Dr. Colette Salemi
Position
Assistant Professor
Economics
Contact
Office:
BEC 372
Credentials
PhD (Minnesota)
Area of expertise
Development economics, environmental and natural resource economics
Colette Salemi is an applied microeconomist who joined the University of Victoria in 2022. Her current research examines contexts of forced displacement, exploring both the spillover effects of refugee camps on communities and landscapes as well as and the environmental hazards at camp sites. Colette also studies conservation and ecosystem services, with a focus on forests. She is additionally interested in climate-induced migration and the complex relationship between climate shocks and conflict.
Colette received a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota in May 2022.
Interests
- Forced displacement
- Environmental migration
- Ecosystem services
- Conservation and land use
- Climate and conflict
- Applied econometrics
Courses
ECON 381, Environmental Economics
Selected Publications
- Johnson, J. A., & Salemi, C. (2022). Agents on a Landscape: Simulating Spatial and Temporal Interactions in Economic and Ecological Systems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 524.
- Salemi, C. (2021). Refugee camps and deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Development Economics, 152, 102682.
- Bloem, J. R., & Salemi, C. (2021). COVID-19 and conflict. World development, 140, 105294.