Thomas Youngman

Macroeconomic modelling to guide the UK climate transition

I am a doctoral researcher exploring how agent-based macroeconomic models can be used to assess the distributional impact of climate mitigation policies.

I came to Oxford from the UK government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. I worked in a range of policy and economics roles, most recently leading Defra's Net Zero Economics team. I regularly briefed Ministers and senior officials and I have represented the UK on working groups at the OECD, EU and WTO. Prior to working at Defra I worked at Prudential, Ecooo and Triodos Bank.

When I'm not thinking about the economy you can find me at a gig, riding my bike, kitesurfing or holding a placard at a picket line.

• Youngman, T. (2025) 'Does nature finance pose macroeconomic risks? Analysis using a stock-flow consistent model with land', pp1045-1049, in Pansera, M., & Vázquez Santos, C. (2024). ESEE-Degrowth 2024. Science, Technology, and Innovation beyond growth: Cultivating collective creativity for a sustainable future. Universidad de vigo.
• Jacobs, A. and Youngman, T. (2022) Can diet change meet climate targets? Presented at 96th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society, K U Leuven, Belgium.
• Youngman, T. and Barrio, L. (2022) La vivienda sigue sin ser delito. In La Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca: Una década de lucha por la vivienda digna 2009-2019. Barcelona: Bellatera. 
• Youngman, T. and Barrio, L. (2021). Housing is not a crime: Madrid’s post-crisis squatters’ movement tell our story through activist research. Radical Housing Journal, 3(1), 207-228.
• Barrio, L., D'Adda, G., Youngman, T., Ramón, E., Sala, E. and Sanmartin, L. (2021). Investigación PAHrticipativa. Los desafíos éticos de la investigación militante en la Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH). Encrucijadas: Revista Crítica de Ciencias Sociales, 21(1), Article a210.