Assistant Professor Christoph Semken began his appointment at the Department of Economics on 1 July 2025. Professor Semken’s research at the intersection of environmental, behavioural and applied economics has already taken him to the   He earned his PhD at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona in 2024.

Semken was attracted to the University of Toronto by its strong and diverse academic community.

“The Department of Economics is particularly exciting to me for its breadth across fields, which aligns well with my research that uses methods from applied microeconomics, behavioral economics, industrial organization, theory, and Bayesian statistics,” Professor Semken said. “I was also drawn by the department’s growing focus on climate economics and its potential to become a global leader in this area. UofT offers rich opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, including with climate scientists.”

Scheduled to teach Environmental Economics and Policies, the undergraduate course ECO313, and ECO2950, Environmental Economics at the graduate level, students in both courses will learn within the context of immediate environmental issues using a variety of methods and tools. [Read more…]