Research and Impact

Professor Joshua Hawley and colleagues examines the education and workforce outcomes of STEM graduates.

Professor Ned Hill examines the trade conflict sparked by the federal government’s initiation of tariffs in 2018 to protect the U.S. steel and aluminum industries.

Professor Jeff Bielicki shows how stakeholders interact and perceive the food-energy-water nexus and how those perspectives are shaped.

Professor Jeff Bielicki investigates the effect of bulk energy storage on CO2 emissions and water requirements.

Professor Dormady provides a microeconomic foundation for analyzing the comprehensive range of tactics used by firms and other organizations after catastrophic events. 

Assistant Professor Christopher Rea shows that market-oriented schemes like the EU ETS are better characterized as Polanyian countermovements that are, in fact, helping to “re-embed” the European economy in more ecologically sustainable relationships with nature.

Professor Ned Hill explores ways to make U.S. foreign policy work better for America’s middle class, even if their economic fortunes depend largely on domestic factors and policies.

Assistant Professor Jennifer Garner examines nutrition educators’ experiences with, knowledge of, and beliefs about local foods, and elicits ideas on how to integrate education about and access to local food systems into their current work.