Biography
Rodrigo Pérez Silva is a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics from The Ohio State University. His areas of expertise include urban and regional economics, rural development, the environment, well-being, and territorial inequalities. He is a principal investigator at the Millennium Nucleus Center for the Integrated Development of Territories (CEDIT).
Ongoing projects
- 2023 a la fecha. Investigador responsable. Fondecyt de Iniciación 11230919 “La desigual distribución de la vegetación urbana y sus efectos sobre el desempeño académico y desarrollo personal y social de niños, niñas y adolescentes en Chile”
- 2023 a la fecha. Investigador principal. Núcleo Milenio Centro para el Desarrollo Integral de los Territorios (CEDIT).
- 2022 a la fecha. Co-investigador FONDECYT Regular “Etnografía del estado y producción de desigualdades socioecológicas. Análisis de políticas ambientalmente relevantes en Chile contemporáneo”.
- 2022 - 2023. Investigador responsable. Proyecto BID “Implications of Climate Change and Natural Disasters for Latin America”. Proyecto “Water Scarcity and its Impacts on Local Labor Markets. Studying Heterogenous Effects on Women and Indigenous People in Chile”.