Dr Sophus zu Ermgassen

About

I am an ecological economist based at the University of Kent and the
University of Copenhagen working on exploring the financial mechanisms that can
deliver nature restoration across Europe. My research focuses on biodiversity
finance and infrastructure sustainability, with particular expertise in
Biodiversity Net Gain, biodiversity offsetting, biodiversity markets,
sustainability implications of the UK housing affordability crisis, the
ecological impacts of global sand and construction mineral consumption
(primarily for concrete), and postgrowth economics. My work has featured in
media including the Guardian, BBC Countryfile and the Times. I am on Natural
England’s Biodiversity Metric expert advisory group, the UK Treasury’s
Biodiversity Economics working group, and was an expert contributor to UK
Environmental Audit Committee report on Biodiversity and Ecosystems, and the
Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology's POSTBrief on biodiversity net
gain. I am also a freelance consultant, advising multilateral organisations and
businesses on biodiversity safeguards and biodiveristy strategy.
Funding
NERC EnvEast PhD Scholarship with CASE partner Balfour Beatty