Remo Agovic

PhD Candidate

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Remo Agovic

PhD Candidate

Remo Agovic is a PhD candidate with the Environmental Governance and Global Development research team at the Wyss Academy for Nature. He holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Zurich, with a specialization in development and public policy. Remo’s research centers on the well-being of vulnerable populations living with environmental pressures. His PhD examines community-based conservation and development in tropical forests under accelerating infrastructure expansion, combining econometric inference with geospatial analysis. His master’s thesis analyzed how drought affects coffee production in Brazil and the implications for plantation workers, laying the groundwork for his ongoing interest in how communities and economies adapt to changing conditions. As co-lead of the td-net project “Future of Work,” he has cultivated interdisciplinary collaborations around labor-market polarization and sustainability transitions.

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