Felix Pretis, University of Victoria

Research

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Econometrics Climate Change Environmental Economics

Latest papers

Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global evidence from two decades.
Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2024
Data-Driven Identification of Potentially Successful Intervention Implementations Using 5 Years of Opioid Prescribing Data: Retrospective Database Study.
JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024
Variation in responsiveness to warranted behaviour change among NHS clinicians: novel implementation of change detection methods in longitudinal prescribing data.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2019

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Russia's Media at War: Domestic Content, International Transfer, and Perceived Credibility
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$56,692
Solid Carbon: The Ocean’s Rock-solid Sociotechnical Climate Solution
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$4,000,000
Canada's Global Food Footprint: Reducing Imported Deforestation
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$28,773

All 5 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global evidence from two decades.

Stechemesser A, Koch N, Mark E, Dilger E, Klösel P, Menicacci L, Nachtigall D, Pretis F, Ritter N, Schwarz M, Vossen H, Wenzel A

Science (New York, N.Y.)2024

DOI: 10.1126/science.adl6547 PMID: 39172830

02

Data-Driven Identification of Potentially Successful Intervention Implementations Using 5 Years of Opioid Prescribing Data: Retrospective Database Study.

Hopcroft LE, Curtis HJ, Croker R, Pretis F, Inglesby P, Evans D, Bacon S, Goldacre B, Walker AJ, MacKenna B

JMIR public health and surveillance2024

DOI: 10.2196/51323 PMID: 38838327

03

Variation in responsiveness to warranted behaviour change among NHS clinicians: novel implementation of change detection methods in longitudinal prescribing data.

Walker AJ, Pretis F, Powell-Smith A, Goldacre B

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2019

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l5205 PMID: 31578187

Russia's Media at War: Domestic Content, International Transfer, and Perceived Credibility

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Goode, Paul

Keywords: Russia; Georgia; Kazakhstan; Germany; Canada; propaganda; strategic narratives; media

$56,692

Solid Carbon: The Ocean’s Rock-solid Sociotechnical Climate Solution

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Moran, Kate

$4,000,000

Canada's Global Food Footprint: Reducing Imported Deforestation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Carodenuto, Sophia L.

Keywords: sustainability; poverty; development; community engagement; food; agriculture; trade; regulation; governance

$28,773

Econometric Models of Climate Change Conference at University of Victoria

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Pretis, Felix

Keywords: Climate Change; Econometrics; Economics

$38,932

Quantifying Socio-Economic Impacts of Extreme Weather and Climate Events using Machine Learning

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Pretis, Felix

Keywords: Climate Impact; Machine Learning; Econometrics; Disaster Response; Extreme Events; Data Availability; Novel Methods

$69,571

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Econometrics Dear Professor Pretis, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global evidence from two decades." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Econometric Models of Climate Change Conference at University of Victoria" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]