Sébastien Desbureaux

I am a senior researcher (Directeur de Recherche) at INRAE, and a member of the Centre for Environmental Economics - Montpellier (France).

My research primarily explores the synergies and antagonisms between human welfare and biodiversity conservation to better understand how our species can coexist more peacefully with other living beings. While at the World Bank, I've also worked on water economics.

I've notably been working in & on Eastern D.R Congo and Madagascar.

Google Scholar profile and Curriculum Vitae

Email: sebastien.desbureaux[at]inrae[dot]fr

Selected work in progress & working papers:

Subsidising Electric Cooking to Protect the Environment: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the D.R. Congo with Lara Collart, Nik Stoop, Marijke Verpoorten (University of Antwerp), Raphael Soubeyran (CEE-M), Matthieu Couttenier (ENS Lyon), Natsuno Shinagawa, Jean de la Croix Kembere, and Christine Musharhamina (Parc National des Virunga). [Working paper (latest version)] [CEPR discussion paper] [Pre-Analysis Plan] [AEA Registry] [Blog post]

Promoting jobs creation to save wildlife? An experiment in the D. R. Congo with Stefan Dercon and Ashley Pople (Oxford University), Gracieux Mutaka (Parc National des Virunga), and Richard Gilbert Nikiema (CEE-M) [Project Page] [AEA Registry]

Environmental regulations and spillovers across ecosystems: Fisheries and forests protection in coastal Madagascar with Julia Girad, Emmanuelle Lavaine, Antoine Lebois, and Thierry Razanakoto [Pre Print]

Family portrait (Virunga NP)