Olli-Pekka Kuusela is a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER. His work examines the links between natural resources, climate change, energy transitions, and distributional outcomes, particularly through the lens of environmental fiscal policy. He has previously worked at Oregon State University, ETLA Economic Research, and Natural Resources Institute Finland.

Kuusela’s research has been published in leading international journals such as European Economic Review, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Ecological Economics, and Environmental and Resource Economics.

Kuusela holds the academic title of Docent in Environmental and Resource Economics from the University of Helsinki (a post-doctoral qualification broadly corresponding to habilitation or associate professor level). He earned his MA and PhD from Virginia Tech.

Contact: kuusela@wider.unu.edu / opkuusela@gmail.com