Dr Nicoletta Batini

Nicoletta Batini is currently Senior Advisor at Sveriges Riksbanken on leave from her position as the Lead Evaluator of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Independent Evaluation Office. Prior to the IMF, she was Research Advisor of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, Professor of Economics at the University of Surrey, and Director of the International Economics and Policy Office of the Treasury in Italy. She holds a Ph.D. in international finance (S.S.S.U.P. S. Anna) and a D.Phil. in monetary economics (University of Oxford). Currently, her research focuses on the economics of energy and land and sea use transitions for climate mitigation. Her book “The Economics of Sustainable Food: Smart Policies for People and the Planet” was published in June 2021 by Island Press and the International Monetary Fund.