Robin  Burgess

Robin Burgess

Professor of Economics | Director of IGC

Department of Economics

Telephone
+44 (0)20 7955 6676
Room No
SAL.3.03
Office Hours
Tuesdays 10:00-11:00 from week 2 during WT 2025; 10min per slot
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Languages
English
Key Expertise
Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Political Economy

About me

About me
Robin Burgess is a Professor of Economics, co-Founder and Director of the International Growth Centre (IGC) and Director of the Economics of Environment and Energy (EEE) Research Programme, all at the LSE. He is co-Director (with Michael Greenstone) of the Coase Project on the Economics of Climate, Energy and Environment, was the past President of BREAD, serves on the Board of Voxdev and CEGA and is an Affiliate of J-PAL and Y-RISE, a Research Fellow in CEPR and CESifo and a Fellow of the British Academy and the Econometric Society. His main interests are in the areas of environmental economics, development economics and political economy and he is currently working in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Korea and Uganda.

 

Education
DPhil in Economics, Oxford University

CV, Papers, Short biography

Research Centres
STICERD Economics of Environment and Energy Programme (EEE) 

LSE Affiliations
International Growth Centre (IGC)
Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID)
School of Public Policy (SPP)

Teaching
EC307: Development Economics
EC330: Environmental Economics
EC550: Development Economics for Research Students II
EC560: Environmental Economics for Research Students II

Admin Support: Sadia Ali
Room number: SAL 3.06 E
Email: s.ali43@lse.ac.uk

Webpages
IGC  |  POID  | STICERD 

External affiliations
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR): Director, Development Economics Programme
Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD): Board Member
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL): Affiliated Professor 
Centre for Effective Global Action (CEGA), UC Berkeley: Board Member
University of Mannheim Centre for Evaluation and Development: Research Fellow

Expertise Details

Development Economics; Environmental Economics; Political Economy; Public Economics; Labour Economics