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Economist and research scientist at the Research Centre for Climate Change, Universitas Indonesia

Dr. Sonny Mumbunan is an economist and research scientist at the Research Centre for Climate Change at the University of Indonesia.

He has worked as a consultant for UNDP, UNESCO and UNIDO on sustainable development, green economy and climate change policy.

He was trained in the issues of environmental appraisal and policy formulation at the New University of Lisboa, Portugal, in behavioral economics at the University of Mannheim, Germany, and in environmental governance at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway.

He holds an M.Sc. in Empirical Economics and Policy Advise from Martin Luther University Halle–Wittenberg (2008) and wrote his dissertation on ecological fiscal transfers in Indonesia at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), which he submitted to the University of Leipzig, Germany (2010) for a Ph.D. in economics (dr.rer.pol.).

Economic instrument for ecosystem service compensation, policy analysis of climate change mitigation and adaption measures, public finance and extractive industries are among his research interests.

Experience

  • –present
    Economist and research scientist at the Research Centre for Climate Change, University of Indonesia