Eleanor’s work at Forest Research mostly contributes to the ‘Economics of Woodland Creation’ project, focusing on the opportunity costs of woodland creation (including from renewable energy and biodiversity net gain) and financial mechanisms to overcome barriers to woodland creation. Other topics of research include green finance, spatial economic modelling and the economics of public access provision.
Eleanor joined Forest Research in May 2023 following a six-month internship at the OECD and completing her MSc in Agricultural and Food Economics from the University of Bonn (Germany) and UCLouvain (Belgium). She also holds a BA in Economics and Arabic from the University of Durham. During her degrees she researched a range of topics in forest economics, from models of biofuel-induced deforestation to the drivers of reliance on forest incomes in sub-Saharan Africa.
Eleanor Gardner
MSc
Assistant Economist
Climate change
Alice Holt