Barbier is a University Distinguished Professor of Economics and a Senior Scholar in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability.

His main expertise is environmental and resource economics as well as international environmental policy.  He has consulted for a variety of national, international and non-governmental agencies, including many UN organizations, the World Bank and the OECD.

Barbier has authored over 350 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, written or edited 27 books and published in popular journals and social media. He is a Fellow of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and is a highly cited scholar on global environmental and sustainability issues. His latest book is the award-winning “Economics for a Fragile Planet.”