I am an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and Department of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I hold affiliations as an Honorary Professor at the Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose at University College London, a Fellow at the World Inequality Lab, and will soon begin as Professorial Research Associate at the Centre for Sustainable Finance at SOAS University of London.
My research focuses on the political economy of rapid, policy-induced structural change—such as the transition to a low-carbon economy—and the energy and resource requirements of global economic growth and development. I am also interested in economic inequality, and how it is influenced by, and constrains, change in the economy and economic policy. My work has been published in 24 peer-reviewed articles including multiple times in Nature Climate Change and Nature Energy. 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 recent 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 the political economy of rapid, policy-induced structural change—such as the transition to a low-carbon economy—and the energy and resource requirements of global economic growth and development. I am also interested in economic inequality, and how it is influenced by, and constrains, change in the economy and economic policy. My work has been published in 24 peer-reviewed articles including multiple times in Nature Climate Change and Nature Energy. 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 recent 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.