Yichun Fan is an applied economist specializing in Environmental and Urban Economics. Fan's research focuses on urban resilience to environmental risks. Her recent work integrates applied economics with new data and data science technologies to understand how adaptations of people and places shape the economic and distributional impacts of climate change. 

School Division

Environmental Social Systems

Education

  • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2025)
  • M.U.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2020)

Websites

Recent Publications

  • Fan, Y
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 127, ( ):
  • Fan, Y; Wang, J; Obradovich, N; Zheng, S
    Scientific reports 13, no. 1 ( ): 473
  • Zhu, J; Li, X; Fan, Y; Shi, H; Zhao, L
    Resources Conservation and Recycling 182, ( ):
  • Wang, J; Fan, Y; Palacios, J; Chai, Y; Guetta-Jeanrenaud, N; Obradovich, N; Zhou, C; Zheng, S
    Nature human behaviour 6, no. 3 ( ): 349 - 358
  • Palacios, J; Fan, Y; Yoeli, E; Wang, J; Chai, Y; Sun, W; Rand, DG; Zheng, S
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 119, no. 5 ( ): e2100719119