Andrea Podhorsky

Andrea Podhorsky is a tenured Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at York University's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. Her research bridges fintech, blockchain technology, corporate social responsibility, international trade and finance, and environmental economics, with a focus on computational methodologies and policy analysis.

• Ph.D., Princeton University (2008)
• M.S., Rochester Institute of Technology (2020)
• M.A., University of British Columbia
• B.Comm., University of Windsor

Podhorsky's work explores the intersection of sustainability, financial innovation, and global markets. She has developed models analyzing Bitcoin's economic and environmental impacts, particularly through its Proof-of-Work consensus mechanism, and has expanded her research after earning a Master of Science in Computational Finance in 2020.

Her publications examine blockchain's marginal mining costs, the role of taxation in reducing cryptocurrency energy consumption, and the effectiveness of environmental certification programs. These studies employ theoretical, empirical, and computational approaches, contributing to fields like environmental economics, public finance, and development economics.

Podhorsky teaches courses on cryptocurrencies, international trade, environmental economics, and economic development. She is actively accepting new graduate students and maintains a research-focused lab environment prioritizing computational methodologies and policy evaluation.