Conferimento
della Laurea Honoris Causa in
Scienze bancarie, finanziarie e assicurative
al Professor Lord
Nicholas Herbert Stern
The London School of Economics
and Political Science
Lectio magistralis
“Towards a new approach to development and growth:
the economics of action on climate change”
Professor Nicholas Herbert Stern
Nicholas Stern is IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, Co-Director of the India Observatory and Chair, Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics. He has held posts at other UK & overseas universities, and as Chief Economist at both the EBRD and the World Bank.
He was Head, UK Government Economic Service 2003-2007, and produced the Stern Review on the economics of climate change.
He was President of the Royal Economic Society (2018-2019). He was President of the British Academy (July 2013-2017) and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (June 2014). He was knighted for services to economics (2004), made a life peer (2007), and appointed Companion of Honour for services to economics, international relations and tackling climate change in 2017.
He has published more than 15 books and 100 articles. Most recent books: How Lives Change: Palanpur, India and Development Economics (with Himanshu and Peter Lanjouw, OUP 2018) and Standing Up for a Sustainable World: Voices of Change, Edward Elgar, 2020.
He is a Co-Chair of the World Bank and IMF High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery and Growth, and co-chair of the High-Level Expert Group on scaling investment and finance to deliver on climate ambition and development goals.
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