Rausser College of Natural Resources celebrates a milestone anniversary this month! Learn more about the impact of ARE and the entire College over the last half century.
Guojun He Recieves Under Forty Award from the EAERE
The European Award for Researchers in Environmental Economics under the Age of Forty is a recognition given every year to the environmental economist under the age of forty who is judged to have made the most significant contribution to environmental economic thought and knowledge. ARE alumnus '14 Guojun He is currently a professor in Economics and Management & Strategy at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Congratulations Guojun!
ARE Alumna '06 and Chancellor's Professor Manisha Shah Interviewed on the Mixtape with Scott
The Mixtape with Scott is podcast in which economist Scott Cunningham intervews economists, scientists and authors about thier lives and careers. Listen to Manisha's interview here.
David Zilberman Has a Featured Article in Current Issue of the AEPP
The Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy article "Public agricultural research, political economy, and climate change: A literature review", is an AAEA invited paper by Ruiqing Miao, Recep Ulucak, David Zilberman.
Ellen Bruno and Ali Hill Are Featured in RCNR's Breakthroughs Briefs
Read about taxing groundwater by Ellen Bruno and California's overtime law's impact on agricultural workers by Ali Hill.
What Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles Mean for California's Clean Energy Goals
Politico interviews Professor Jim Sallee about Biden's Tariffs and the EV Transition.
David Zilberman and Brian Wright Featured in ABC News Report Addressing Grocery Price Inflation
Read what ARE Professors Zilberman and Wright have to say regarding grocery price inflation in the ABC Channel 7 News Business report titled "Grocery price inflation concerns: How small manufacturers are trying to keep food costs down."
Celebrating the Incoming ARE Class of 1979
Ten alumni from the incoming class of 1979 gathered in the department to discuss research and careers. Among those who arrived in Berkeley from various parts of the world were Claudia Parliament, Jeffrey T. LaFrance, Lorenzo Mejia, Kostas Stamoulis, Ramon Espinel, Yacov Tsur, Roy Allen, J. Edward Taylor, Tom Reardon (not in photo), and Harry de Gorter.
Congratulations to 2024 AERE Fellow Max Auffhammer
Colleagues describe Max's pathbreaking scholarship and his committment to fostering a welcoming culture to those new and underrepresented in the field as some of the many reasons for his much deserved recognition as an AERE Fellow.
"Upscaling Innovations to Control Climate Change"
This is the title of the monthly blog entry by Energy and Biosciences Institute (EBI) executive committee member and ARE Distinguished Professor David Zilberman. EBI provides industrial sponsors access to world-class, collaborative research facilities across the energy, chemical, material sciences, data sciences, engineering, and agriculture sectors. You can read more of the EBI Zilberman blog here.
Joe Shapiro Receives UC Berkeley's Bakar Fellows Spark Award
The Bakar Fellows Program at UC Berkeley fosters entrepreneurship in the STEM+ fields and the Spark Award is designed to accelerate faculty-led research to tangible, positive societal impact through commercialization. Congratulations Joe!
Solar Plus Batteries ‘Cheaper than New Coal’ for Meeting China’s Rising Demand
ARE Adjunct Professor Jiang Lin and co-author Fredrich Kahrl address China’s climate and energy policies in their recent Carbon Brief guest blogpost. Carbon Brief is a UK-based website covering the latest developments in climate science, climate policy and energy policy.
ARE Faculty and Students Take a Central Coast Field Trip
ARE graduate students and faculty visited California's central coast to learn about strawberry production, lettuce processing, and water management. The group traveled to the Pajaro and Salinas Valleys on April 29th. Thanks to our hosts: Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency, Good Farms, and Taylor Farms.
Congratulations to ARE's 2024 Doctorate Graduates!
Congratulations and warm wishes to the 2024 ARE PhD recipients. Pictured are faculty and graduates at Monday's May 13th graduation commencement ceremony, l-r: Dept Chair Jeremy Magruder, Sofia Villas-Boas, Meredith Fowlie, Pierre Biscaye, Daniel Agness, Jedediah Silver, Leila Safavi, Michelle Chen, '23 ARE graduate Joel Ferguson and Ethan Ligon.
Latest Issue of the ARE Update Now Available
This issue of the ARE Update features an article co-authored by Professor Max Auffhammer and ARE alumnus '23 Wei Guo, and a faculty profile on Assistant Professor Alexandra Hill.
2024 Environmental Economics & Policy Honors Recipients
Congratulations to EEP Honors students Peter Flo Grinde-Hollevik, Enzo Cremers, Jessica Liu, Sarah Ng, Malena Buffagni, Lanie Goldberg, and Shannon Paulson.
Additional congratulations to both Peter Flo Grinde-Hollevik (advised by Professor Duncan Callaway) and Lanie Goldberg (advised by Professor Sofia Villas-Boas) who also each received the 2024 Spring semester Melis Medal in Social Sciences.
Voices in Development: Building In-Country Partnerships in Development Economics
ARE Professor Francis Annan recently participated in the above titled Yale Economic Growth Center podcast. Joined by Christopher Udry and Rohini Pande, the podcast focused on cross-border collaborations for policy-relevant research. You can listen here.
Rural Electrification and Economic Development
In the VoxDev article, "Does rural electrification cause economic development?" ARE alumni '17 Fiona Burlig and '18 Louis Preonas discuss their forthcoming Journal of Political Economy article, "Out of the darkness and into the light? Development effects of rural electrification," regarding the economic benefits of expanding electricity access.
Private Input Suppliers as Information Agents for Technology Adoption in Agriculture
New research in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics is co-authored by a ARE faculty Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet, and ARE alumni '14 Kyle Emerick and '23 Eleanor Wiseman. Read more about the article here.
Utility-caused wildfires are becoming a national problem
A New York Times article about utility-caused wildfire ignitions references the findings of a recent Energy Institute working paper co-authored by ARE professor Meredith Fowlie