Carlos Calvo Hernandez

Biography

Project: Global Synthesis of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

Advisor: Drew Marcantonio, Arun Agrawal

Carlos Calvo-Hernandez is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Pulte Institute for Global Development, specializing in socio-environmental systems, climate risk, and data analysis. Carlos joined ND-JTS in February 2026 and is conducting a Global Synthesis of the socioecological contexts of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) under the mentorship of Dr. Richard (Drew) Marcantonio and Dr. Arun Agrawal. The goal of this project is to create a comprehensive global database that serves as a central source repository for research and policy questions regarding the sector.

Carlos holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Policy Analysis from the RAND School of Public Policy, an M.P.A. in International Policy and Management from New York University, and a B.Sc. in Mathematics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He completed the Complex Systems Summer School at the Santa Fe Institute. His dissertation focused on communicating complex climate risk information, specifically utilizing mental models to understand farmers' decision-making.

Prior to joining the University of Notre Dame, Carlos was a researcher at the RAND Corporation, where he contributed to projects spanning climate security analysis for U.S. military commands, community disaster resilience modeling, environmental justice and the legacy of redlining, and natural language processing for systematic evidence review. His background also includes work with the Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU School of Law, the International Food Policy Research Institute, the Research Foundation of The City University of New York, and the Inter-American Development Bank.