUSTCOAL.

As part of the MultiFutures project, she is working to establish a set of “Beyond GDP” indicators to assess the potential for achieving a climate-neutral, just, and resilient society. As part of the JUSTCOAL project, she examines how transitions away from coal should be structured at a regional level to best preserve and enhance the welfare and wellbeing of populations. In particular, she focuses on identifying the different drivers of a just energy transition and estimates the distributional impacts of this process on households and individuals.

Vu received her PhD in economics from the University of California San Diego in the US in 2024. She holds a master’s degree in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Colorado State University, USA.

Her research interests revolve around the intersection of development and environment. Specifically, her work focuses on the impact of various environmental issues on some of the most vulnerable communities in developing regions. Some recurrent themes in her research include studying the transborder impact of dam construction in upstream countries on downstream water discharge, salinity intrusion and agricultural productivity, as well as the impact of air pollution on individual risk aversion and household decision making, and the impact of greening trade on the labor market in export-led developing countries. Vu often addresses her research questions using an empirical approach, specializing in remote sensing data using Geospatial Information System (GIS) methods.

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Last update: 02 SEP 2024