Dr. Paige Olmsted is an environmental scientist whose research explores how we value, account for and make decisions about nature from personal and economic perspectives. At SPI and through her cross-appointment with the Nature Investment Hub, Dr. Olmsted studies financial mechanisms and enabling conditions to support ecosystem services and nature-based solutions. Her work centres on ecosystem services, nature-based solutions for climate change, ecological economics, and environmental and relational values. Dr. Olmsted's experience ranges from working in rural communities in Latin America and Southeast Asia to international policy and private-sector sustainability. She collaborates with a range of stakeholders and maintains affiliations with the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Copenhagen Business School. Dr. Olmsted holds a PhD from UBC and a Master’s in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University.
