SWEEEP Webinars
Environmental, energy, and ecological problems have grown faster than their solutions. Economists have an important role to play to address these issues by using the latest science, rigorous methods and innovative policy solutions.
The SWEEEP webinar series aims to convene the academic community to contribute to the scientific, economic, and policy discourses on important environmental and energy issues.
About the founding institutions
The European Institute on Economics and the Environment (eiee.org) is a partnership between Resources for the Future and Foundation CMCC. EIEE’s impartial economic and environmental research aims to facilitate the transition to a sustainable, inclusive society.
Reference: Prof. Massimo Tavoni
The Energy Management research team at the Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) combines research on economics, strategic management, technology innovation and energy policy in order to create and share knowledge that will help society move towards a low-carbon future.
Reference: Prof. Sébastien Houde
The ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research is a leading German economic policy institute and a member of the Leibniz Association. ZEW’s applied research aims to study and help design well-performing markets and institutions in Europe. In particular, it seeks to understand how to create a market framework that will enable the sustainable and efficient development of European economies.
Reference: Prof. Sebastian Rausch
The Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE) was established in 1999 to complement the natural science and technical-oriented disciplines at ETH Zurich, by contributing to research and teaching in energy policy and economics. Through rigorous application of modern empirical methods, the goal of CEPE is to make critical contributions to the design and evaluation of energy and climate policy instruments.
Reference: Prof. Massimo Filippini
Next SWEEEP Webinars
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 3.00-4.00 PM CEST
Title: Building codes and community resilience to natural disasters
Speaker: Patrick Baylis, University of British Columbia
More info are available here.
Past SWEEEP Webinars
SWEEEP Webinars in 2021
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 3.00-4.00 PM CEST
Title: What Matters for Electrification? Evidence from 70 Years of U.S. Home Heating Choices
Speaker: Lucas Davis, UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business
More info are available here.
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 3.00-4.00 PM CEST
Title: The Demand for Mobility: Evidence from an Experiment with Uber Riders
Speaker: Peter Christensen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
More info are available here.
Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 3.00-4.00 PM CEST
Title: Estimating Path Dependence in Energy Transitions
Speaker: Kyle Meng, UC Santa Barbara
More info are available here.
Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 3.00-4.00 PM CET
Title: Carbon emissions reductions from Indonesia’s REDD+ Moratorium are cost-effective yet contribute little to Paris commitments
Speaker: Ben Groom, University of Exeter
More info are available here.
Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 3.00-4.00 PM CET
Title: Including natural disasters into macro-fiscal models and analyses
Speaker: Stephane Hallegatte, World Bank
More info are available here.
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 3.00-4.00 PM CET
Title: Public support for air travel restrictions to address COVID-19 or climate change
Speaker: Steffen Kallbekken, CICERO Center for International Climate Research
More info are available here.
Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 3.00-4.00 PM CET
Title: Overlapping climate policies
Speaker: Grischa Perino, University of Hamburg
More info are available here.
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SWEEEP Webinars in 2020
Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 3.00-4.00 PM CET
Title: Winds of Fire and Smoke: Air Pollution and Health in the Brazilian Amazon
Speaker: Andrè Albuquerque Sant’Anna, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) and Universidade Federal Fluminense
More info are available here.
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 3.00-4.00 PM CET
Title: Regulating Untaxable Externalities: Evidence from Vehicle Air Pollution
Speaker: Arthur van Benthem, University of Pennsylvania
More info are available here.
Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 3.00-4.00 PM CET
Title: Progressive revenue recycling can alleviate poverty, reduce inequality and improve wellbeing
Speaker: Francis Dennig, Yale-NUS College, Singapore
More info are available here.
Wednesday, 11 November 2020, 3.00-4.00 PM CET
Title: Energy Transitions in Regulated Markets
Speaker: Ashley Langer, University of Arizona
More info are available here.
Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 3.00-4.00 PM CET
Title: Mandatory Energy Efficiency Disclosure in Housing Markets
Speaker: Erica Myers, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
More info are available here.
Wednesday, 21 October 2020, 3.00-4.00 PM CET
Title: Optimal fuel taxation with suboptimal health choices
Speaker: Linus Mattauch, University of Oxford
More info are available here.
Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 3.00-4.00 PM CET
Title: Use and Non-Use Value of Nature and the Social Cost of Carbon
Speaker: Frances Moore, UC Davis
More info are available here.
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 3.00-4.00 PM CET
Title: Are economists getting climate dynamics right and does it matter?
Speaker: Simon Dietz, London School of Economics
More info are available here.
Wednesday, 23 September 2020, 3.00-4.00 PM CET
Title: Inequality, information failures and air pollution
Speaker: Catherine Hausmann, University of Michigan
More info are available here.
Wednesday, 16 September 2020, 3.00-4.00 PM CET
Title: Enforcement in service delivery: Smart meters and the returns to electricity quality improvements
Speaker: Robyn Meeks, Duke University
More info are available here.