Agustín Indaco

Associate Area Head, Business Administration / Associate Teaching Professor, Economics

Business Administration in Qatar

  • Associate Area Head, Business Administration / Associate Teaching Professor, Economics
    Business Administration in Qatar

BIO

Agustín Indaco is an Associate Teaching Professor of Economics at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. His research focuses on various topics within Applied Microeconomics. He is especially interested in how individuals respond and adapt to the challenges posed by climate change. In addition, he studies human behavior in competitive environments, exploring the psychological and strategic dimensions of contests.

 

Agustín was previously a Junior Professional Associate at The World Bank. He was also an Adjunct Professor in microeconomics at Baruch College as well as Research Fellow for Lev Manovich at the Cultural Analytics Lab. He also served as Visiting Faculty at Strelka Institute for The New Normal postgraduate program. He served as a consultant at IBM and The World Bank.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Teaching Professor, Economics
    Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Doha, Qatar1 Aug 2025 - present
  • Assistant Teaching Professor, Economics
    Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Doha, Qatar1 Aug 2019 - 31 Jul 2025
  • Adjunct Professor
    Baruch College, New York, United States6 Aug 2018 - 14 Jun 2019
  • Visiting Professor
    Strelka Institute, Russia1 Mar 2017 - 27 Oct 2017

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Junior Professional Associate
    World Bank, Washington D.C., United States9 Aug 2010 - 14 Dec 2012

DEGREES

  • PhD, Economics
    City University of New York, USA
  • MA, Economics
    Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina
  • Licenciatura, Economics
    Universidad de Buenos Aires, Agentina

CAMPUS

  • Doha

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 13 Climate Action
  • 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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