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Remy Levin is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Connecticut, affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the UConn Cognitive Science Program. He specializes in Behavioral Economics and Decision Theory, focusing on the Co-Evolution of Risk and Utility. His research spans macroeconomic fluctuations, climate change impacts on risk preferences, and the intersection of insurance, financial, and development economics.
Education: PhD in Economics from UC San Diego (2020), with a focus on Behavioral Economics and Decision Theory. BA in Economics and BS in Mathematics, both Summa Cum Laude from Western Washington University (2013). Notable undergraduate work includes a thesis on fractal geometry and a paper on the co-evolution of U.S. Constitutional law and international law, earning departmental honors.
Research interests prioritize decision-making under uncertainty, with contributions to climate change economics, policy analysis, and interdisciplinary projects like genetic influences on risk tolerance. He co-authored frontier studies on this topic and led a dissertation analyzing Indonesian and Mexican panel data to study adaptive risk-taking in response to aggregate shocks.
Teaching includes Behavioral Economics (Econ 3498) and Intermediate Micro (Econ 2201). He co-organizes UConn’s Microeconomics seminar and actively participates in data preservation efforts amid political threats to scientific resources. His recent work critiques anti-science policies and advocates for distributed data archiving to protect academic research integrity.
Professional activities include grant-seeking for climate and economic datasets, mentorship in applied risk research, and public engagement via Bluesky on topics ranging from academic freedom to environmental policy. No specific awards are listed, though his work has been featured in interdisciplinary collaborations and policy discussions.
