Inácio Fernandes de Araújo Junior

Inácio F. Araújo is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Economics at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He is also a Research Associate at the Núcleo de Economia Regional e Urbana da USP - NEREUS (Regional and Urban Economics Lab) and an Associate Editor at the academic journal Estudos Econômicos. He served as an assistant to the Editors on the editorial board of the Revista Brasileira de Estudos Regionais e Urbanos (Brazilian Review of Regional and Urban Studies) from 2018 to 2021. He has previously participated in the development of projects for the African Development Bank, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, the World Resources Institute, Superintendência do Desenvolvimento da Amazônia, Banco do Nordeste, and other organizations. He was a visiting researcher at the Regional Research Institute at West Virginia University (July 2016 to February 2017) and at the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University (August 2023 to July 2024). Inácio F. Araújo held a Lecturer position in the Department of Economics at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, where he taught between July 2021 and June 2022. Previously, he held a Lecturer position in the Department of Economics at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil (2018). Inácio's teaching and research focus is on applied economics. His main research interests include the interpretation of inter-industrial and interregional linkages to analyze production chains and the economic impact of extreme events. His primary focus is on developing economic models and applying them to analyze economic structures for policy formulation and evaluation. Website: https://www.inaciofaraujo.com.br/. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)