Dr. Unai Pascual 
up211@cam.ac.uk

 

19 Silver Street,  CB3 9EP, UK
Tel: + 44  1223 337151
Fax: + 44 1223 337130

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Vitae Research Teaching Full CV

 

 

Vitae

2003-: Lecturer, Department of Land Economy (University of Cambridge)

2001-2003: Lecturer,  School of Economic Studies (University of Manchester)

2002: Ph.D. in Environmental Economics and Environmental Management, Environment Department (University of York)

1997: MSc in Environmental Economics, Environment Department (University of York)

1996: BSc Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Studies (University of the Basque Country)

 

Research

 

Publications:

 

Books

 

Kontoleon, A., Pascual, U. and Swanson, T. (eds., forthcoming): ‘Frontiers of Biodiversity Economics’, Cambridge University Press.

 

Journal articles

Perrings, C., Jackson, L., Bawa, K., Brussaard, L., Brush, S., Gavin, T., Papa, R., Pascual, U., de Ruiter, P. (2006, in press). ‘Biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: Saving natural capital without losing interest’, Conservation Biology.

Pascual, U. and Barbier, E.B (2006, in press): ‘Deprived land use intensification in shifting cultivation: the population pressure hypothesis revisited. Agricultural Economics.

Rodríguez, L.C., Pascual U. and Niemeyer, H. (2006, in press). ‘Peasant communities' cultural domain and the local use-value of plant resources: the case of Opuntia scrublands in Ayacucho, Peru’. Ecological Economics.

Konchak, W. and Pascual, U. (2006): ‘Converging economic paradigms for a constructive environmental policy discourse’. Environmental Science and Policy 9(1).

Pascual, U (2005): ‘Land-use intensification potential in slash-and-burn farming through improvements in technical efficiency’. Ecological Economics. 52(4): 497-511.

Rodríguez, L.C. and U. Pascual, (2004). ‘Land clearance and social capital in mountain Agro-Ecosystems: The case of Opuntia Scrubland in Ayacucho, Peru’. Ecological Economics. 49(2): 243-252.

Pascual, U. (1998): ‘Peasant Economics and Soil Degradation’. UZTARO Social Science Journal, 35: 19-31 (in basque).

Reports

Jackson, L., Bawa, K., Pascual, U., and Perrings, C. (2005). AgroBIODIVERSITY: A new science agenda for biodiversity in support of sustainable agroecosystems. DIVERSITAS report. N. 4. 40 pp.

Working Papers

Deurwaerdere, T., Krishna, V., and Pascual, U: “Biodiscovery and intellectual property rights: A dynamic approach to economic efficiency”. Environmental Economy and Policy Research discussion paper N. 13. 2005. Department of Land Economy. University of Cambridge.

Pascual, U. and Barbier, E. “On- and off-farm labor decisions by slash-and-burn farmers in Yucatan (Mexico)”. Environmental Economy and Policy Research discussion paper N. 06. 2005. Department of Land Economy. University of Cambridge.

Pascual, U., Russell, N.P., and Omer, A.A: “Does loss of biodiversity compromise productivity in intensive agriculture?”. Discussion Paper N. 0322, 2003. School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester.

Omer, A., Pascual, U. and Russell, N.P: “Agricultural intensification and biodiversity loss: is there and agri-EKC?”. Discussion Paper N. 0317, 2003. School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester.

Pascual, U and Martinez, R: “Integrated policy options for land conservation and rural poverty alleviation: a system dynamics approach”. Discussion Paper N. 0323, 2003. School of Economic Studies, University of Manchester.

Martinez, R. and Pascual, U: “Price policies for land conservation in slash-and-burn farming with flexible labour entry-exit decisions.” Discussion Paper. 2003. Department of Economics, St Francis Xavier University.

Pascual, U. and Barbier, E.B. Modelling land degradation in low input-agriculture: The 'population pressure hypothesis revised'. Meeting of the International Association of Agricultural Economists,  2003, Durban, South Africa. 

Pascual, U. and Barbier, E.B.: “A model of optimal labour and soil use with shifting cultivation”, in: Note di Lavoro Resources Management Series, Paper N. 83.01. FEEM, Fondazione Eni Enrico Matei, Milan. 2001.
 

Research communities:

Environmental and Economy Policy Research Group (University of Cambridge), EEPR.

Centre for Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics (University of Manchester), CAFRE.

European and International Society of Ecological Economics (ESEE, ISEE).

International Association of Agricultural Economics, IAEE

European Association of Environmental Economics, EAERE

DIVERSITAS

BIOECON

 

Professional:

Associate Editor, International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics, IJEES.

Reviewer for: Land Economics, Ecological Economics, Environment and Development Economics, Journal of Agricultural Economics, European Journal of Agricultural Economics, Ecology and Society, Forest and Policy Economics, Agroforestry Systems, Regional Studies.

 

Teaching  

Courses (2005-06):

Tripos

Paper 1: Economics (Tripos I)

Paper 5: Environmental Economics, Law and Policy (Tripos IIA)

MPhil

PGR06: Issues in Public Policy and Regeneration II (MPhil)

EP04: Advanced Environmental Economics (MPhil Environmental Policy)

B06: National Planning and Economic Policy II (MPhil Environmental Policy)

 

PhD students:

Supervised students:

Amani Omer (University of Manchester, doctored 2004): "An Economic Analysis of Interactions Between Agriculture and Biodiversity"

Per Stromberg (University of Cambridge, since 2004): "Market creation of biodiversity goods and services"

Andres Lopez (University of Cambridge, since 2004): "Environmental and Economic Impacts of Wood Refining in Panama’s Bayano Region"

Examined PhD students:

Anke Wurbacher (University of Cambridge, 2005) “Optimal conservation under ecological risk and uncertainty: a dynamic analysis”.

Tiziano Gomiero (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, 2005): "Multi-Objective Integrated Representation (MOIR): An innovative tool for farming system analysis".

Mauricio Villena (University of Cambridge, 2004): "Economics, Institutions and the Environment: An Evolutionary Approach to the Problem of Co-operation in Local Commons".

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