Ida Grigoryeva

Ida Grigoryeva

she/her

Development economist studying urbanization, migration, mental health, and education in developing countries.

CV (PDF)

Teaching

I make quantitative methods approachable for students new to data and economics. At UC San Diego I have been instructor of record three times and a teaching assistant in 6 courses, work recognized with several teaching awards, including UCSD’s Outstanding Summer Graduate Teaching Scholar Award (top-5 instructors).

📊 Teaching evaluation summary
Student ratings vs. department benchmarks, and what students say (PDF). View PDF →

Instructor of record

I have been the instructor of record (Associate Instructor) for my own course three times, designing and delivering the full course:

CourseThemeTermEvaluation
Applied Econometrics & Data (ECON 121)EconometricsSummer 2025Student evals
Introduction to Data Analysis for Economists (ECON 5)Applied research & dataSummer 2025Student evals
Introduction to Data Analysis for Economists (ECON 5)Applied research & dataSummer 2024Student evals

Teaching assistant

CourseThemeTermEvaluations
UC San DiegoCombined PDF: Student · Instructor
Introduction to Data Analysis for Economists (ECON 5)Applied research & dataSpring 2026Student · Instructor
Spring 2025Student · Instructor
Winter 2023Student · Instructor
Introduction to Research in Economics (ECON 190)Applied research & dataWinter 2026Student · Instructor
Summer 2025Student · Instructor
Winter 2025Student · Instructor
Winter 2024Student · Instructor
GIS & Spatial Data Analysis (GPEC 443) GraduateSpatial data & GISFall 2025Student
Fall 2024Student · Instructor
Intermediate Microeconomics (ECON 100A)MicroeconomicsSummer 2024Student · Instructor
Summer 2023Student · Instructor
Spring 2023Student (A / B) · Instructor
Applied Econometrics & Data (ECON 121)EconometricsFall 2023Student
Fall 2022Student · Instructor
Decisions under Uncertainty (ECON 171)MicroeconomicsSummer 2022Student
University of British Columbia
Microeconomic & Macroeconomic Policy (ECON 210/211)Economics2018-2019Student
Human Geography: Globalization & Environment (GEOG 121/122)Geography2018-2019Student
2015-2017Student

The Graduate tag marks GPEC 443 (GIS & Spatial Data Analysis), my one graduate (master's-level) course; the others listed are undergraduate.

Each link opens the official student evaluation report for that course and term ("Student"), and the supervising professor's evaluation of my teaching ("Instructor"). The instructor evaluation is optional, so one is not available for every section; every instructor evaluation that was made available to me is posted here. Earlier teaching: Microeconomics, Mathematical Optimization, and Academic English at NRU HSE (2013-2014).

Awards

🏅Outstanding Summer Graduate Teaching Scholar Award, 2024 (top-5 instructors at UCSD)
🏅Graduate Associate-In Instructor in Economics Award, 2024 and 2025
🏅Killam Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, UBC, 2019

Guest lectures

Guest lectures (2016-2025)
  • Finding and using existing data for empirical research (ECON 190, Introduction to Research in Economics, Manu Vespa; 2024 and 2025)
  • Urbanization, Access to Housing & Slums in Latin American Cities (GEOG 352, Urbanization in the Global South, Feb 2019)
  • Introduction to Data Analysis (BIO 340, Introduction to Cell Biology, Mar 2018)
  • Gentrification of “Hutongs” in Beijing, China (GEOG 350, Urban Worlds, Nov 2017)
  • Vancouver Housing Market: Price Dynamics and Social Outcomes (GEOG 350, Urban Geography, Mar 2017)
  • Land, Housing & Gentrification in Beijing, China (GEOG 352, Urbanization in the Global South, Feb 2017)
  • Vancouver Housing Market: Evidence of a “Growth Machine” (GEOG 250, Cities, Nov 2016)

Teaching credentials