Åsa Löfgren is associate professor at the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg. Löfgren is an international expert in the area of climate economics; in particular she has focused on climate change and behavioral economics. She is particularly interested in the effect and design of policy instruments, fairness, and industrial investment behavior, such as firms' carbon-reduction investment behavior in response to climate strategies. 

Löfgren chairs the Centre for Collective Action Research, an interdisciplinary centre started in 2016 as part of the University of Gothenburg´s big focus on global social challenges. Read a recent profile of her from the Centre.