Economist Cristian Huse appointed

Prof. Dr. Cristian Huse has been appointed Professor of Applied Microeconomics at the Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law. Previously he was associate professor at the Stockholm School of Economics.

Huse, who holds both German and Brazilian citizenships, studied economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He gained his Masters in Economics at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Rio de Janeiro and a second Masters in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics at the London School of Economics, where he also completed his doctorate in 2009. From 2007 to 2016 he was assistant professor and then from 2016 associate professor at the Stockholm School of Economics. Huse’s main research interests lie in environmental and energy economics, applied microeconomics, industrial economics, and applied econometrics. He has studied policies aimed at reducing CO2 emissions in the new vehicle market, for instance. Since 2013 Huse has been involved in organising the annual workshop “Economics of Low-Carbon Markets” in São Paulo. Huse’s work has been distinguished by numerous awards and published in both economics and the natural sciences.