Pascal Da Costa

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Biography: Pascal da Costa was born in 1976 and, since 2018, he is a Full Professor of economics at CentraleSupélec / University Paris-Saclay, France.

He took his Master's degree (Magistère d'économie: La Sorbonne, École normale supérieure - ENS Ulm, École des hautes études en sciences sociales - EHESS) and PhD in economics at La Sorbonne.

He became assistant professor at Centrale Paris in 2006. From 2011 to 2022, he headed the CapitalDon Research Chair on Sustainable Development. Since 2013, he is the Director of the Sustainable Economy Research Group (S.E.R.G.) at the LGI / CentraleSupélec (CS).

Pascal da Costa has conducted research for a number of French industrial companies and environmental organisations: CEA, RTE, EDF, PSA, Agence de l'environnement et de la maitrise de l'énergie (ADEME), Office français pour la biodiversité (OFB), Greenly... He has supervised 15 Ph.D. theses and is currently supervising 5 Ph.D. doctorates.

Research Topics: His research interest is on Ecological and Environmental Economics, Climate Change and Energy Economics, Sustainable Growth/Degrowth Paths, Techno-Economic Prospective Analysis, Eco-systemic Services Assessment, Labels and Certification.

Teaching Activities: His seminars and lectures are entitled: Economic Models with Innovation & Environment (Master EEET), Introductory Economics Course (M1 at CS), Environmental, Energy and Sustainable Development Economics (M1 at CS), Integrated Climate-Economy Models (L3 at CS, with LSCE), and Nexus Economics (DU AllCan ‘Agir pour le climat’).

In the early 2010s, he was the founder and leader of the first French-speaking MOOC (France université numérique - FUN, and Coursera) on Sustainable Development (with INED, LSCE, Agro, CNAM...): Over 35,000 learners.

Administrative Duties: In 2012, Pascal da Costa and partners of the future Paris-Saclay University (Agro, IFPEN, CIRED...) founded the Master EEET in Economics of Energy, Environment and Transport (formerly called EDDEE). He is member of this Master's Programme Committee, and the Master's Correspondent for the 50 students in engineering of CentraleSupélec (a year on average) doing this double degree.

From 2015 to 2020, he headed of the Business Sciences Teaching Department at CS (30 people). In this capacity, he also managed the merger between Supélec and Centrale, as well as Centrale's move to the Paris-Saclay campus for this department.

Since 2020, he is the Sustainable Development Referent/Coordinator at CS, for energy, ecological and social transitions: He leads and coordinates, with a whole team dedicated, the CS' climate and CSR strategy. He is also taking part in discussions at Groupe des Ecoles Centrale level (bringing together the five French Centrale Graduate Schools).

Currently, he is elected member of the Board of the Paris-Saclay Graduate School of Economics and Management.