Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh
Professor at McGill University, joint between the Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy and the Bieler School of Environment.
Positions held
| 2026-2027 to today | Collaborator(s), Environmental and animal ethics |
| 2018-2019 to 2025-2026 | Co-researcher(s), Environmental and animal ethics |
Participation in CRÉ events
| 20 February 2026 | Workshop of the axis Environmental & animal Ethics |
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Biography
Chris Barrington-Leigh is a Professor at McGill University, joint between its Institute for Health and Social Policy and the Bieler School of Environment. He is also an Associate Member in McGill’s Department of Economics.
His research focuses on 1) the empirical, experienced human benefits of economic and social conditions, changes, and policy 2) consumption externalities and social preferences 3) impact of extant and plausible policies aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere and 4) household experience and behaviour in response to the major coal-to-electricity intervention in China.
His research group is working in four broad areas:
- The “economics of well-being”
They use large data sets from surveys that include self-reports of life evaluations in order to understand the empirical, experienced human benefits of economic and social conditions, changes, and policy. - Experiments on social preferences
They are starting lab experiments to further our understanding of consumption externalities and social preferences. - Urban street networks and climate policy
They are investigating the impact of extant and plausible policies aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. This includes quantitative analysis of the variation and evolution of urban form. - Energy transition in China
They have recently piloted a household survey in rural Beijing to understand household experience and behaviour in response to the major coal-to-electricity intervention currently transforming home heating.
