Lutz Sager
Lutz Sager is Assistant Professor in the Economics Department of ESSEC. He is an environmental economist who studies the costs of and solutions to climate change and air pollution. His work highlights distributional considerations, looking for policy instruments that are both effective and equitable. Before joining ESSEC, Dr. Sager was Assistant Professor at Georgetown University. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and a Research Fellow of the CESifo Network. His work has been published in leading academic journals, featured in media outlet worldwide (e.g. Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times), as well as referenced by governments and international organizations. Prof. Sager recently obtained competitive research funding for a 2026 Humanities and Social Sciences Chair from the Ile-de-France region, as well as a Starting Grant from the European Research Council.
