# Jisung Park Ziff Environmental Fellow: 2017-2019 PhD Economics, Harvard University Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania ![jisung-park.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum10846/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/huce/files/jisung-park.jpg?itok=MnKjteJE) email *Jisung Park is an economist studying how climate change impacts economic productivity and human health.* Jisung earned a BA in economics and political science from Columbia University, an MSc degrees in development economics and environmental policy from Oxford University, and a PhD in economics from Harvard University. Jisung's doctoral work in environmental economics examined the economics effects of climate change from a variety of perspectives: from how heat affects student test scores to how daily heat shocks affect local labor productivity. Jisung received a Climate Change Solutions Fund grant to support his research while he was a graduate student at Harvard. As an Environmental Fellow, Jisung worked with faculty in the Department of Economics and the Kennedy School to explore the potential for long-run climate adaptation and the possible mechanisms through which such adaptation is likely to occur, namely: structural investments (e.g., air conditioning); physiology and personal behavior; and new cultural norms in the workplace. ## Faculty Host Faculty from the Department of Economics and Harvard Kennedy School - ## Alphabetical by Last Name [P-T](/alphabetical-last-name/p-t) - ## Fellows Status [Former](/fellows-status/former) - ## Research Areas [Business, Law & Policy](/research-areas/business-law-and-policy) - ## Role [Fellows](/role/fellows) - ## School [Faculty of Arts and Sciences](/school/faculty-arts-and-sciences) [Harvard Kennedy School](/school/harvard-kennedy-school)