Samuel Lordemus, PhD
Lecturer and Research Officer in Global Health Economics
T +41 41 229 59 50 • Alpenquai 4, Room 5 • samuel.lordemus@unilu.ch
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SSamuel Lordemus is the manager of the Center for Health, Policy and Economics (CHPE). He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Sheffield (UK), a MSc in Economics from Paris School of Economics and a MSc in Materials Engineering from the University of Technology of Troyes. Before joining the University of Lucerne, Samuel worked as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York between 2019 and 2022. During his PhD, he worked as a consultant for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
His research interests are in Health, Development Economics, Political Economy and Applied Econometrics. He has been involved in projects in Colombia, Malawi, Liberia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Philippines. He has focused his research on examining the role of foreign aid in health system financing in low-income countries, the allocation of public resources in conflict settings and the historical determinants of modern health outcomes. He is currently involved in questions related to decision-making in the context of health, including health insurance choices.
Publications
- Lordemus, S. (2025). Public Policies and Femicides during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from São Paulo, Brazil. Economics & Human Biology, 58, 101508 ff. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17185234
- Lordemus, S., Noemi, K., & Rodrigo, M.-S. (2024). Public Healthcare Financing during Counterinsurgency Efforts: Evidence from Colombia. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 86 (5), 1230–1259. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11031663
- Fabiana, R., Maria, D., Paula, C., Isadora, B., Filipe, C., Lordemus, S., … Rodrigo, M.-S. (2024). COVID-19 and violence against women: Current knowledge, gaps, and implications for public policy. World Development, 147, 106461 ff. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10471406
- Lordemus, S., Corpuz, J., & Capuno, J. (2024). Natural Disasters and Local Government Finance: Evidence from Typhoon Haiyan. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 220, 869–887. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11031297
- Caspersen, N., Jakša, U., Lordemus, S., & Rodrigo, M.-S. (2024). Ripe for Better Post-War Governance? The impact of the 2016 peace agreement on the reestablishment of health services in Colombia. Political Geography, 111, 103090 ff. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11066039
- Lordemus, S. (2022). Does Aid for Malaria Increase with Exposure to Malaria Risk? Evidence from Mining Sites in the DR Congo. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 84 (4), 719–748. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7331651
