About

I am an economist studying how economies reallocate workers through large disruptions — the green transition, industrialization, AI. My tools span structural theory, time-series econometrics, and production-grade data engineering.

I have built things on both sides of research and practice: climate damage projection frameworks using high-resolution geo-spatial data at the IMF, the open-source shinymodels R package at RStudio/Posit, and a growing body of work on AI and labor markets that I am writing about in public as it develops.

I am finishing my Ph.D. at UC Davis in 2026 and looking for roles where economic rigor and real-world stakes are both non-negotiable.

shadhikari@ucdavis.edu