Marie LASSALAS, Lecturer in Economics

Marie Lassalas has been a lecturer in economics at Sciences Po Grenoble – UGA since September 1, 2025. She is also a researcher at the Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory (GAEL).

Her research, at the intersection of environmental economics, agricultural economics, and consumer economics, focuses on the adoption of sustainable behaviors and the evaluation of public environmental policies. She is particularly interested in the role of environmental standards and labels as a lever for adopting environmentally friendly agricultural practices and promoting sustainable food consumption.

Before joining Sciences Po Grenoble - UGA, Marie Lassalas was a postdoctoral researcher at the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (INRAE) at the Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory (GAEL), where she participated in the FAST project : Facilitate Public Action to Exit from Pesticides, funded by the ANR. She also held a position as a research and teaching fellow at the Institut Agro Rennes during the 2023-2024 academic year. She obtained her PhD in economics at the Institut Agro Rennes in 2023, within the Structures et Marchés Agricoles, Ressources et Territoires (SMART) research unit, with a thesis entitled Impacts of environmental standards on farms. Part of her doctoral work was carried out at Iowa State University, as part of a Fulbright scholarship.