Aurélien Saussay

Aurélien Saussay is an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. He joined the Institute in September 2019. His research focuses on the economic consequences of the transition to a low carbon economy, in order to identify the social and political acceptance challenges that hamper the implementation of effective decarbonisation.
Background
Aurélien completed his PhD at EHESS (CIRED) in 2018. His dissertation, titled “Three Essays on Energy Prices and the Energy Transition” received the 2019 EAERE Award for Best Doctoral Dissertations in Environmental and Resource Economics. One of his articles, “The Impacts of Energy Prices on Industrial Foreign Investment Location: Evidence from Global Firm Level Data”, co-authored with Misato Sato, also received the FAERE Young Economist Best Paper Award.
In parallel to his PhD, Aurélien was head of the environmental team at OFCE, Sciences Po. There, he has been one of the main co-authors of the Multi-sector Macroeconomic Model for the Evaluation of Environmental and Energy policies (ThreeME), which is used extensively in France, the Netherlands, Mexico and Indonesia to assess the economic consequences of energy transition scenarios. Aurélien has previously been an energy policy analyst at the International Energy Agency from 2009 until 2013. He holds an MSc Engineering from Mines-Paristech, and an MSc in Economics and Public Policy from Sciences Po and Ecole Polytechnique.
Research interests
- Environmental Economics
- Empirical Econometrics
- Energy Transition
Research
Research - 2018
The results of this paper show that upon deciding to invest, firms are attracted to regions that have lower energy prices. This supports arguments for better targeting leakage prevention measures to complement carbon pricing for energy-intensive industrial activities. Read more

Events
News
News - 2021
In this article for the French magazine L'Express, Aurélien Saussay outlines why it is important for France to remain actively engaged with global efforts to tackle climate change. Read more

In this editorial article for L'Express Aurélien Saussay considers the climate and enviornmental impact of the recent growth in single-family detached homes in France during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

News - 2020
Low prices are a huge threat to efforts to shift the world’s energy supply to a greener path and curb... Read more
