Alec Goodwin

Goodwin is a Research & Policy Development Associate at the Cornell ILR Climate Jobs Institute.

His research at the CJI is at the intersection of climate policy and labor economics, focusing on economic impact analysis and high-quality, union job creation in the energy transition.

Goodwin is an economist with a background in public policy. Before joining ILR, he led housing research at the New York City Independent Budget Office, studying affordable housing, public housing, evictions, and municipal climate policy. His past research has also included the impact of media concentration on election outcomes and the influence of money in politics.

Goodwin holds an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford and a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago.