Hanjatiana Nirina Randrianarisoa (Nirina) is a Predoctoral Research Specialist at the Empirical Studies of Conflict group of the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is part of the first cohort of the Fellowship for Data-driven Research (FDR). Currently, he is working on different projects on climate change and African economic history, under SPIA faculty members: Leonard Wantchekon, Kristopher Ramsay. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics and Economics from Trinity College in Hartford CT in 2016. His undergraduate economics thesis focused on tariff reductions or eliminations and their impact on informal markets, with an empirical focus on Egypt and Kenya. His research interests include topics in political economy, international trade and development economics.