Principal Research Fellow
Background
Before joining the London School of Economics and Political Science, Alex worked at the Bank of England, most recently as a Senior Policy Adviser.
Alex's research interests were stimulated by his year on sabbatical, spent contributing to 'The Economics of Climate Change: the Stern Review' as a senior economic adviser.
Alex graduated in economics from Clare College, Cambridge, and received a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied as a Kennedy Scholar.
Research programmes
Topic lead of 'Business cycles and long-run 'green' growth|'
Topic lead of 'Green jobs|'
Topic lead of 'Modelling climate change mitigation|'
Topic lead of 'Evidence from economic history on the sources of growth|'
Research interests
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The macroeconomic aspects of climate change;
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and the design of policy regimes for tackling harmful climate change.
Media articles
2012
Why do economists describe climate change as a 'market failure'?
|Alex Bowen, Simon Dietz and Naomi Hicks, The Guardian, 21 May
'Green’ growth, ‘green’ jobs and labor markets|
Alex Bowen, World Bank (blog), 16 April
Putting the case forward
|Alex Bowen, Carbon Trading (March issue; pages 34-35), 28 February
2011
Green growth: paradigm shift or just spin?
|Alex Bowen and Sam Fankhauser, CDKN Global, 26 August
Climate pragmatism or climate illusion?
|Bob Ward and Alex Bowen, Huffington Post, 3 August
2010
Temperature goals heat China climate talks|
Nicola Ranger and Alex Bowen, The Guardian, 5 October
Still wary of Bjørn Lomborg's pronouncements on climate change|
Dr Alex Bowen, Dr Simon Dietz, Dimitri Zenghelis and Bob Ward, The Guardian (letter), 2 September
2009
Tiny steps in a marathon|
Nicholas Stern, Alex Bowen and Sam Fankhauser, The Guardian, 24 April
Opportunities that are too good to miss|
Nicholas Stern and Alex Bowen, The Guardian, 24 February
Policy articles
2012
Bassi, S., Bowen, A., and Fankhauser, S. June 2012. New review of evidence about onshore wind power to dispel myths for MPs. Policy brief, Grantham Research Institute, London, UK. Download PDF of brief|
World Bank. May 2012. Inclusive green growth: the pathway to sustainable development. External link to full report|
Bowen, A. April 2012. ‘Green’ growth, ‘green’ jobs and labor markets. Policy Research Working Paper, World Bank. External link to full paper|
2011
Bowen, A. December 2011. The case for carbon pricing. Policy brief, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK. Download PDF of brief|
Bowen, A., and Rydge, J. August 2011. Climate change policy in the United Kingdom. Policy brief, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK. Download PDF of paper|
EBRD and Grantham Research Institute. April 2011. The low-carbon transition: special report on climate change. External link to full report|
OECD. March 2011. Economic survey of the United Kingdom 2011. External link to full survey|
2010
Ranger, N., Gohar, L., Lowe, J., Bowen, A., and Ward, R. August 2010. Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas emissions: is it possible to limit global warming to no more than 1.5°C? Policy brief, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK. Download PDF of brief|
2009
Bowen, A., and Ranger, A. December 2009. Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas emissions: the science and economics of future paths for global annual emissions. Policy brief, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK. Download PDF of brief|
Bowen, A., Fankhauser, S., Stern, N., and Zenghelis, D. February 2009. An Outline of the Case for a 'Green' Stimulus. Policy brief, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK. Download PDF of brief|
Research articles
2012
Bowen, A. December 2012. 'Green growth': what does it mean? Environmental Scientist. Download PDF of full article|
Sam Fankhauser, Alex Bowen, Raphael Calel, Antoine Dechezleprêtre, David Grover, James Rydge and Misato Sato. November 2012. Who will win the green race? In search of environmental competitiveness and innovation. Working paper, Grantham Research Institute, London, UK. Download PDF of paper|
Hepburn, C., and Bowen, A. November 2012. Prosperity with growth: economic growth, climate change and environmental limits. Working paper, Grantham Research Institute, London, UK. Download PDF of paper|
Bowen, A., Cochrane, S., and Fankhauser, S. July 2012 Climate change, adaptation and growth. Climatic Change, v.113, pp.95-106. External link to full article|
Bowen, A. April 2012. ‘Green’ growth, ‘green’ jobs and labour markets. Working Paper, Grantham Research Institute, London, UK. Download PDF of paper|
2011
Bowen, A., and Fankhauser, S. October 2011. The green growth narrative: paradigm shift or just spin? Global Environmental Change, v.21, pp.1157-1159. External link to full article|
Bowen, A. Raising finance to support developing country action: some economic considerations.
2010
Bowen, A., and Stern, N. Environment policy and the economic downturn.
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Published journal article: Autumn 2010. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, v.26, pp.137-163. External link to full article
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Working paper: January 2010. Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London, UK. Download PDF of paper
Bowen, A., Romani, M., and Stern, N. March 2010. Viewpoint: challenge of the century. Finance & Development Magazine, v.47. External link to full article|
2009
Bauer, N., Bowen, A., Brunner, S, Edenhofer, O., Flachsland, C., Jakob, M., and Stern, N. April 2009. Towards a global green recovery: recommendations for immediate G20 action. Download PDF of document|
Contact details
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Email
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Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7107 5412