Issues of equity and fairness are prominent in the intellectually vast discipline of economics. These issues inspired Yunfei (Kevin) Wang in pursuit of his degree. After convocation, the Vancouverite will be taking his interests and training with him for a pre-doc research position at Stanford University in California.

“I didn’t come into U of T with a clear idea of what I wanted to research,” Kevin remembered. “But over time, as I got more exposure to real-world issues—through the news, podcasts like Planet Money, and my coursework—I started gravitating toward questions about inequality, fairness, and policy. That’s what led me to economics, and eventually to combining it with math and computer science. Now, I’m especially interested in how we can use data and rigorous methods to answer complex social questions.” [Read more…]