Assistant professor & energy / development economist at @UChicago's @HarrisPolicy & @UChiEnergy.

Joined December 2011
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A nice summary of my work on long-range monsoon forecasts as climate adaptation with all-star coauthor team @amirjina, @erinmunrokelley, Greg "too cool for X" Lane, and @HarshilSahai is in the June @nberpubs digest! nber.org/sites/default/files…

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Our #10 Top Chart from @fburlig @amirjina @anantsudarshan shows delivering clean water to rural homes in India is a cost effective approach to confronting the global clean water access problem, costing only $71 to $226 per life year saved. bit.ly/4pTgPfx #EPICTop10 2/2
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On Dec 10, join @UChiClimate journalism fellow @AmyAHarder and EPIC scholar @fburlig in London for a discussion on how shifting temperatures, freshwater scarcity, and ecological disruption are transforming the systems that sustain human life. Register: epic.uchicago.edu/events/eve…
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Can better data close the climate survival gap? In a new podcast episode of Shocked, @amyaharder, @fburlig, @turbulentjet, & @amirjina explore how #AI is transforming weather prediction in places where stakes are highest and resources are few. lnk.to/shockedpodcast!x
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17 Jul 2025
💧Can delivering treated water directly to homes improve safe water use in rural India? @AnantSudarshan @fburling @amirjina evaluate three models—free delivery, subsidized pricing, and exchangeable entitlements—to study household demand and program design. 🔗 povertyactionlab.org/evaluat…
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We are back! EEE Summer School @ Berkeley! 🔗 Info application: auffhammer.com/summer-school📅 Deadline: May 14 | Program: Aug 18–22 We especially encourage early stage Ph.D. students with possible interest in EEE topics! Must be enrolled in North American Econ"ish" Ph.D. program.
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🚨 📢 We are #Hiring a #ResearchAssociate! Join a Dream Team of PI's carrying out an #Intervention on studying the impacts of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Development Program being implemented in #AndhraPradesh for Class 9 students. Apply now at daiadvisory.org/careers/appl…! #Jobs
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Testing centralized treatment and home delivery of clean water to the rural poor in India, from @fburlig, Amir Jina, and Anant Sudarshan nber.org/papers/w33557
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Great to see my groundwater work with @lpreonas and too-cool-for-tweets Matt Woerman in the @latimes! Bringing groundwater into sustainability in California will be a big lift; we find prices are an effective tool for curbing consumption. Full paper here: fionaburlig.com/s/20241112_B…

A landmark government report has called for national mobilization to curb groundwater depletion. Research co-authored by EPIC scholar @fburlig finds that a tax or fee on water use could help achieve necessary reductions in pumping. More via @latimes: epic.uchicago.edu/news/landm…
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A landmark government report has called for national mobilization to curb groundwater depletion. Research co-authored by EPIC scholar @fburlig finds that a tax or fee on water use could help achieve necessary reductions in pumping. More via @latimes: epic.uchicago.edu/news/landm…
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Blog your job market paper 2024: submissions now open - our 14th year of publishing posts by PhD students on the development job market (submissions due Nov 6) blogs.worldbank.org/en/impac…
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#Groundwater has been free to farmers in most of the world, leading to rapid resource depletion. A new study co-authored by EPIC’s @fburlig finds that when CA farmers have to pay for that water, they use less. Learn more: bit.ly/3SgRsG1
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We @HarrisPolicy are proud to launch our Public Sector Scholarship guaranteeing a minimum of $40,000 in scholarship to those with 3 years of public sector service. People dedicated to serving society should have access to the world's best policy education. harris.uchicago.edu/public-s…

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