Soheil Shayegh is Scientist at the EIEE. He has a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. His primary research interest is developing dynamic models for analyzing the interaction between natural and human systems. In particular, he investigates the impacts of climate change on fertility, migration, food security, labor supply, gender inequality, and public health. He has developed new analytical tools and algorithms for optimal climate policy making under uncertainties about climatic parameters and socioeconomic conditions.
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
- Moral Hazard of Geoengineering to Decarbonization
- Heat stress and the labour force
- Solar Geoengineering, Learning, and Experimentation
- An assessment of different transition pathways to a green global economy
- Specialty grand challenge: renaming our section to “Carbon Dioxide Removal”
- Mosquitoes and Potatoes: How Local Climatic Conditions Impede Development
- Inequality and growth impacts of climate change - insights from South Africa
- The Prospect of Direct Air Capture for Energy Security and Climate Stability
- Staying home saves life, really!
- Climate change, labour availability and the future of gender inequality in South Africa