Sustainable Development Research Group members
View the membership of the Sustainable Development Research Group.
We are researchers who work within the Sustainable Development Research Group as part of the Department of Economics.
Group Co-ordinators
- Dr Andreas Schaefer, Deputy Head of the Department of Economics
- Dr Kyungbo Han, Lecturer
- Dr Ara Jo, Lecturer
Group members
Our members are listed below and split into the following areas of interest:
- Climate change, environment and sustainability
- Energy and Green Technology
- Inequality, labour and development
- Political economy, governance and institutions
- Health, behaviour and society
Climate change, environment and sustainability
- Dr Alistair Hunt, Senior Lecturer (Environmental Health Economics)
- Dr Andreas Schaefer, Deputy Head of the Department of Economics (Growth, environment, inequality, natural resources)
- Andrew Wainwright, Casual Teaching Assistant (Climate change, climate finance, circular economy, tipping points)
- Dr Ara Jo, Lecturer (Energy transition, environmental policy)
- Dr Bruce Morley, Lecturer (Growth and environment)
- Dr Kyungbo Han, Lecturer (Climate change, deforestation, resource economics)
- Dr Lucy O'Shea, Deputy Head of the Department of Economics (Waste management, circular economy, resources)
- Dr Paolo Zeppini, Lecturer (Environmental economics, innovation, financial markets)
- Dr Pasquale Accardo, Lecturer (Environmental exposure and health)
- Dr Matteo De Tina, Senior Lecturer (Growth, productivity, money and credit, inequality, economic history)
Energy and Green Technology
- Dr Ara Jo, Lecturer (Energy transition, firm & industry dynamics)
- Dr Bruce Morley, Lecturer (Energy economics & finance)
- Dr Elnaz Bajoori, Senior Lecturer (Incentivising investments in green technologies)
- Dr Paolo Zeppini, Lecturer (Energy–finance–innovation link)
Inequality, labour and development
- Professor Ajit Mishra, Head of the Department of Economics (Inequality, vulnerability, informality)
- Dr Andreas Schaefer, Deputy Head of the Department of Economics (Inequality, growth)
- Dr Fareena Noor Malhi, Lecturer (Development economics, gender inequalities)
- Dr Kei Tsutsui, Senior Lecturer (Social preferences, bargaining, development)
- Dr Pavel Chakraborty, Reader (Trade, development, labour markets, finance)
- Su Haonan, Postgraduate research student (Inequality, structural change, informal labour)
- Dr Kyungbo Han, Lecturer (Human capital, development links)
- Dr Matteo De Tina, Senior Lecturer (Inequality, growth, productivity, money and credit, economic history)
Political economy, governance and institutions
- Professor Ajit Mishra, Head of the Department of Economics (Corruption & governance)
- Dr Eleonora Alabrese, Lecturer (Political economy, public & media economics, science of science)
- Dr Pasquale Accardo, Lecturer (Crime, political behaviour, networks)
- Dr Pavel Chakraborty, Reader (Trade, institutions, finance)
Health, behaviour and society
- Dr Eleanor Eaton, Research Associate (Health economics, urban environments)
- Professor Eleonora Fichera, Professor (Social determinants of health, pollution & health, dietary behaviour)
- Professor Ajit Mishra, Head of the Department of Economics (Governance & resilience, links to social outcomes)
- Dr Fareena Noor Malhi, Lecturer (Gender inequalities in development)
- Dr Pasquale Accardo, Lecturer (Health impacts of environment and crime)