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| Thomas Sterner | |
|---|---|
| Name | Thomas Sterner |
| Birth date | 1952 |
| Birth place | Sweden |
| Occupation | Environmental economist, professor |
| Employer | University of Gothenburg |
| Alma mater | Stockholm University, University of Gothenburg |
| Discipline | Environmental economics |
| Notable works | The Economics of Non-Convex Ecosystems |
Thomas Sterner is a Swedish environmental economist and professor known for work on environmental policy, valuation of natural resources, and climate mitigation instruments. He has held academic positions at prominent European institutions and contributed to policy design through research on emissions trading, taxation, and behavioral responses to environmental regulation. Sterner's scholarship bridges theoretical modeling, empirical field work, and policy analysis in contexts such as European Union climate policy, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidance.
Sterner was born in Sweden and completed undergraduate and graduate studies at Stockholm University and doctoral work connected to University of Gothenburg. His training included intersections with scholars from London School of Economics, Yale University, and University of Cambridge, and he engaged with research networks linked to Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. During his formative years he participated in seminars and collaborations involving faculty from Princeton University, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Sterner has been a professor at University of Gothenburg and affiliated with research centers such as the Beijer Institute and Stockholm Environment Institute. He has served as visiting scholar at University of California, Berkeley, London School of Economics, Yale University, and Oxford University and contributed to programs at World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and European Commission research units. Sterner has supervised doctoral students who pursued careers at institutions like University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, and Columbia University and collaborated with researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Lund University, and Uppsala University.
Sterner's research focuses on environmental taxation, emissions trading, cost–benefit analysis, valuation of biodiversity, and behaviorally informed policy design. He has analyzed policy instruments within frameworks associated with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports and assessed implications for European Union Emissions Trading System reform, Kyoto Protocol mechanisms, and Paris Agreement implementation. Sterner has contributed to literature on discounting in climate economics interacting with debates led by scholars from Stern Review teams and critics at Nordhaus-affiliated research groups. His work employs methods from empirical industrial organization used by economists at NBER, CEPR, and IZA, and interfaces with ecological modeling traditions at Santa Fe Institute and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
Sterner has conducted field experiments and randomized controlled trials inspired by methodologies developed at World Bank Development Research Group and Experimental Economics labs at University of Zurich and University of Vienna, addressing policy questions relevant to United Nations Environment Programme programs and Convention on Biological Diversity targets. He has published on incentive design for tropical forest conservation in contexts involving Amazon Rainforest, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asian rainforests with relevance to institutions such as REDD+ and Global Environment Facility projects.
Sterner's books include titles used in graduate curricula and policy circles, with publishers and series connected to Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Edward Elgar Publishing. He has authored and edited volumes cited alongside works by William Nordhaus, Nicholas Stern, Gernot Wagner, Daron Acemoglu, and Joseph Stiglitz. His articles appear in journals such as Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Ecological Economics, Nature Climate Change, Science, and American Economic Review. Collaborators include researchers from Stockholm Resilience Centre, Institute for European Environmental Policy, Resources for the Future, and Centre for Economic Policy Research.
Sterner has received recognition from academic and policy organizations, including fellowships and visiting appointments at Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, invitations to contribute to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessments, and awards from Swedish institutions such as Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences-associated initiatives. He has been granted research support from European Research Council, Swedish Research Council, and funding linked to Nordic Council environmental programs. His contributions have been acknowledged in policy forums convened by United Nations, European Commission, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development panels.
Sterner's work has influenced reform debates on the European Union Emissions Trading System, carbon taxation in Sweden and other European countries, and international negotiations under United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He has served as advisor to governmental agencies, multilateral organizations including World Bank and OECD, and non-governmental organizations active in climate and biodiversity policy such as World Wide Fund for Nature and Conservation International. His research has informed mechanisms like REDD+ and national carbon pricing strategies adopted by Sweden, Norway, and other members of the European Union, linking academic analysis to practical policy design.
Category:Swedish economists Category:Environmental economists Category:Living people