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Alaz Munzur PhD, MSc JSGS Faculty, U of S

Assistant Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan

Areas of Interest

  • Climate policy
  • International Trade
  • Environmental economics
  • Economic History and Geography

About

Alaz Munzur is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Economics Policy at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan campus.

Prior to this, Munzur was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University, School of Public Policy. Munzur also worked as a Research Associate with the Energy and Environmental Policy research division at the University of Calgary, from where she earned her PhD in Economics in 2019. As part of the Canadian Northern Corridor Research Program, her research at the University of Calgary focused on the economic and environmental impacts of infrastructure development in Canada’s North. Her research is focused in the areas of government regulation and policy on energy and environment; international cooperation on climate issues; internal and international trade policy; and economic history.

 

Designations

  • PhD in Economics, University of Calgary
  • M.Sc., Economics, Middle East Technical University (Turkey)

Supervisory Capacity

Alaz Munzur is currently accepting applications from new PhD and MPP students for September 2024 in the following research areas: climate policy, international cooperation on climate change, international & internal trade policy, Canada's critical minerals strategy, rare earth elements, and strategic minerals policy.

Recent Grants/Awards

Recent Awards and Honors

  • AERE Scholar, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE), Inaugural Program (2021) 
  • Queen Elizabeth II Doctoral Scholarship, Province of Alberta
  • Graduate Research Scholarship, University of Calgary

Select Publications

Peer-Reviewed Papers

Other Policy Papers

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  • Fellows, Kent, Alaz Munzur & Jennifer Winter. “A Socio-Economic Review of the Impacts of Northwest Territories’ Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway 10.” Canadian Journal of Regional Science (forthcoming)

Technical Reports

  • Fellows. G. Kent, Jennifer Winter & Alaz Munzur. 2021. “An Analysis of Industrial Policy Mechanisms to Support Commercial Deployment of Bitumen Partial Upgrading in Alberta.” Report prepared for Alberta Innovates

Book Chapter

  • Munzur, Alaz, Katharina Koch & Jennifer Winter. In press. “Geopolitical Implications of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.” In Changing the paradigm of energy geopolitics: resources and pathways in the light of global climate challenges. Jo˜ao Sim˜oes, Francisco Leandro, Eduardo Caetano de Sousa and Roopinder Oberoi, eds. Peter Lang Publishers

Manuscripts subitted to Journals or In Progress 

  • “Carbon Tariffs and Trade Wars”
  • “Pricing Carbon in Canada: An Analysis of Canada’s Commitment under the Paris Agreement”
  • “Welfare Implications of the 19th Century Trade Liberalization in Britain”
  • “An Analysis of the Trade, Welfare, and Emission Effects of Canadian Carbon Tariffs”
  • “The Relational Character of Canadian Nation-Building Infrastructure in the 21st Century” with Katharina Koch (revise and resubmit)
  • “Canada’s Long-Term Trade Patterns and Potential Impact of Transportation Corridors”
  • “Implications of Temperature Shocks on Global Productivity Growth-Evidence from the Eruption of Mount Tambora” with Juan Moreno-Cruz
  • “Optimal Transport Networks in Spatial Equilibrium and Environmental Damages from Inefficiencies in Canada’s Existing Network”

Presentations

Conference Presentations, Panels, Seminars, and Workshops

  • Atlantic Council Global Energy Center, Alternative battery chemistries and diversifying clean energy supply chains, Report Launch (Panelist) 2022
  • Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Association (CREEA), Summer Workshop, Ottawa 2022
  • Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE), Summer Conference, Miami 2022
  • Canadian Economics Association (CEA), Annual Meeting, Ottawa 2022
  • European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), Annual Conference, Italy 2022
  • Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Association (CREEA), Annual Conference, Saskatoon 2022
  • Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Association (CREEA), Annual Conference (Discussant) 2021
  • Canadian Economics Association (CEA), Annual Meeting 2021
  • IX Conference of the Spanish-Portuguese Association of Resources and Environmental Economics (AERNA) 2021
  • International Political Science Association (IPSA), World Congress of Political
    Science 2021
  • The Institute for Sustainable Finance (ISF), Transition Climate Scenarios 2021
  • The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, Implications of an Infrastructure Corridor for Alberta’s Economy 2021
  • The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, The Relational Character of Canadian Nation-Building Infrastructure in the 21st Century Central Alberta Economic Partnership (CAEP) 2021
  • Southern Economic Association (SEA), Annual Conference (Conference Selection Committee) 2020
  • European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), Annual Conference 2020
  • The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, The Canadian Northern Corridor: Planning for National Prosperity 2020
  • Pan-Canadian Spatial Data Infrastructure Summit 2020