Assistant Professor, Environmental Economics, UCD

Joined May 2018
So excited about the workshops we're organising on "Supporting a Positive Research Culture in Experimentation". We'll bring together PhD students, researchers and experts across disciplines to share good practices and learn from each other. Stay tuned for details!
Congratulations to @EconomicsUCD researchers V. Daskalova, @Geraldes_Diogo, @PeiaOana, @msamahita, @MartaTalevi, Y. Yang and colleagues @odbarrerar and S. Flannery (@ucdagfood) on a successful @reculture_ucd funding, "Supporting a Positive Research Culture in Experimentation"!
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We are now accepting applications for @EconomicsUCD’s MLitt/PhD programme. Scholarships and stipends are available. Application deadline for funded places: January 26, 2025. For more info: inomics.com/program/phd-prog… Continue your education with us in Dublin!
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@EconomicsUCD What a fantastic line-up of speakers for this year's seminar series! On Sept 13 we kicked off the series with Ian Burn (University of Liverpool). See the full calendar: sites.google.com/view/ucd-ec…  @ucddublin @ucdsocscilaw
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On Sept 20 we had the pleasure to host Selim Gulesci (Trinity College Dublin) for a seminar on credit contracts, business development and gender in Uganda. See the full calendar: sites.google.com/view/ucd-ec…  @ucddublin @ucdsocscilaw
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We look forward to hosting Katrin Millock from Paris School of Economics for our seminar on Sept 27. Join us for coffee at 2:30; seminar at 3pm. @ucddublin @ucdsocscilaw Táimid ag súil le fáilte a chur roimh Katrin Millock ó Paris School of Economics inár seimineár.
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🚨 New #Rpackage alert! The increasing availability of high-resolution climate data has greatly expanded the study of how the climate impacts humans and society. Enter stagg, a new R package that streamlines data processing for climate impact analysis. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Marta Talevi retweeted
RBFs expand market reach with off-grid solutions. In #Kenya, RBFs helped 19,066 farmers improve irrigation with solar pumps. Discover more about RBF's role in #EnergyAccess in our latest report. ⬇️ bit.ly/42Qa0B5
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Should governments prioritize ambient levels or within-day peaks in air pollution? ⚫️Reducing ambient requires regulations addressing externalities ⚫️Peaks are often driven by private actions and thus require addressing private barriers 🧵on my new @nberpubs WP with @josh_t_dean
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Marta Talevi retweeted
I'm very honoured to have been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Economics by University College Dublin - graduating along with their first fab cohort of BSc Sustainability students - here's to education that's stepping up to the future.
Conferrings continue at @ucddublin, with honorary doctorates for @KateRaworth, Missie Collins, @ColmBairead and @cleonanic. Comhghairdeas - congratulations!
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Just released! A crowdsourced dataset that maps 30,000 road crashes in Nairobi. Download here microdata.worldbank.org/inde…. This is work with @smilusheva3 @lupe_bedoya @robamarty to prioritize road safety investments and save people's lives on the roads journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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Data science for economists: version control, web scraping, spatial analysis, workflow, project management and other needs. github.com/uo-ec607/lectures
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I've run ~30+ large-scale surveys over the last decade, but still finding @S_Stantcheva's @AnnualReviews "How to Run Surveys" super helpful! 80+ pgs of Appendix examples are 🙌🏾~ social desirability, vignettes, info treatments? She's got you covered! annualreviews.org/content/jo…
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🌴hot off the press after the holidays: check out my new @GRI_LSE WP (with the great Jeff pagel) on the poverty alleviation co-benefits of large-scale tree planting in the Philippines! new data, staggered DID, spillovers, structural change and carbon!🌴 lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/…
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Marta Talevi retweeted
"Demand-Side Management in Fully Electrified Homes" by Cloé Garnache (@CGarnache), Øystein Hernæs (@ohernaes), and Anders Gravir Imenes was just accepted at @JaereAere. Read more here: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10…
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Only a few days left to apply! PostDoc at UCD on behavioural economics and energy efficiency. A brilliant collaboration between industry, policy and academia. Share in your network! #EconTwitter #postdoc #econjobmarket
PostDoc position at UCD "Behavioural Research to Inform Greener Home Transformations" (BRIGHT). Apply by noon (Irish time) 26 August Search by reference number: 017605 at lnkd.in/eaJF-5Zb Come work with us! @_shanetimmons @lklades @LryanEnergy @EconomicsUCD @UCDEnvPolicy
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Marta Talevi retweeted
🔥There is a new version of the causalweight package for R (#rstats)! It now also contains #DifferenceInDifference estimators for binary and continuous treatments using causal #MachineLearning (to control for covariates in a data-driven way): rdocumentation.org/packages/… #EconTwitter
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Out now in @WorldDevJournal! @brookelkrause and I explore the effect of a multi-dimensional women’s empowerment program called Maisha Bora (@MaishaBoraTZA) in rural northern Tanzania. An #econtwitter 🧵: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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PostDoc position at UCD "Behavioural Research to Inform Greener Home Transformations" (BRIGHT). Apply by noon (Irish time) 26 August Search by reference number: 017605 at lnkd.in/eaJF-5Zb Come work with us! @_shanetimmons @lklades @LryanEnergy @EconomicsUCD @UCDEnvPolicy
Great PostDoc position to work on "Behavioural Research to Inform Greener Home Transformations" That's BRIGHT! Search for reference number 017605 here: my.corehr.com/pls/ucdrecruit… @MartaTalevi @_shanetimmons @LryanEnergy @EconomicsUCD, @UCDEnvPolicy, @EconPsyPol
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Marta Talevi retweeted
Great PostDoc position to work on "Behavioural Research to Inform Greener Home Transformations" That's BRIGHT! Search for reference number 017605 here: my.corehr.com/pls/ucdrecruit… @MartaTalevi @_shanetimmons @LryanEnergy @EconomicsUCD, @UCDEnvPolicy, @EconPsyPol
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