Daniel Putman

Daniel Putman is an Assistant Professor with a joint tenure system appointment in the Departments of Media & Information and Agricultural, Food, & Resource Economics. He is an applied microeconomist and computational social scientist focused on understanding the role of social networks and digital technology in vulnerability, resilience, and behavioral responses to risk among the poor. Putman was previously employed as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Pennsylvania and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Innovation for Poverty Action. He earned his Ph.D. in Agricultural & Resource Economics from the University of California, Davis in 2020.

Research

• Economic Development
• Social Networks
• Information Communication Technology
• Risk and Uncertainty
• Computational Social Science

Teaching

• Information Communication Technology for Development