Science, Environment and Development Group

Ms. Kate Emans Sims
Center for International Development
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
504 Rubenstein Building
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA
Tel: (1) 617-733-2039
Fax: (1) 617-496-8753
Email: kresims "at" fas.harvard.edu
Group affiliation: Doctoral Research Fellow

Kate Emans Sims is a Doctoral Research Fellow at Harvard’s Center for International Development and at the Environmental Economics Program at Harvard University. She is a PhD candidate in the Program in Political Economy and Government, which is jointly supported by the Kennedy School of Government, the Economics Department, and the Government Department. Her work explores how institutions and policies shape the interaction between land conservation and economic development outcomes. Current projects include research on how protected area policies for forest conservation have impacted village-level economic growth in Thailand and on the effectiveness of local policies and politics for preserving green space in Massachusetts towns and cities. She has worked as a researcher for organizations including the Stockholm Environment Institute-Boston, Verité, and the Piper Jaffray Social Equity Investment Group, and also taught science and geography in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Sims is a recipient of the James and Cathleen Stone Fellowship in Environmental Economics (2002) and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2004-2007). She holds a degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University and enjoys hiking and playing ultimate frisbee in her spare time.