Research Interests

• Agricultural and Climate Risk
• development
• Risk Finance and Insurance

Education

• Ph.D., Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
• M.A., International Relations, The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
• B.A., Mathematics, Smith College

Appointments

• Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA), American Economic Association (AEA), American Geophysical Union (AGU), Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics (CWAE), Econometric Society

Biographical Statement

Dr. Jennifer Cissé is an Insurance Manager for the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII), hosted by UNU-EHS, supporting ongoing work on Small Island States in the Caribbean and Pacific and the development of new insurance products to protect vulnerable populations against extreme weather risk. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University, where her doctoral research focus on resilience estimation and the impact of insurance on resilience.

Prior to joining MCII, Dr. Cissé was a Senior Risk Advisor in the Bureau for Food Security at USAID. She has previously worked for Catholic Relief Services and as a consultant for both Catholic Relief Services and Lutheran World Relief.