I am an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Department of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I'm affiliated with the Jacques Delors Centre at the Hertie School of Governance, a Fellow at the World Inequality Lab, and am currently a visiting professor at the London School of Economics' European Institue.
My research focuses on structural change and economic development in the context of climate change and its mitigation. One topic is the slow turnover of capital stock and the stranded asset problem it presents for a fast low-carbon energy transition; another is the increasing energy demand as developing countries industrialize and grow;. I often study these problems through the lens of economic inequality.
My work has been published in 24 peer-reviewed articles including multiple times in Nature Climate Change and Nature Energy. My articles have been picked up by hundreds of news outlets, and referenced by dozens of policy documents according to Altmetric. Four of my articles are among the top 1% most-cited in their field according to Web of Science, and I am among the top 3% of economists for last ten years' publications according to RePEc.
I have won grants from the UK's Natural Environment Research Council, the Economic and Social Research Council-funded Rebuilding Macroeconomics, and ClimateWorks. From 2023 to 2025, I worked as a Senior Climate Change Economist on staff at the World Bank, providing technical leadership on decarbonization strategies and industrial policy for clean tech investments with a focus on Eastern Europe. I've consulted for the United Nations Environment Programme, the European Commission, and the UK government. I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social Research.
My research focuses on structural change and economic development in the context of climate change and its mitigation. One topic is the slow turnover of capital stock and the stranded asset problem it presents for a fast low-carbon energy transition; another is the increasing energy demand as developing countries industrialize and grow;. I often study these problems through the lens of economic inequality.
My work has been published in 24 peer-reviewed articles including multiple times in Nature Climate Change and Nature Energy. My articles have been picked up by hundreds of news outlets, and referenced by dozens of policy documents according to Altmetric. Four of my articles are among the top 1% most-cited in their field according to Web of Science, and I am among the top 3% of economists for last ten years' publications according to RePEc.
I have won grants from the UK's Natural Environment Research Council, the Economic and Social Research Council-funded Rebuilding Macroeconomics, and ClimateWorks. From 2023 to 2025, I worked as a Senior Climate Change Economist on staff at the World Bank, providing technical leadership on decarbonization strategies and industrial policy for clean tech investments with a focus on Eastern Europe. I've consulted for the United Nations Environment Programme, the European Commission, and the UK government. I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social Research.