Associate Professor in Economics and Policy
Deputy Director of the Cambridge Executive MBA Programme
Fellow and Co-Director of the King’s Entrepreneurship Lab at King’s College
BSc (University of Warwick), MPhil, PhD (University of Cambridge)
My research interests include climate change, economics of the Middle East, energy economics and applied macroeconomics.
My articles have been published in a number of edited volumes as well as in leading journals, and have been covered in major international news outlets. I’m among the top 1% of authors in IDEAS/RePEc based on last 10 years of publications.
I have worked extensively on issues related to climate change and sustainability with both the public and the private sector and I’m also the Co-Founder and Director of the King’s Entrepreneurship Lab at King’s College and Director of the University of Cambridge climaTRACES Lab.
Professional experience
Kamiar Mohaddes is an expert in the macroeconomics of climate change and sustainability at the University of Cambridge, where he is the Director of the climaTRACES Lab, a new interdisciplinary research initiative at the University of Cambridge focusing on climate, nature and sustainability. He is also the Deputy Director of the Cambridge Executive MBA programme and Fellow in Economics at King’s College, Cambridge, where he co-founded and directs the King’s Entrepreneurship Lab.
In addition to climate change and sustainability, Kamiar’s research covers energy economics, economics of the Middle East, and applied macroeconomics more broadly. He is among the top 1% authors globally in IDEAS/RePEc (based on last 10 years of publications). His articles have been published in a number of edited volumes (Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and Routledge) as well as in leading journals, including the Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of International Economics, Management Science, and the Review of Economics and Statistics. His research has also been covered in major international news outlets including the BBC, Bloomberg, The Economist, the Financial Times, the New York Times, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. Kamiar’s work has been cited extensively by policymakers, including by more than 25 members of the United States Congress, the Congressional Budget Office, and the White House. In 2025, Kamiar received the Financial Times Award for Academic Research with Impact.
Kamiar has worked extensively on issues related to climate change and sustainability with both the public (including the United Nations, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, IDB) and the private sector (BCG, BNP Paribas, KPMG and many others). He is a regular visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund and has previously served as a Departmental Special Advisor at the Bank of Canada. He has worked closely with colleagues at these institutions to, for instance, develop tools to help examine and disentangle the size and speed of the transmission of different global, regional, and national macroeconomic shocks.
Kamiar obtained his PhD in economics from Cambridge as a Bill and Melinda Gates Scholar.
News and insights
Research centre news
Cambridge study: sustainable energy rising in Bitcoin mining
The use of sustainable energy sources for Bitcoin mining has grown to 52.4%, while natural gas has replaced coal as the single largest energy source, finds a new study by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School.
ESG and sustainability
Sustainable cities: blueprint for urban climate action
Urban areas are major contributors to climate change but also critical sites for implementing sustainable solutions. Research by Cambridge Judge Business School's Lucia Reisch provides a blueprint for local initiatives to be adopted in cities around the world.
The compelling economic case for investing in climate-change mitigation and adaptation is not broadly understood, says a new report from BCG and the University of Cambridge.
Media coverage
FOX Business | 29 April 2025
US solidifying itself as bitcoin mining hub
The US has, I think, the right mix of, in a way, capital markets but also kind of attractive energy access” Alexander Neumueller of Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge and lead author of the Cambridge Digital Mining Industry Report.
Forbes | 13 March 2025
Climate inaction could cost 1/3 of global GDP this century, BCG warns
“What stands out is that productivity loss—not merely capital destruction—is the primary driver of economic damage,” said Kamiar Mohaddes, associate professor in economics and policy at Cambridge Judge Business School and a co-author of the report.
Business Weekly | 19 February 2025
New SPARK incubator programme to turn Cambridge vision into venture
“To ignite economic growth, we need to ‘grow up’ our University talent and the next generation of entrepreneurs,” [says] Kamiar Mohaddes, Co-Founder and Director of King’s E-Lab. “The King’s E-Lab, since its inception 3 years ago, is modelling the kind of culture change seen at the likes of MIT and Stanford – where entrepreneurship is in the air.”