Job opening: The Business Economics & Public Policy group at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania is encouraging applications for several pre-doctoral research assistant positions starting July 2023. For more information, click here.
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sberkou@wharton.upenn.edu
​I am an Assistant Professor of Business Economics & Public Policy and the Robert J. Aresty, W’63 Faculty Scholar at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. I study microeconomics in the context of environment, energy, and climate in low-income contexts. I am an affiliate at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL).

At Wharton, I teach Microeconomics for Managers in the MBA program. I co-organize the Development Economics seminar, the Energy Economics and Finance seminar, and the Applied Economics Workshop. I am affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania Environmental Innovations Initiative and the Development Research Initiative. Within Wharton I am affiliated with the Climate Center at Wharton's new Environmental, Social, and Governance Initiative and with Analytics at Wharton​. 

I have a PhD from UC Berkeley (where I was affiliated with the Energy Institute at the Haas School of Business), an MA International and Development Economics from Yale University, and a BSc Statistics  from the University College London. I was also an EPoD Research Fellow at Harvard University, and before that worked in international trade finance in London, Johannesburg, and Nairobi.

Please use they/them pronouns when referring to me.
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