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College / Department

School of Business Administration
Department of Economics

Teaching areas

Microeconomics, environmental and resource economics, statistics, mathematical economics

Research areas

Environmental and resource economics, ecological economics, behavioral economics

Education

PhD, Applied Economics, Cornell University, United States, 2014

Professional experience

Assistant Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, 2015 - Present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Bates College, United States, 2014 - 2015
Research Associate, The Energy and Resources Institute, India, 2004 - 2007

Memberships

Resource Modeling Association, RMA, International, The Resource Modeling Association organizes the World Conference on Natural Resource Modeling. It is an international body of interdisciplinary mathematicians, biologists, economists, and social scientists., August 2025 - July 2026
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, AERE, International, Organizes annual conferences in the fields of Environment and Natural Resource Economics., 1 June 2025 - 31 May 2026
Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economists Association, NAREA, International, April 2025 - April 2026
American Agricultural Economics Association, AAEA, International, 15 January 2022 - 31 December 2022

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 4691

Dr. Adrian Lopes

Associate Professor
PhD, Cornell University, United States

Adrian Lopes teaches courses on microeconomics, environmental economics, statistics, and mathematical economics. His research spans the multidisciplinary fields of environmental and natural resource economics, ecological economics, and behavioral economics - focusing on sustainability and biodiversity conservation issues in India, East Asia, and Africa. He is a recipient of the Joseph Fisher dissertation Fellowship from Resources For the Future, Washington DC. His experience extends to a Visiting Assistant Professor role at Bates College, USA, and previous work at The Energy and Resources Institute in India.

Publications

Witsanu Attavanich, Adrian Lopes, Sailesh Tiwari And Ajalavat Viriyavipart. Heat after the Harvest: Farmer Choices and Perceptions of Crop Residue Burning in Thailand., World Development, 26 May 2026
Adrian Lopes. Modeling multi-species wildlife trafficking: Economic incentives, ecological risks, and enforcement tradeoffs, Biological Conservation, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2026
Adrian Lopes And Ajalavat Viriyavipart. Crop residue burning increased during the COVID-19 lockdown: A case study of rural India, Heliyon, 13 March 2024
Adrian Lopes. Evaluating feedback dynamics between poaching and population with an application to Indian tigers, Natural Resource Modeling, 13 February 2024
Adrian Lopes, Dina Tasneem And Ajalavat Viriyavipart. Determinants of Wheat Residue Burning: Evidence from India, Plos One, 29 December 2023
Adrian Lopes, Dina Tasneem And Ajalavat Viriyavipart. Nudges and Compensation: Evaluating Experimental Evidence on Controlling Rice Straw Burning., Ecological Economics, February 2023
Adrian Lopes. Saving the Bengal Tiger: Indigenous Spirituality Shines, The Earth & I, 22 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2021
Adrian Lopes And Shadi Atallah. Worshipping the Tiger: Modeling Non-use Existence Values of Wildlife Spiritual Services, Environmental And Resource Economics, May 2020
Adrian Lopes, Ajalavat Viriyavipart And Dina Tasneem. The role of social influence in crop residue management: Evidence from Northern India, Ecological Economics, March 2020
Adrian Lopes. Is the rhino horn trade a cartel? Economic analysis suggests it works like one, Mongabay, 12 August 2019
Adrian Lopes. Transnational links in rhino poaching and the black-market price of rhino horns, Australian Journal Of Agricultural And Resource Economics, 21 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Jon Conrad And Adrian Lopes. Poaching and the dynamics of a protected species, Resource And Energy Economics, May 2017
Adrian Lopes And Jon Conrad. Poaching and the Protection of an Endangered Species: A Game-Theoretic Approach, Strategic Behavior And The Environment, 15 December 2016
Adrian Lopes. Organized Crimes Against Nature: Elephants in Southern Africa, Natural Resource Modeling, February 2015
Adrian Lopes. Civil unrest and the poaching of rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, India, Ecological Economics, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2014

Conference Presentations

Cash or Lottery? Experimental Evidence on Reducing Crop Residue Burning in Thailand., Aus Economics Seminar Series (ess), February 2026
Modeling Multi-Species Wildlife Trafficking: Economic Incentives, Ecological Risks, and Enforcement Tradeoffs, Pere/ipap Seminar, 30 October 2025
Farming on Fire: A Survey of Crop Residue Burning Among Farmers in Thailand, Northeastern Agricultural And Resource Economics Association Meetings, June 2025
Integrated Ecological-Economic Modeling of Wildlife Trafficking: Insights into Multi-Species Contraband Logistics and Conservation Implications, European Association For Environmental And Resource Economics Association Meetings, June 2025
Nudges and Compensation: Evaluating Experimental Evidence on Controlling Rice Straw Burning, 55th Annual Canadian Economics Association Meetings, June 2021
On Extrinsic And Intrinsic Incentives To Control Rice Straw Burning: Experimental Evidence From India, Behavioral Research In Economics Workshop, 17 December 2019
Worshipping The Tiger For Its Own Sake, Southern Economics Association, 17 November 2018
Transnational Links in Rhino Poaching and the Black Market Price of Rhino Horns, Congress Of The International Society For Ecological Economics, 11 September 2018
Worshipping The Tiger For Its Own Sake, Congress Of The International Society For Ecological Economics, 10 September 2018

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Prickly Neighbors: Religion, Risk, and Human–Wildlife Coexistence, 23 December 2025 - 22 December 2026
Grant, Faculty Research Grant - Comprehensive, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2022 - 31 May 2025
Grant, Faculty Research Grant - Comprehensive, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2022 - May 2025
Grant, Faculty Development Grant, School of Business Administration, 25 March 2024
Grant, Faculty Research Grant (Small) One Year Award: FRG20-S-B79, 1 June 2020 - 31 May 2021
Grant, Faculty Research Grant (Regular) Two Year Award: FRG17-R-49, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2017 - 21 November 2019

Awards and Honors

Joseph Fisher Fellowship for PhD Dissertation, 1 September 2014
Richard Aplin Teaching Excellence Award, Cornell University, 1 August 2011
Cornell University Graduate School Fellowship, 1 September 2009

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