Elena Benedetti

Elena Benedetti is an applied economist studying the environmental and nutritional aspects related to the food sector. She joined the Northumbria University Business School in October 2021 as a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance. She holds a BSc in Economics (University of Urbino) and an MSc in Environmental Economics (University of Siena). She is currently a PhD candidate in Environmental Economics at Newcastle University.

Her research focuses on the environmental economics of food consumption, and their implications on health economics and human nutrition from a micro-econometric perspective. She specialises in demand modelling and the micro-simulation of policy interventions.