Research
Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology's areas of research strength and focus are:
Environmental and Resource Economics
Environmental valuation; market based instruments and institutional arrangements for environmental protection; laboratory and field experiments; economic impacts and responses to environmental change in Indigenous communities and developed/developing countries
Faculty who specialize in this area: Vic Adamowicz, Peter Boxall, Marty Luckert, Brent Swallow, Bruno Wichmann
Economics of Agriculture, Food & Agribusiness
Economics of food and nutrition; consumer behavior; demand analysis, regulatory issues; international trade; agribusiness implications; agricultural finance, production and marketing; policy analysis; bio-technology.
Faculty who specialize in this area: Henry An, Sven Anders, Xiaoli Fan, Ellen Goddard, Scott Jeffrey, Philippe Marcoul, Sandeep Mohapatra, Feng Qiu
Environmental and Resource Sociology
Natural resource and environmental policy and governance; sociology of food, water and energy; rural and Indigenous community well-being; social impacts and responses to environmental change
Faculty who specialize in this area: Debra Davidson, Kevin Jones, John Parkins, Brenda Parlee
International Development
Interdisciplinary research; food security; REDD+; technology adoption; social networks; gender; women's empowerment; social practice; climate change; watershed management.
Faculty who specialize in this area: Henry An, Ellen Goddard, Marty Luckert, Philippe Marcoul, Sandeep Mohapatra, John Parkins, Brenda Parlee, Brent Swallow