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Agricultural & Resource Policy, Development Economics, and Environmental & Energy Economics

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Environmental Economics & Policy (EEP) Major

ARE's undergraduate EEP program takes a problem-solving approach to issues involving renewable and fixed natural resources, and is based on a foundation in micro-economic theory and the economics of resources and the environment.

Environmental Economics and Policy (EEP) Major
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Agricultural & Resource Economics

UC Berkeley's Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics is top-ranked worldwide for its outstanding contributions to questions in agriculture and resource policy, development economics, environmental and energy economics, and international trade.

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Events

Adrien Matray | Harvard

ARE Friday Seminar Series
EXIM's Exit: The Real Effects of Trade Financing by Export Credit Agencies
Friday November 08, 2024
241 Giannini Hall | 12:10-1:30pm

David Zilbmerman | UC Berkeley-ARE

Leo K. Simon Agriculture & Natural Resource Thursday Seminar Series
The Circular Bioeconomy: New Opportunities for Agricultural Economists - General Discussion with Potential Application
Thursday November 14, 2024
241 Giannini Hall | 12:00-1:30pm

Eduardo Montero | University of Chicago

ARE Friday Seminar Series
The Price of Faith: Economic Costs and Religious Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Friday November 15, 2024
241 Giannini Hall | 12:10-1:30pm
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Department News

RCNR Breakthroughs Interviews Two Leading Development Economists

ARE is pleased to share that the two leading development economists interviewed by Breakthroughs are ARE's Chair and George W. and Elsie M. Professor of Food and Agricultural Resource Economics, Jeremy Magruder, and ARE Assistant Professor, NBER faculty research fellow, Scientific Lead and Co-Chair of the (ReFinD) Research Initiative at ISSER,  and CDEP Fellow, Francis Annan. 

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Two Open Faculty Positions

ARE invites applications for a tenure-track (assistant professor) position in the area of Energy, Environmental, and Resource Economics.  Go here to read more and apply.

The Rausser College of Natural Resources seeks applicants for a tenure track (assistant professor) position in the area of “Climate Change Solutions,” spanning climate mitigation and/or adaptation. You can read more and apply  here.