Salvatore Di Falco completed a first degree in Economics at the University of Palermo (Italy). He was awarded a MSc in Economics and a PhD in Environmental Economics from the University of York (UK). He also hold a Doctorate in Agricultural Economics from the University of Catania (Italy). He held a Lectureship in Environment and Development at the LSE and in Applied Economics at the University of Kent. He also held  postdoctoral positions at the National University of Ireland, University of Maryland and the University of East Anglia. He was visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

He is honorary Lecturer at the Imperial College London and Research Fellow at the Environment for Development Initiative Ethiopia centre (http://www.environmentfordevelopment.org/).

He is an Associate Editor of Environment and Development Economics (Cambridge University Press) and of

Food Security (Springer).

 

Salvatore's research focuses on the intersection between environmental and development economics using econometric models. He has analyzed the contribution of natural resources such as biodiversity on agricultural productivity, food security, and weather risk in arid environments. His work also focuses on the role of institutional structures (common property forests) on natural resource conservation, rural development and poverty reduction. More recent work includes the impact of social capital and traditional sharing norms on consumption, saving accumulation, investment decisions and adaptation to climate change.