{"id":84814,"date":"2026-02-19T08:31:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=profile&p=84814"},"modified":"2026-02-19T08:31:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T08:31:58","slug":"tom-bearpark","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/profile\/tom-bearpark\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Bearpark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tom Bearpark is an environmental economist whose research develops and applies quantitative tools to understand the socio-economic consequences of climate change. His work sits at the intersection of econometrics, climate science, and public policy, with a focus on improving how we measure climate damages, model adaptation and migration, and quantify uncertainty in climate risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter (LEEP Institute), where he is working with Ben Groom<\/a> and Frank Venmans<\/a> on the Carbon at Risk project, which develops new approaches to quantify the risk embedded in carbon offset portfolios and the implications for climate finance and policy design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tom completed his PhD in 2025 at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, advised by Professor Michael Oppenheimer<\/path><\/svg><\/a>. His dissertation aimed to examine how to credibly estimate the social impacts of climate change. It quantified the health impacts of rainfall and sea-level rise in Mumbai, developed a framework for comparing alternative models of climate-induced migration, and aimed to advance statistical methods for model selection and inference in climate impact estimation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before his PhD, Tom worked for two years in the UK civil service, as an economist at the UK’s energy regulator Ofgem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n