Mateus Souza

Mateus Souza is an Assistant Professor in Theoretical Public Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Mannheim, since September 2023. He previously held a postdoctoral researcher position at the EnergyEcoLab at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and earned his Ph.D. in Applied Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2020.

His research focuses on energy and environmental economics, integrating econometric tools and machine learning for causal inference. Key areas include incentives for energy-efficient technologies, behavioral energy conservation, air pollution's health and economic impacts, and sustainable urban mobility.

He is affiliated with the CESifo Research Network (Energy and Climate Economics) and the CRC TR 224 EPoS (B07: Policies for Sustainability). His recent work emphasizes heterogeneous treatment effects, data-driven targeting in energy efficiency, and pollution-induced health risks.

Current projects analyze the welfare implications of car-sharing and the distributional impacts of energy crises. His publications explore empirical challenges in energy retrofitting, agricultural fires' health effects, and behavioral interventions without monetary incentives.