Juan Palacios

Juan Palacios serves as an Assistant Professor at Maastricht University's School of Business and Economics and holds a Visiting Assistant Professor position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Real Estate. His research spans environmental economics, sustainable real estate, and health economics, with particular focus on the relationship between indoor environmental quality and human outcomes. He coordinates the Climate and Real Estate Multi-PI Research Cluster at MIT, demonstrating leadership in interdisciplinary environmental research.

Palacios' research interests center on environmental economics with specific emphasis on indoor air quality, building performance, and climate risk assessment. His work bridges the gap between environmental science and economic outcomes, examining how physical environments affect productivity, health, and financial performance. He investigates the economic implications of sustainable building practices, climate adaptation strategies, and environmental health interventions, with particular attention to quantifying the financial value of these initiatives. His research combines field studies, econometric analysis, and systematic reviews to provide evidence-based insights for policymakers and industry stakeholders.

His publication record reveals a consistent focus on the intersection of environmental quality, building performance, and economic outcomes. Palacios' work demonstrates growing attention to climate risk assessment in real estate, with increasing sophistication in measuring the financial impacts of environmental factors. His research spans multiple methodologies from field experiments in primary schools to systematic reviews of worker productivity data, showing methodological versatility. A notable trend is his progression from documenting environmental effects to quantifying their financial value, reflecting the maturation of sustainable real estate as a field of academic inquiry.

Palacios actively collaborates with leading researchers in the field, including Nils Kok, Siqi Zheng, and Piet Eichholtz, indicating strong connections within the sustainable real estate research community. His work appears in prominent research paper series including those from MIT's Center for Real Estate and IZA Institute of Labor Economics, suggesting recognition within both economics and real estate academic circles.