Daniel Spiro
Associate Professor | Uppsala University
Daniel Spiro is an Associate Professor in economics at Uppsala University, Sweden. His work sits at the intersection of environmental and resource economics, behavioral economics, political economics, and development, with a strong focus on how policy shapes real-world environmental and geopolitical outcomes.
His recent research includes working papers on firm ownership and pollution, integrated assessment of biodiversity and agriculture, and the geopolitical externalities of climate policy. Across these projects, he combines economic modeling with policy analysis to understand incentives, distributional effects, and strategic interactions in climate and resource decisions.
Daniel Spiro also contributes actively to public debate and applied policy work. Recent outputs address Western oil sanctions on Russia, nuclear power subsidies under new economic and geopolitical conditions, and the security benefits of climate policy. Through teaching and widely shared pedagogical materials, he brings complex topics, such as energy markets, growth, inequality, and “energy war” dynamics, into the classroom and public discussion.
(Last updated November 2025)