Karla Cisneros Rosado
Defence Economist, Defence Research and Development CanadaKarla Cisneros Rosado is a Defence Economist at Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), part of the Department of National Defence. She is also a Ph.D. candidate in International Affairs, specializing in International Economic Policy, at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), Carleton University, in Ottawa, Ontario.
Her doctoral research measures the size of the Canada-United States ‘border effect’ in trade from 2000 to 2020. It also examines how the border effect influences international trade flows between Canada and the U.S., as well as the potential factors behind its fluctuations. Additionally, her research breaks down the national border effect by pairing
Canadian provinces and territories with U.S. states to identify regions with higher border effects. She hopes her findings will inform Canadian international trade policy and support Canada’s trade negotiations with the United States.
Karla holds a Master of Arts in Economics, specializing in Financial Economics, from Carleton University and a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Economics from Saint Mary’s University. She has co-authored articles, reports, and book chapters on international trade, the impact of state fragility on economic growth an inequality, and strategic foresight, among other topics. She also collaborated with Dr. Yiagadeesen Samy, Director of NPSIA, to develop the economics e-learning curriculum for the Canadian Foreign Service.
Karla is a strong advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and actively contributes as a member of the EDI Committees at DRDC and the Department of National Defence.