About Me

Marcella Veronesi is a Full Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Statistics "Cognetti de Martiis," University of Turin. She held positions as a Full Professor at the Climate Economics and Risk Management Section of the Technical University of Denmark, and an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Verona. 

She is a co-editor of Environmental and Resource Economics, an editorial board member of the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, and a member of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) evaluation bodies.

She received her Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of Maryland, has been a senior researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zurich, and a Research Affiliate at the Center for Development and Cooperation (NADEL), ETH Zurich. She is listed as one of the world´s top 6% female economists. 

Her research fields are applied microeconomics, environmental economics, behavioral economics, and health economics. In particular, her research in four continents and 13 countries applies experimental, survey, and quasi-experimental methods to topics related to the economics of health and the environment, climate change adaptation and education, renewable energy technology adoption, food security in developing countries, and the non-market valuation of public goods. Her research has appeared in The Economist, Financial Times, BBC, and Freakonomics, among others.