Julieth Julius Tibanywana

Julieth Julius Tibanywana is a PhD student in Economics at the University of Cape Town and serves as an Assistant Lecturer at the School of Economics, University of Dar es Salaam. She is affiliated with the Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU) and the EfD Center Tanzania as a Junior Research Fellow. Her roles include teaching Microeconomics, Public Finance, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Quantitative Methods, and Econometrics.

Educational Background:

• PhD in Economics, University of Cape Town (ongoing)
• Visiting Research Student at the London School of Economics (2023) and Charles University (2024)

Research Interests: Julieth focuses on addressing water scarcity in urban Tanzania using Choice Experiment and Randomized Control Trial (RCT) methodologies. Her work explores household preferences, behavioral interventions, and technological adoption for sustainable solutions. She also investigates carbon pricing of mangrove forests, climate change feedback on ecosystem service contracts, and energy economics in water, mining, oil, and gas sectors. Her research emphasizes evidence-based policymaking and innovative economic solutions.

Publications & Methodologies: Her recent work highlights business enterprises’ willingness to pay for improved electricity supply and the methodological rigor of survey consequentiality in environmental economics. She employs tools like Open Data Kit (ODK) for data design and management.

Awards & Grants: None explicitly mentioned in the text. Her work has been supported through affiliations with EPRU and EfD.

Labs & Collaborations: Engaged with the EfD Center Tanzania and EPRU, contributing to interdisciplinary research on environmental policy and natural resource governance.