Bennett Chair in Sustainable Finance, Bennett Institute for Innovation & Policy Acceleration, University of Sussex

Matthew Agarwala is an economist interested in measuring and delivering sustainability, wellbeing, and productivity. Motivated by the belief that 21st century progress cannot be described by 20th century statistics, Matthew’s work seeks to transform economic measurement to better reflect sustainability, inequality, and wellbeing. He is also a member of The Productivity Institute, which focuses on addressing the ‘productivity puzzle’, Honorary Professor at Scotland’s Rural College, and is a Senior Policy Fellow at the Yale University’s Tobin Center for Economic Policy.

Matthew regularly consults for governments and scientific organizations on topics of natural capital, ecosystem services, green finance, wellbeing, and sustainability. He enjoys working across sectors and disciplines, and his co-authors include ecologists, economists, conservation scientists and practitioners, social anthropologists, civil servants, members of UK Parliament, and Nobel Laureates in peace, medicine, physics, and chemistry. Beyond Cambridge, Matthew maintains active research networks in Canada, Hong Kong, Germany, USA, Japan, and throughout the UK. He is a regular media contributor (Bloomberg, NYTimes, FT, Guardian, Times, Channel 4 News, BBC).