In this link, you can find a short version of my CV.

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2018 - 2023
  • Ph.D. in Urban Economics & Policy
  • Honors: Awarded the MIT Presidential (2018 - 2019) and Departmental (2019 – 2023) Fellowships.

• École Normale Supérieure (ENS) / Paris School of Economics (PSE), 2013 - 2015
  • M.Sc. in Applied Economics: Public Policy and Development
  • Honors: Graduated Summa Cum Laude

• Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), 2008 - 2012
  • B.A. in Economics
  • Honors: Highest score at the national level on the mandatory economics exit examination (CENEVAL).

Publications

• Sandoval-Olascoga, S., Shu, E., & Porter, J. (2025). Flood risk and property value changes: understanding the impact of climate event exposure in the context of population change. Frontiers in Environmental Economics, 4, 1615802. Link to the article.

• Fairweather, D., Kahn, M. E., Metcalfe, R. D., & Olascoaga-Sandoval. S. (2024). Expecting climate change: A nationwide field experiment in the housing market (No. w33119). National Bureau of Economic Research. Link to the article. Revise & Resubmit: American Economic Review.
  • Covered by Bloomberg, The Weather Channel, Yale Environment 360, The New York Times, among other outlets.

• Sandoval-Olascoaga, S., Garcia, C., Arcaya, M. (2023). Housing Conditions in the COVID-19 Pandemic. In book: The Social Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Publisher: Oxford University Press. Editors: Duncan, D., Kawachi, I., Morse, S. Link to the article.

• Shu, E. G., Porter, J. R., Hauer, M. E., Sandoval Olascoaga, S., Gourevitch, J., Wilson, B., Pope, M., Melecio-Vazquez, D., & Kearns, E. (2023). Integrating climate change induced flood risk into future population projections. Nature Communications, 14(1), 7870. Link

• Sandoval-Olascoaga, S., Venkataramani, A. S., & Arcaya, M. C. (2021). Eviction moratoria expiration and COVID-19 infection risk across strata of health and socioeconomic status in the United States. JAMA network open, 4(8), e2129041-e2129041. Link to the article.

  • Covered by MIT News, I was interviewed for NPR’s (Marketplace), Brookings, CIDRAP, Medical Xpress, AJMC, Physician’s Weekly.

• Sandoval-Olascoaga, S. (2015). The Distribution of Top Incomes in Mexico: How rich are the richest? In: MS.c. Thesis, Paris School of Economics & Ecole Normale Superieure. [Link]

  • I updated my MS.c. thesis with additional content and analyses. [Link]

• Vilar, M., Sandoval-Olascoaga, S., Bernal, A., Shimoga, S., & Bustamante, A. (2015). The impact of the 2008 financial crisis on food security and food expenditures in Mexico: a disproportionate effect on the vulnerable. In: Public Health Nutrition, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-9. [Link]

• Vilar, M., Sandoval-Olascoaga, S., Bernal, A., & Perez, A. (2014). Mexico: A complex mosaic of population nutrition problems. In: Pobreza y Desigualdad: un enfoque multidisciplinario, Universidad Iberoamericana, Ed. by Pablo Cotler, pp. 69-84. [Link]

• Vilar, M., Sandoval-Olascoaga, S., Bernal, A., & Perez, A. (2014). The Effect of Mexican Household Food Security Status and Income Distribution on Food Access. In: Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Volume 3, Issue 2. [Link]

• While working at the Treasury Department, I was in charge of designing and writing sections of the annual report of the Stability Council of the Financial System (CESF) for years 2018, 2017, and 2016.

Academic Service

• Referee for Health Affairs, Journal of Development Economics, Latin American Economic Review, ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, Health and Place, and Habitat International.

• Ph.D. Admission Committee Member for MIT’s Environmental Policy and Planning Ph.D. Track (2020, 2021, and 2022).

Awards and Honors

• Stakeholder Advisory Board - Harvard Chan School of Public Health, NIEHS Center for Environmental Health (2024 – Present)

• MIT Presidential and Departmental Fellowships (2018 - 2023). MIT established a prestigious program of Presidential Fellowships in 1999 in order to recruit the most outstanding students worldwide to pursue graduate studies at the Institute.

• First Street Foundation Fellow (2022 - 2024).

• Harold Horowitz Research (MIT) Fund (2022).

• OptumLabs Fellow (2019 – 2021).

• National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) Fellowship (2018 - 2022).

• Priscilla King Gray (MIT) Center, (2021). Summer Fellow.

• Boston Area Research (Harvard and Northeastern Universities) Initiative (BARI) Research Seed Grant, (2020-2021).

• Priscilla King Gray (MIT) Center, (2021). IAP Fellow.

• Lloyd and Nadine Rodwin International Fellowship (2018).

• Graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Paris School of Economics (PSE)/École Normale Supérieure (ENS) (2015).

• National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) Fellowship (2014).

• Institute of Research for Development (IRD) and Agence Française de Developpement (AFD) Fellowships (2013).

• CENEVAL award for Top National Score for Economics Graduation Exam (2012). The award is given to the highest score in Mexico on the mandatory bachelors’ graduation examination of economics. The CENEVAL-EGEL-Economics exam is a national coverage test that evaluates the level of knowledge and academic abilities of the recent graduates of the bachelor’s degree in Economics.

• Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) Scholarship (2011). The scholarship is given by the Canadian Government to support the development of human capital and the next generation of leaders in the Americas.

• Center for Research and Teaching of Economics (CIDE) Fellowship (2008-2012).

Community Service

• Member of MIT’s Graduate Student Council (2020 – 2022).

• Core Member MIT’s Graduate Housing Working Group Subcommittee (2020 – 2022).

• Core Member of MIT’s Graduate Student Council Advocacy Subcommittee (2020 – 2022).

• Paris School of Economics Students’ Association (SYNAPSE) Board Member (2013 - 2015).