Field of research: Environmental Economics

Fernando Aragon

Fernando Aragon is a Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada. He received his PhD from the London School of Economics and joined the Department of Economics at SFU in 2010. His research relates to the fields of Development, Environmental, and Political Economics. His work is applied and explores the role of natural resources and institutions on local development, economic effects of pollution, and adaptation to climate change, especially of rural households in less developed countries. 

(Last updated October 2022)

Marion Leroutier

Marion Leroutier is a postdoctoral researcher at the Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets, based at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), and an affiliated researcher at SSE’s Department of Economics.

Her research investigates topics related to climate policy, the economic cost of air pollution, and the health benefits of the energy transition.

(Last updated May 2022)

Celina Tippmann

Celina Tippmann is a Research Assistant at the Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (Misum). Her research interests are related to the environment and social inequality. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics and in International Economic Policy at Sciences Po. Previously, she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the Technical University of Dresden.

(Last updated May 2022)

Julius Andersson

Julius is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics. He holds a PhD in Environmental Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE), where he is currently an associate researcher at the Department of Geography and Environment. Julius is also an affiliated researcher at the Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (Misum).

(Last updated May 2022)

Levan Pavlenishvili

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Levan Pavlenishvili is a Senior Researcher at the Energy and Environment Policy Research Centre. He holds a BA in Economics from the Tbilisi State University.

Levan Pavlenishvili served as a Deputy Head at the Energy and Environment Policy Research Center at ISET Policy Institute (ISET-PI). Before joining the ISET, Levan worked as a tax consultant at the PricewaterhouseCoopers Tbilisi office.

Levan’s main research interests include renewable energy, regulations in the power sector, and energy security.

*Last updated April 2021

Maka Chitanava

Maka Chitanava

Maka Chitanava is Deputy Head of Energy and Environment Policy Research Center of ISET Policy Institute (ISET-PI), Tbilisi. Ms. Chitanava holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the International School of Economics (ISET).

Her research interests are environmental policy, social policy analysis and regulation. Ms. Chitanava is a regular blogger at the ISET Economist Blog and a visiting lecturer at the University of Georgia.

(Last updated October 2020)

Phatima Mamardashvili

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Phatima Mamardashvili is an Associate Professor at the East European University Georgia. She has a demonstrated history of working in the research industry. Skilled in Sustainable Development, Multiple Project Coordination, English, Russian, and Teamwork. She has served as an Assistant Professor at the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University and as the Head of the Agricultural Policy Research Center (APRC) at the ISET Policy Institute (ISET PI).

Phatima Mamardashvili received her Dr.Sc. degree from ETH Zurich for the dissertation entitled Measuring economic and environmental performance of Swiss dairy farms using stochastic frontier analysis. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture from the Georgian State Agricultural University (2005) and her M.Sc. degree in Agricultural Sciences with a major in Food and Resource Economics from ETH Zurich.

Her research and teaching interests include Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics, and Econometrics.

*Last updated April 2021

Pamela Campa

Pamela Campa is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) at Stockholm School of Economics. Before joining SITE she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary.  Pamela holds a PhD in Economics from the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) at Stockholm University. She is a Research Affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (MISUM) and Dondena Gender Initiative.

Her research interests are in Political Economy, Environmental Economics and Gender Economics.

(Last updated March 2021)

Zorica Trkulja

Zorica Trkulja

Zorica Trkulja is a Research Assistant at the Stockholm institute of Transition Economics (SITE) since August 2015. She holds a MSc in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics, since June 2015

Maria Perrotta Berlin

Maria Perrotta Berlin is Assistant Professor and Policy and Communication Manager at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE). She earned her Ph.D. from the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) at Stockholm University. Maria’s main research interests are development and political economics, with a focus on gender issues and environmental policy.

Last updated September 2023