Lena Höglund Isaksson

Lena Höglund-Isaksson joined the Mitigation of Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases (MAG) Program in January 2004. She has developed and implemented the methane module in the GAINS model and is coordinating various policy applications involving non-CO2 greenhouse gases. Recent policy applications include assessments of baseline emissions, mitigation potentials and costs for non-CO2 greenhouse gases for the EU energy and climate package (2008 and 2010), UNEP global assessment of short-lived climate forcers (2011) and the EU Low Carbon Roadmap to 2050 (2012).

Dr. Höglund-Isaksson earned her PhD in environmental economics in 2000 from the University of Gothenburg. Her other research interests include theoretical and empirical aspects of environmental policy instruments, in particular refund schemes. She has approximately 20 peer-reviewed publications and has authored or co-authored a large number of policy papers and consultancy reports. Her previous positions include a post-doc at the University of Vienna (2002) and research assistant at University of Gothenburg (1993-2000). She has held short-term employment contracts with the World Bank (1995) and Sida (1993), as well as carrying out consultancy work for OECD and IAEA. She has taught microeconomics at the Universities of Vienna and Gothenburg, and environmental economics at Skovde University College.


Last update: 18-OCT-2012