Matthieu Stigler joins the GSEM as Assistant Professor

The University of Geneva has appointed Matthieu Stigler as Assistant Professor at the Geneva School of Economics and Management, effective 15 April 2024. Within the GSEM, he will join the Institute of Economics and Econometrics.

Matthieu Stigler obtained a Master's degree in Economics in 2008 from the University of Geneva, followed by a Ph.D. at UC Davis in Agricultural Economics. He became a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford's Center for Food Security and the Environment, and from 2021 he held the position of Research Fellow at ETH Zurich's Environmental Policy Lab.

His research focuses on the use of megadata, in particular satellite data, in environmental and agricultural economics. He has used these tools to analyze the dynamics of agricultural expansion in the USA, develop new solutions for agricultural risk management in the USA and Kenya, and analyze the link between electrification and living standards in Uganda. He is currently working on the promises of private companies to eliminate deforestation in their supply chains in the Amazon and Indonesia.

Matthieu Stigler has been hired by the University of Geneva as an SNSF assistant professor for the research project "Foreseeing the challenges of the EU deforestation policy: insights from the Brazilian case". As part of this project, he will analyze the effects of the new European law - which bans the import of products linked to deforestation - based on the case of Brazil.