Research

Working papers

Improving existing protected areas could double their modelled threat-reduction impact

Vincent, C., E. Cisneros, and C. Rondinini

2026 · Working paper.

Anti-Environmental Signals and Deforestation: Evidence from Brazil

Magalhães de Oliveira, G., E. Cisneros, J. Sellare, and J. Börner

2026 · The Journal of Politics (conditionally accepted).

Cash Transfers and Violent Crime in Indonesia

Cisneros, E., K. Kis-Katos, J. Priebe, and L. Reiners

2024 · SSRN.

Conflicts of rural transformation: The effects of oil palm expansion in Indonesia

Hellmundt T., K. Kis-Katos, and E. Cisneros

2024 · SSRN.

Losing territory: The effect of administrative splits on land use in the tropics

Cisneros, E., L. Reiners, and K. Kis-Katos

2023 · SSRN.

Oil palm expansion and the economics of forest fragmentation

Cisneros, E., T. Hellmundt, and K. Kis-Katos

2023 · SSRN.

Publications

Unintended environmental consequences of anti-corruption strategies

Cisneros E. and K. Kis-Katos

2024 · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 128: 103,073.

Beyond deforestation reductions: Public disclosure, land-use change and commodity sourcing

Damm Y., E. Cisneros, and J. Börner

2024 · World Development, 175: 106,481.

Mapping ex-ante spatial risks of COVID-19 in Indonesia using a Bayesian geostatistical model on airport network data

Seufert, J. D., A. Python, C. Weisser, E. Cisneros, K. Kis-Katos, and T. Kneib

2022 · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society), 185: 2121-2155.

Impacts of Conservation Incentives in Protected Areas: The case of Bolsa Floresta, Brazil

Cisneros, E., J. Börner, S. Pagiola, and S. Wunder

2022 · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 111: 102,572.

Palm oil and the politics of deforestation in Indonesia

Cisneros, E., K. Kis-Katos, and N. Nuryartono

2021 · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 108: 102,453.

Evaluating REDD+ at subnational level: Amazon Fund impacts in Alta Floresta, Brazil

Correa, J., E. Cisneros, J. Börner, A. Pfaff, M. Costa, and R. Rajão

2020 · Forest Policy and Economics, 116: 102178.

Selection biases and spillovers from collective conservation incentives in the Peruvian Amazon

Giudice, R., B. Börner, S. Wunder, and E. Cisneros

2019 · Environmental Research Letters, 14(4): 045,004.

Building Adaptive Capacity in Changing Social-Ecological Systems: Integrating Knowledge in Communal Land-Use Planning in the Peruvian Amazon

Rodríguez L. O., E. Cisneros, T. Pequeño, M. T. Fuentes, and Y. Zinngrebe

2018 · Sustainability, 10(2): 511.

Naming and Shaming for Conservation: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon

Cisneros, E., S. L. Zhou, and J. Börner

2015 · PLoS ONE, 10(9): 1-24.

Past Research Projects

From human to planetary health: Global land-use impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship

2021-2024