Amine Ouazad

I am Associate professor of Economics at HEC Montreal where I hold the endowed research professorship in “Urban and Real Estate Economics.” I am also a Senior Fellow at the 21st Century Cities Initiative at Johns Hopkins University, and a member of the First Street Foundation Lab. I was DLA Piper Distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins University in April 2020. I am also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

My research interests span urban economics, real estate, finance, climate risk, social justice.

EXPERTISE

• Real estate price dynamics in cities
• Credit and banking networks
• Climate change, transition and physical risk

Companies

• Senior Fellow Johns Hopkins 21st Century Cities Initiative (2021)
• Associate Professor Of Economics HEC Montréal (2017)
• DLA Piper Distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School (2020 — 2020)
• EMBA Research Project Supervisor EMBA McGill HEC Montréal (2018 — 2020)
• Associate Professor of Economics (tenured) École Polytechnique (2016 — 2017)
• Assistant professor of economics INSEAD (2008 — 2016)
• Visiting Researcher Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy (2009 — 2009)
• Research Associate and European Marie Curie Fellow London School of Economics (2005 — 2008)
• Student Research Collaborator Princeton University (2007 — 2007)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Paris School of Economics joint with the London School of Economics (European Doctoral Program) (2003 — 2008)
• Master of Science (MSc) ENSAE - Paris Graduate School of Economics (2003 — 2004)
• Engineering degree (cycle polytechnicien) Ecole polytechnique (2000 — 2003)
• Mathematics and Physics preparatory college Lycée Louis-le-Grand (1995 — 2000)
• Reserve Officer Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr (2000)