Ivan Hajdukovic is an applied economist with a strong background in quantitative methods and data analysis. His main research interests are economic policies, international economics, environmental and resource economics, agricultural and forestry economics, and applied econometrics. He obtained his PhD in Economics (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Barcelona in 2021 and holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Lausanne, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Geneva.
Ivan is currently 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). He is also a research fellow at the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA).
Prior to joining EPFL, Ivan worked as a researcher at EMEA, where he supported the implementation of various EU-funded projects and conducted economic policy research on sustainability and the environment. Notably, he led the research for EMEA’s participation in ReForest, a Horizon Europe project. In the spring of 2024, he undertook two research visits at the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG) and the Conservation Research Institute (CRI) at 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.
From May 2020 to July 2022, Ivan worked as a data analyst and consultant at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Prior to this, he completed an internship in the Trade and Environment Division of the World Trade Organisation and worked as a research assistant at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the University of Oxford.
Throughout his career, Ivan has conducted both independent and collaborative academic research and policy work on a wide range of issues, including economic policies, international trade, energy and material resources, and climate change mitigation. He has also contributed to operational and data collection exercises in the humanitarian sector.