Bio: Dr Rehab Osman (Senior Lecturer – Economics)
Rehab is an empirical economist who uses mathematical models of economies to analyse problems in environmental and development economics. Her core areas of expertise includes adaptation strategies in the areas of climate change and environment; water and energy issues; low-carbon economy; ecological economics; natural resource management; agriculture, food security and poverty; development economics.
Rehab teaches different UG modules. Examples include Macroeconomics; Microeconomics; Economics and Society in Context; History of Economic Thought; Dissertation, Researching Economics, and Independent Study.
She is also the Subject Co-ordinator for all Economics programmes and the Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Co-ordinator at Oxford Brookes Business School.
Topic: Economics of Pollution and Sustainability
Pollution generates contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change and pose obstacles to sustainable development. The latter could be achieved by implementing practices that support long-term economic growth without negatively impacting social, environmental, and cultural aspects of the community.
In this session, we will explain how Economists assess the social costs of production that exert negative effects on others. We will also discuss other environmental issues, like the agricultural impacts of droughts and agri-businesses’ responses. We will then evaluate alternative policies and management actions that enhance the economy’s resilience to climatic changes and propose several adaptations to climate risks.
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