Sumeet Gulati

Professor Sumeet Gulati serves in the Food and Resource Economics unit within the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia, specializing in environmental and resource economics with emphasis on wildlife conservation and policy analysis.

His primary research domains include:

• Economics of Human-Wildlife Conflict
• Political Economy of Environmental and Trade Policy
• Effectiveness of Carbon Taxes and Environmental Regulations
• International Trade Impacts on Ecosystems
• Urban Transportation Economics
• Conservation Economics using Causal Inference Methods

Professor Gulati leads critical investigations into human-elephant fatality patterns linked to infrastructure deforestation, grizzly bear behavioral responses to human recreation in British Columbia, and political representation's role in compensating marginalized communities affected by wildlife conflicts through the Wildlife and Conservation Economics Laboratory.

He actively supervises graduate students through UBC's Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies program and welcomes interdisciplinary collaborations with undergraduate researchers, emphasizing real-world applications of economic tools for environmental protection.

Educational qualifications include a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Maryland (2003), an MA from Delhi School of Economics (1995), and a BA in Economics from Jaihind College, University of Mumbai (1993).