May Attallah
Assistant Professor, ESLSCA University
Dr. May Attallah is an assistant Professor at ESLSCA University Egypt. She worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) where she was advising the French agency for ecological transition (ADEME). She obtained her PhD in behavioural and experimental economics from the University of Rennes 1 and Masters in Public Policy and Development from Toulouse School of Economics in France. Her current research focuses on applying behavioural insights into environmental questions, pro-environmental decision making, social influence in decision making under risk and uncertainty and job search behaviour.
Areas of Interest:
- Behavioral Economics
- Experimental Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Political Economy
Education:
- PhD in Economics, University of Rennes 1, 2017
- Masters in Public Policy and Development, Toulouse School of Economics, 2013
- Bachelor in Economics, University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, 2011
Experience:
- Assistant Professor, ESLSCA University Egypt, Present
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Economics, French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE), May 2019 – Jul. 2021
- Postdoctoral Researcher in Behavioural and Experimental Economics, University of Angers, Nov. 2017 – Apr. 2018
- PhD candidate in Behavioural and Experimental Economics, University of Rennes 1, Sept. 2013 – Oct. 2017
Latest Publications:
- Attallah, M., Abildtrup, J., & Stenger, A. (2022). Non-monetary incentives for sustainable biomass harvest: An experimental approach. Resource and Energy Economics, 101317.
- Attallah, M. (2017). The determinants of voting for Islamists in Egypt’s first post-revolution elections 2011-2012. Middle East Development Journal, 9 (2), 184-197.
- Attallah, M. (2016). Représentativité et hétérogénéité des préférences dans les expériences de laboratoire. L’Actualité économique, 92:1-2
The Economic Determinants of Political Islam: An Empirical Investigation of the Arab Spring in Egypt
Areas of Interest: Behavioral Economics Experimental Economics Environmental Economics Political Economy Education: PhD in Economics, University of Rennes... Read More
September, 2015
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