Enamul Haque
East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Enamul Haque is Professor at East West University, a private university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has a Master’s degree in Economics as well as in Agricultural Economics. He completed his doctoral degree from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada in Natural Resource Economics. Professor Haque has been a SANDEE research advisor for many years.

Subhrendu Pattanayak
Duke University, North Carolina, USA

Prof. Pattanayak studies how human behaviors relate to the environment by collaborating with ecologists, epidemiologists, statisticians and other social scientists. Towards this end, he attempts to build models to analyze the causes and consequences of human behaviors, and use estimated parameters in integrated simulation tools to help design behavioral interventions (policies). His research has been in two domains: (a) evaluation of ecosystem services (primarily from forests), and (b) economics of environmental health. In both cases, he has focused on socially marginal populations, and examined policies that are motivated by enormous inequities and a range of efficiency concerns – externalities, public goods and imperfect information. In order to fund, design, implement, and disseminate results from this research, he has collaborated closely with policy-makers in multi-lateral, national, state, and local governments, as well as NGOs, academics, and local research organizations in India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the U.S. He is also a Fellow and faculty member of the South Asian Network of Development and Environmental Economists.

Francois Libois

François Libois is a professor at the Paris School of Economics, France, and is research fellow at the French National Institute for Research in Agronomy and Environment. He has a Phd from the University of Namur, Belgium, and is an applied microeconomist by training. His research interests lie at the intersection of development, environment, and institutional economics. He combines socioeconomic data with environmental science data in his research to understand how the environment affects human behaviour and how human actions impact ecosystems. He is currently leading several research projects on Nepal, including on the forestry sector.

Sheetal Sekhri

Sheetal Sekhri is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia, USA. Her research focuses on development economics and she specializes in water issues in developing countries. Her research examines the causes and consequences of water scarcity, including increases in poverty and violence against women. She has explored how the delivery of government welfare programmes can be improved in developing countries to ensure food security for the vulnerable. She has won numerous grants for her policy-oriented work in India. She was a Giorgio Ruffolo Fellow (2012–2013) in Sustainability Science at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Soumya Balasubramanya
Senior Economist, The World Bank

Soumya Balasubramanya is a Senior Economist at the World Bank’s Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy Global practice, and very recently joined SANDEE advisory committee. She was previously with the CGIAR between 2011–2022. She conducts original field-based research on poverty, development and equity challenges in Asia and Africa, at the nexus of water, agriculture, environment, energy, and health, using large sample survey methods. She collaborates with universities, governments, and the private sector in low-, middle- and high-income countries to influence research, dialogue, funding, policy, and practice on inclusive development. She is also an Associate Editor for the journals Agricultural Economics, and Water Resources and Economics. She also coordinates the Committee for Women in Agricultural Economics of the International Association of Agricultural Economics. Her work has been featured in media outlets such as BBC, Forbes, NPR, The Economist and The Guardian. Soumya received a PhD in Environment and Development Economics from Duke University in 2011.

Céline Nauges
France

Céline Nauges is in Toulouse School of Economics (France). Her major research interest is on applied microeconometrics aimed at informing economic policies for the management of natural resources, with a special focus on water, both in developed and developing countries. She has published a number of research articles in national and international journals and she has been chosen as a water sector expert by various institutions including the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, and the OECD.

Jeffrey R. Vincent
Korstian Professor, Duke University, USA

Jeff Vincent is the Clarence F. Korstian Professor of Forest Economics and Management, and Co-Chair of the Master of Forestry (MF) Program in the Nicholas School. Jeff’s research focuses on the economics of natural resource management and policy in developing countries, with a primary focus on forestry issues in Asia.Over his career, he has blended academic research, teaching, and administration; leadership of large, donor-funded policy advising projects; and capacity-building and mid-career training. He held previous positions at the University of California, San Diego (School of International Relations & Pacific Studies), Harvard University (Institute for International Development), and Michigan State University (Department of Forestry). Vincent’s current interests focus on the economics of forest restoration in the Global South. His past work has addressed various topics, including the tropical timber trade, forest concession policies, biodiversity conservation, green accounting, and valuation of forest ecosystem services. His country experience includes Brazil, Bulgaria, China, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, South Africa, and Thailand.