Policy and Partnerships
Structured programmes and initiatives linking research and policy - turning evidence into impact worldwide.
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EEE works in partnership with a range of stakeholders to bring cutting-edge economic research to the heart of the transition towards cleaner, more sustainable, and inclusive growth.
EEE's work is organised through structured themes that bring research, policy engagement, and capacity-building together around specific themes. Each theme (and its sub-projects) draws on faculty and students from across LSE's Department of Economics and other areas of LSE, working in partnership with research institutions, governments, and international organisations to generate evidence and translate it into impact.
Global School of Sustainability
Generating Sustainable Growth is a flagship theme of LSE's Global School of Sustainability, and is co-directed by Robin Burgess and Eugenie Dugoua.
It brings together two initiatives Green Innovation and Growth Initiative (GIGI) at STICERD and the Climate and Growth Initiative (CGI) at the International Growth Centre, to put economic research at the centre of the green transition.
International Growth Centre's Climate and Growth Initiative
IGC's Climate and Growth Initiative sits under the Generating Sustainable Growth Theme and EEE therefore works very closely with IGC.
IGC is a critical partner, and the success of the Generating Sustainable Growth Theme depends on the complementary strengths of both pillars. The relationship is best understood as a Venn diagram: there is a substantial area of overlap where EEE and IGC work closely together, while each also brings distinct areas of expertise, networks, and activity.
The overlap is particularly important for translating research into policy impact. EEE brings deep expertise in environmental and climate economics, while IGC brings extensive experience working directly with policymakers and institutions across developing countries as well as an international network of economists doing cutting edge research on sustainable economic growth pathways, several of whom are in-country researchers. Together, this allows us to connect frontier research on climate and sustainable growth with country-level policy priorities.
Economics of Climate Organisation (ECO)
The Economics of Climate Organisation (ECO) is hosted at the Economics of Environment and Energy (EEE) at LSE and serves as a bridge between frontier economics and climate policy. A global, collaborative initiative between leading economists and policy makers, it aims to inject new thinking into the design and implementation of climate policies by leveraging analytical advances and the best possible data from all fields of economics.
BRAC & BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)
For nearly two decades, EEE researchers have worked with BRAC, one of the world's largest development organisations, and its research arm, the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) at BRAC University.