Workshop on Spatial Economics of Environmental Change

About this event

26 June 2026 from 09:30 until 17:30

Salle H405

28 rue des Saints-Pères, 75007, Paris

This event is not accessible to people with reduced mobility.

Organized by

Department of Economics

Workshop on Spatial Economics of Environmental Change

Venue : Sciences Po Department of Economics - 28, rue des Saints Pères, 75007 Paris - 4th floor - Jean-Paul Fitoussi Conference Room (H 405)

Organisers :
Clément Imbert (Sciences Po), Nicolas Cœurdacier (Sciences Po), and Liam Wren Lewis (PSE)
Administrative contact :
Stéphanie Berrebi

This project has received funding from Agence nationale de la recherche (AfrForDev N° ANR-24-CE26-2254).

Guest speakers :

Programme :

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9.00 - 9.15 - Welcome

9.15 - 10.00 - Cécile Gaubert (UC Berkeley, CEPR, NBER)
Structural Transformation of Land and the Carbon Balance
(with Nicolas Cœurdacier and Emeric Henry)

10.00 - 10.45 - Clément Imbert (Sciences Po)
Deforestation and Structural Transformation
(with Ken Houngbedji, Sam Marshall, Julien Wolfersberger, and Liam Wren Lewis)

10.45 - 11.15 - Coffee

11.15 - 12.00 - Rimjhim Saxena (University of Geneva)
Barriers within Borders: Climate Change, Market Barriers, and Structural Transformation

12.00 - 12.45 - Prakash Mishra (CalTech)
The Global Allocative Efficiency of Deforestation

12.30 - 14.00 - Lunch Buffet

14.00 - 14.45 - Allan Hsiao (Stanford U)
Critical Minerals, Geopolitics, and the Green Transition
(with Tomás Domínguez-Iino and Jonathan Elliott)

14.45 - 15.30 - Veronica Salazar-Restrepo (IIES Stockholm)
Cattle Supply Chains and Deforestation in Brazil
(with Matthieu Stigleer)

15.30 - 16.00 - Coffee

16.00 - 16.45 - Farid Farrokhi (Boston College)
Deforestation: A Global and Dynamic Perspective
(with Elliot Kang, Heitor S. Pellegrina, and Sebastian Sotelo)

19.00 - Dinner (upon invitation)

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