Lorenzo Sileci

I am a Postdoctoral Research Officer at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and a Visiting Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. I am also affiliated with the Dragon Capital Chair Programme in Biodiversity Economics.

I am an applied economist working at the intersection of environmental and development economics. My research combines large georeferenced data and satellite imagery with econometric techniques to causally examine complex interactions between the economy and the biosphere.

One strand of my research investigates the role of polluting industries in shaping environment and development trade-offs, with a particular focus on issues of environmental justice and distribution. In parallel, I work on forests, carbon and biodiversity additionality, and the trade-offs between climate mitigation and economic development.