Leigh Raymond is Professor of Political Science at Purdue University. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management from U.C. Berkeley, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Yale University. Dr. Raymond’s research focuses on market-based environmental policies, including emissions trading policies to address climate change, most recently in his 2016 book Reclaiming the Atmospheric Commons from MIT Press. He has also done research on a wide range of other environmental policy areas, including energy conservation, environmental risk management, renewable fuels, conservation tillage, and biodiversity protection on private lands.

In 2018-19, Leigh was the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Sustainable Economy at the University of Ottawa. 

Leigh S Raymond is a Research Partner in the Greening Growth Partnership project.