Greetings!

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) at Cornell University. I also teach a new course on sustainable finance in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.

My research attempts to bridge two fields within public policy: sustainability and public budgeting/finance. Through my dissertation, I investigate how environmental shocks like flooding and hurricanes affect American state governments’ finances, and what can be done to maintain fiscal resilience and sustainability.

I received my PhD from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree from the University of Chicago, both in public policy. Beyond academia, I have consulted internationally for the World Bank, the USAID, and the Economist Intelligence Unit, and previously served as an associate director at Indonesia’s Presidential Office (UKP4).

Email me at aichiro@cornell.edu.