Javier Caicedo Trujillo

Javier’s doctoral research examines the role of national oil companies in green industrial policy, focusing on the fiscal and social implications of the transition to a low-carbon economy.

His professional experience in economic policy spans over a decade in New York, Bogotá, and Washington, D.C. Before joining Oxford, Javier worked for the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, where he contributed to global initiatives to scale up financing for sustainable development, including the Sevilla Commitment and the SDG Investment Fair. In this role, he advised the Second Committee of the General Assembly and national governments across Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Europe.

Previously, Javier served as Head of Modernization of the State at the Department of National Planning of Colombia. He also worked as a Research Fellow at the Inter-American Development Bank, contributing to publications in the Journal of Monetary Economics, IMF Economic Review, and Journal of International Economics.

Javier holds a Master’s in Economic Policy Management from Columbia University, where he was a Colfuturo Scholar and PEPM Fellow. He also earned an MSc and BSc in Economics, as well as an LL.B, from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, and is admitted to practice law in Colombia.