Carlos Mendez
Founding research director. Associate professor, Nagoya University
JAPANResearch interests: Development Macroeconomics, Regional Economics, Spatial econometrics
The QuaRCS network
Meet the network
QuaRCS-lab is an international research network in Quantitative Regional and Computational Science — studying sustainable regional development, the geography of development, economic growth and inequality, spatial structural change, and spatial energy economics. Meet the directors and associates behind the work.
Directors 4
Felipe Santos-Marquez
Founding research director. Ph.D. in Economics (TU Dresden), based in Nagoya
JAPANResearch interests: Development Economics, Regional Inequality, Spatial econometrics
Linda Glawe
Research director. Tenure-Track Professor of Empirical Economics, University of Rostock
GERMANYResearch interests: Economic Growth and Development, Regional Economics, Human Capital, Spatial Econometrics
Harry Aginta
Research director. Senior Economist, Bank Indonesia
INDONESIAResearch topic: Regional inflation dynamics in Indonesia
Associates 11
Mitsuhiko Kataoka
Research associate. Professor, Rikkyo University
JAPANResearch interests: Regional Economics, Economic Development, Efficiency Analysis
Mehak Sachdeva
Research associate. Assistant Professor of Urban Science, Florida State University
USAResearch interests: Computational spatial science, Urban analysis, Statistical analysis with GIS
Tifani Husna Siregar
Research associate. Postdoctoral Fellow, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
SAUDI ARABIAResearch interests: Applied spatial econometrics, Regional economics, Labor markets, Causal inference
Alvaro Dominguez
Research associate. Lecturer, Nagoya University
JAPANResearch interests: Economics of Networks, Environmental Economics, Spatial analysis
Erick Gonzales Rocha
Research associate. Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
SWITZERLANDResearch interests: Development economics, Labor economics, Institutional economics
Lykke Andersen
Research associate. Executive Director of SDSN
BOLIVIAResearch interests: Sustainable development, Environmental economics, Applied econometrics
Ugur Ursavas
Research associate. Associate Professor, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University
TURKEYResearch interests: Economic Growth and Development, Regional Economics, Spatial Analysis.
Sujana Kabiraj
Research associate. Associate Professor, Shiv Nadar University
INDIAResearch interests: Economic growth, regional economics, Indian economy
Osmar Bolivar
Research associate. Economist, CEBEC-CAINCO
BOLIVIAResearch interests: Development Economics, Machine Learning, Econometrics, Remote Sensing
Katerine Restrepo
Research associate. Ph.D. student, Nagoya University
JAPANResearch interests: Development Economics, Regional Inequality, Nutritional Inequality, Spatial econometrics
Jiaqi Li
Research associate. Research Associate at Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
JAPANResearch interests: Digital financial inclusion, Regional economic growth, Environmental economics, Remote sensing