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Education

• BA (Honours), Economics, University of British Columbia
• MSc, Environmental Policy and Regulation, London School of Economics and Political Science
• PhD, Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds

Biography

Andrew Sudmant is an Assistant Professor in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú. Trained as an economist, he studies how climate action across transport, housing, energy and urban infrastructure can reduce greenhouse gas emissions while delivering gains in affordability, mobility, health, resilience and access to opportunity.

Andrew's research combines economic and climate policy modelling with public policy appraisal and the development of decision-support tools. A central concern is how assumptions about behaviour, value, time, space and distribution shape which actions appear desirable, whose costs and benefits are represented, and how priorities are set. Working with local and national governments, public organisations and other decision-makers, he develops practical approaches to net-zero planning, local–national coordination and the appraisal of climate action’s wider social value.

Before joining SFU, Andrew worked at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute at the University of Edinburgh where his work was commissioned by the UK Climate Change Committee and featured in the Scottish Government’s 2026 Climate Plan. Andrew is a Lead Author for Chapter 5 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Climate Change and Cities.