Lorenzo Sileci

Lorenzo joined IE University as an Assistant Professor of Economics in September 2025. Previous to this role, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (London School of Economics and Political Science) and the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy (LEEP) Institute (University of Exeter). He is affiliated as a Visiting Fellow with the Dragon Capital Chair Programme in Biodiversity Economics and the GRI.

His work combines environmental and development economics, focussing on the interplay between climate mitigation, biodiversity preservation, and economic development. He is also interested in issues of global and local environmental justice, and in the role of polluting industries in shaping environment-development trade-offs in resource-rich economies.

Academic Experience

• Assistant Professor of Economics, IE University, Spain, 09/2025 - Present

• Visiting Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UK, 02/2025 - Present

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Exeter, UK, 02/2025 – 08/2025

• Postdoctoral Research Officer, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UK, 02/2023 – 02/2025

Academic Background

• PhD in Environmental Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2023

• MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2017

• BSc in Economics, University of Florence, 2014

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)

13- Climate Action

15- Life on Land

10- Reduced Inequalities