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Laure de Preux is an Associate Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School, specializing in health and environmental economics. She holds affiliations with the Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation, the Grantham Institute (Climate Change and the Environment), and the HEAL group at the University of Mannheim. Her research focuses on climate policy evaluation, environmental determinants of health, and socioeconomic disparities in healthcare utilization. She has held roles including British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow (2013-2016) and Research Officer at LSE (2008-2013). Awards include the Teaching Excellence Award (2017, 2018) and the Erik Kempe Award (2014).
Education:
- PhD in Economics, University of York (2013)
- MSc in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2006)
- MSc in Business, HEC Lausanne (2005)
Research Interests: Climate policy co-benefits, environmental justice, healthcare equity, and economic evaluation methodologies accounting for environmental sustainability. Recent work includes analysis of air pollution exposure disparities, extreme temperature impacts on emergency admissions, and carbon leakage in EU policies.
Awards:
- Teaching Excellence Award for PhD supervision (2017)
- Teaching Excellence Award for undergraduate teaching (2018)
- Erik Kempe Award in Environmental and Resource Economics (2014)
Grants & Advisory Roles:
- Member of WHO Advisory Group on Economics for Environment, Climate Change, and Health
- NIHR HSDR-funded GPNET-0 study (2023–present)
- COMEAP/QUARK ad-hoc group on air pollution morbidity valuation (2022–present)
Labs/Teams: Involved in interdisciplinary collaborations with epidemiologists and medical professionals through projects like the MOLI Trial and the Advanced Hackspace at Imperial College.
