Rate My Professor Laura Marsiliani

Laura Marsiliani is a Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Durham University Business School. She earned her PhD in Economics from London Business School in 2000 with a thesis on environmental taxation and revenue recycling, an MSc in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from University College London in 1994, and a Laurea cum laude in Economics and Banking from the University of Siena in 1992. She joined Durham University as a Lecturer in January 2001, following positions as Assistant Professor of Economics at Tilburg University from 1998 to 2000 and visiting academic appointments at the University of Rochester and University of California, Santa Barbara. Currently, she serves as Associate Dean for Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability on the Faculty Executive Team, Co-Director of the Centre for Environmental and Energy Economics, Fellow of the Durham Energy Institute, Faculty Lead at the Centre for Sustainable Development Law and Policy, and member of the Durham University observer delegation at UN COP conferences including COP26, COP27, COP28, COP29, and COP30.

Her research focuses on the intersection of public economics, environmental economics, energy economics, and political economy, with applications to policy issues such as energy sector reforms in developing economies, climate change mitigation, and sustainable transitions. Notable publications include the edited volumes Environmental Policy in an International Perspective (Springer/Kluwer, 2003) and Environmental Economics and the International Economy (Springer/Kluwer, 2002); journal articles such as 'Decarbonisation Policies and Energy Price Reforms in Bangladesh' (Energy Policy, 2022, with Amin et al.), 'Can subsidies rather than pollution taxes break the trade-off between economic output and environmental protection?' (Energy Economics, 2021, with Renström and Spataro), 'Captive Power, Market Access and Macroeconomic Performance: Reforming the Bangladesh Electricity Sector' (Energy Economics, 2021, with Amin et al.), and 'Political Institutions and Economic Growth' (Economics of Governance, 2007, with Renström). Her research has influenced electricity pricing and capacity policies of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission. Marsiliani has organized EU-funded international conferences, delivered keynote speeches such as at the BERC-NSU-BDAEE Energy Summit (2019), chaired the MSc Board of Examiners, served as Diversity Champion and International Exchanges Coordinator, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She has received the Faculty of Social Sciences and Health Award for Exceptional Contributions (2016-17) and Dean Award for Excellence in Teaching (2013-14). She teaches Environmental Economics and Policy and Public Economics, supervises PhD students, and contributes to curriculum development including the MSc Economics programme.