I am an environmental and development economist with over 20 years of experience in teaching and research on land-use change and forest management. Much of my research is focused on the design and evaluation of policy, particularly policies relevant to biodiversity conservation, climate change and sustainable development. The scope of previous and current work extends to Europe, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia. I joined the faculty of the Department of Geography and Environment at the LSE in 2009. I am an Affiliate/Associate at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, the Latin America and Caribbean Centre and the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, and a member of the scientific committee for the BIOdiversity and Economics for CONservation network. ​