Jennifer Helgeson

Research student

Jennifer's PhD research topic is on individuals' understanding and estimation of climate change-related risks.

Jennifer receives additional funding from the USA National Science Foundation|.

Jennifer also holds the following positions:

• Economist in the Office of Applied Economics, Building & Fire Research Lab at the National Institute of Standards & Technology, USA;
• Co-director of the Environment and Economy Group for the Caux Human Security Forum;
• Writer for Climatico, which offers an independent analysis of climate change policy worldwide;
• Scientific committee member for the Integrated Risk Governance Project.

She is based at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Background

Jennifer previously studied Environmental Economics at the University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute, and Economics at Brandeis University, USA.

Research interests

• The use of heuristics in individuals' development of climate change-related risk perceptions and related actions;
• Long-term discounting;
• Risk/disaster management;
• Ethics within environmental economics;
• Micro-insurance/micro-franchise.

Research articles

2011

Muth, K.T., and Helgeson, J.F. March 2011. Stochastic environments as measurement tools: a new approach. The Journal of Applied Economy, v.5, 'Microinsurance: a new way forward'. Download PDF of article| (1.16MB)

More information

• Personal website