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Mathias Weidinger is a Research Assistant at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. His research interests are positioned at the intersection of environmental and development economics, with a methodological focus on policy evaluation, microeconomic theory, inferential statistics, and spatial data analysis. Mathias is particularly invested in policies that concurrently tackle environmental sustainability and human development within lower- and middle-income country contexts. His work includes strengthening resilience in local communities, investing in biodiversity and ecosystem services, and promoting a climate pro-poor transition towards net-zero emissions. Before joining Oxford, Mathias was part of the Development Economics Group at ETH Zurich, where he supported various research projects and served as a teaching assistant for graduate-level econometrics.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.