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- climate change
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- food
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- Complexity Economics
- inequality
- Agent-based Modelling
- Macroeconomics
- Ecological Economics
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- Qualifications:MSc Economics, SOAS University of London; BA European Social and Political Studies, UCL
- Position:Research Fellow in Sustainable Food Economics and Associate Lecturer in Economics
- Department:FBL - Accounting, Economics and Finance School of Applied Sciences
- Email:Tom.Youngman@uwe.ac.uk
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About me
I do policy-engaged research at the intersection of food system science, economics and complexity science.
Current projects
Backcasting to Achieve Food System Resilience: scenario modelling and policy engagement. Funded by UKRI and Defra.
Defining high-carbon advertising: options appraisal funded by Ad-Free Cities.
Recently completely projects
Agrifood for Net Zero Network+: supporting development of the Future Food Calculator, a participatory model of UK food and land. Funded by UKRI.
Land use data and digital tools scoping report for Defra, funded by the LUNZ Hub.
Between 2022 and 2025 I taught microeconomics and supervised dissertations on UWE's Economics degrees. I am currently taking a break from teaching.
Beyond UWE
I spend most of my time as a doctoral researcher at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the University of Oxford. I research how agent-based macroeconomic models can be used to assess the distributional impact of climate mitigation policies.
I came to my current roles from the UK government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. I worked in a range of policy and economics roles, most recently leading Defra's Net Zero Economics team. I regularly briefed Ministers and senior officials and I have represented the UK on working groups at the OECD, EU and WTO. Prior to working at Defra I worked at Prudential, Ecooo and Triodos Bank. When I'm not thinking about the economy you can find me at a gig, riding my bike, kitesurfing or holding a placard at a picket line.
Area of expertise
ecological economics, agricultural economics, climate change, food, international trade, UK government and policy
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