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Emmanuel Aramendia is a Research Fellow at the School of Earth and Environment, Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds. He joined the university in 2019 for his PhD which he successfully defended in 2023, and currently works as both a research fellow on the project "Applying thermodynamic laws to the energy-GDP decoupling problem" (led by Dr. Paul Brockway) and as a teaching fellow in ecological and environmental economics.
Dr. Aramendia's educational background includes:
- PhD in Ecological Economics, University of Leeds
- MSc in Environmental Management and Sustainability Science, Aalborg University, Denmark
- Engineering degree from Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France
His primary research interests focus on the intersection of ecological economics and energy systems analysis. Dr. Aramendia specializes in quantitative methods including:
- Input-Output Analysis for tracking material and energy flows
- System Dynamics Modeling of energy-economy interactions
- Energy-Economy Modeling to assess decoupling scenarios
- Net Energy Analysis focusing on the useful energy stage
Dr. Aramendia explores socioeconomic alternatives for low-carbon transitions that meet climate targets while ensuring good living standards within post-growth frameworks. His work examines material/energy requirements of transitions, macroeconomic investment needs, and equitable demand-side reduction strategies. He particularly emphasizes structural economic changes like industry downscaling and growth in low-carbon technology sectors.
He is affiliated with key research groups at Leeds:
- Sustainability Research Institute
- Economics and Policy for Sustainability
- Energy and Climate Change Mitigation
As a member of the International Society for Ecological Economics, Dr. Aramendia integrates insights from post-Keynesian and heterodox economics with biophysical constraints. His multilingual capabilities (English, French, Spanish) support international collaboration on systemic economic transformation for climate action.
