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Nicholas Stern

Nicholas Stern

Associate, IG Patel Chair of Economics and Government, and Director of LSE India Observatory

Expertise: economics of climate change, economic development & growth, public policy

Telephone:
+44 (0)20 7955 7871
Email:
n.stern@lse.ac.uk
Room:
SAL 3.07
Connect:
Twitter
Website
Links:
Development
Economics of Environment and Energy
Department of Economics

Latest

CEP Public Events
Recasting the global economy and international institutions: collaboration, competition, and the new growth story

14 March 2024

Nicholas Stern (Grantham Research Institute and LSE), Rachel Kyte (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford)

Join us for this lecture delivered by Nicholas Stern as part of the Lionel Robbins Lecture Series.... Read more...
CEP Public Events
A new growth story: structural transformation; policies and institutions

13 March 2024

Cameron Hepburn (University of Oxford and the Institute for New Economic Thinking), Nicholas Stern (Grantham Research Institute and LSE)

Join us for this lecture delivered by Nicholas Stern as part of the Lionel Robbins Lecture Series.... Read more...
CEP Public Events
A world re-drawn; a world in crisis; a moment in history; the agenda for growth and transformation

12 March 2024

Emily Shuckburgh (Cambridge Zero, University of Cambridge and UKRI), Nicholas Stern (Grantham Research Institute and LSE)

Join us for this lecture delivered by Nicholas Stern as part of the Lionel Robbins Lecture Series.... Read more...
CEP reports
Boosting growth and productivity in the United Kingdom through investments in the sustainable economy

22 January 2024

Esin Serin, Nicholas Stern, Anna Valero, John Van Reenen, Bob Ward and Dimitri Zenghelis

It is now widely accepted that the UK has a major productivity growth problem, with chronic underinvestment across both the public and private sectors being a key cause. Continued low public investment, as laid out in th... Read more...
Journal article
Innovation, growth and the transition to net-zero emissions

21 June 2021

Nicholas Stern and Anna Valero

The climate crisis and the global economic impact of the Covid-19 crisis occur against a background of slowing growth and widening inequalities, which together imply an urgent need for a new environmentally sustainable a... Read more...
CEP discussion papers
Innovation, growth and the transition to net-zero emissions

01 June 2021

Nicholas Stern and Anna Valero

The climate crisis and the global economic impact of the Covid-19 crisis occur against a background of slowing growth and widening inequalities, which together imply an urgent need for a new environmentally sustainable a... Read more...
POID Working Papers
Innovation, growth and the transition to net-zero emissions

01 June 2021

Nicholas Stern and Anna Valero

The climate crisis and the global economic impact of the Covid-19 crisis occur against a background of slowing growth and widening inequalities, which together imply an urgent need for a new environmentally sustainable a... Read more...
Blog
How zero-carbon investments can allay the coming jobs crisis

19 October 2020

Nicholas Stern

Unemployment is going up and will rise further. In an extract from a new LSE Centre for Economic Performance report, Nicholas Stern (LSE) sets out how investment in zero-carbon goods and services can create jobs and rede... Read more...
CentrePiece - The magazine of the Centre for Economic Performance
Build back better: key areas for a post-pandemic recovery

15 July 2020

Nick Robins, James Rydge, Nicholas Stern, Sam Unsworth, Anna Valero and Dimitri Zenghelis

Anna Valero and colleagues lay out an action plan for the UK policy response to Covid-19... Read more...
Blog
An LSE action plan for a strong and sustainable recovery

08 July 2020

Nick Robins, James Rydge, Nicholas Stern, Sam Unsworth, Anna Valero and Dimitri Zenghelis

What does 'building back better' actually mean? Nicholas Stern, Sam Unsworth, Anna Valero, Dimitri Zenghelis, James Rydge and Nick Robins (LSE) set out the actions the government needs to take to deliver a sustainable re... Read more...
CEP Covid-19 analyses
Strategy, investment and policy for a strong and sustainable recovery: an action plan

02 July 2020

Nick Robins, James Rydge, Nicholas Stern, Sam Unsworth, Anna Valero and Dimitri Zenghelis

The UK and the world have suffered disruption and hardship from the COVID-19 pandemic on an immense scale. Together with the tragic consequences of the health crisis, there is now a real risk of protracted global depress... Read more...
External Event
How Lives Change: Palanpur, India, and Development Economics

08 April 2019

Nicholas Stern (Grantham Research Institute and LSE)

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External Event
How Lives Change

27 August 2018

Nicholas Stern (Grantham Research Institute and LSE)

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External Event
The best of centuries or the worst of centuries? Leadership, governance and cohesion in an interdependent world

04 June 2018

Nicholas Stern (Grantham Research Institute and LSE)

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External Event
A Village, a Country and the Discipline: economic development in Palanpur over seven decades

07 June 2017

Nicholas Stern (Grantham Research Institute and LSE)

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CEP reports
UK growth: a new chapter

02 February 2017

Philippe Aghion, Terra Allas, Timothy Besley, John Browne, Francesco Caselli, Richard Davies, Richard Lambert, Rachel Lomax, Stephen Machin, Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano, Christopher A. Pissarides, Isabelle Roland, Xavier Rolet, Nicholas Stern and Anna Valero

The UK Economy is at a critical juncture. Leaving the EU creates economic challenges that necessitate widespread policy change. But this also generates an opportunity to tackle some of the long-standing challenges which ... Read more...
LSE India Observatory Public Lecture
Ten Years After the Stern Review: Economics, climate change and biodiversity

01 December 2016

Nicholas Stern (Grantham Research Institute and LSE)

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External Event
Growth and Sustainability: 10 years on from the Stern Review

27 October 2016

Nicholas Stern (Grantham Research Institute and LSE)

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External Event
Why Are We Waiting? The logic, urgency and promise of tackling climate change

03 June 2015

Nicholas Stern (Grantham Research Institute and LSE)

Introducing his new book, Why Are We Waiting? The Logic, Urgency and Promise of Tackling Climate Change Professor Stern will argue that the transition to a low-carbon economy and rapid structural transformations to the w... Read more...
CEP reports
Investing for Prosperity: Skills, Infrastructure and Innovation

31 January 2013

Philippe Aghion, Timothy Besley, John Browne, Francesco Caselli, Richard Lambert, Rachel Lomax, Christopher A. Pissarides, Nicholas Stern and John Van Reenen

What institutions and policies are needed to sustain UK economic growth in the dynamic world economy of the twentyfirst century? After years of inadequate investment in skills, infrastructure and innovation, there are lo... Read more...

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