School of Economics

SOE faculty-member Travis Blackmer is collaborating with Susanne Lee (formerly with the Maine Business School) and other UMaine colleagues on food waste recycling research. The research team, based in the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, recently partnered with the Town of Winslow (Maine) to inform their new community food recycling drop-off site. […]

Dr. Tommy Wiesen, Assistant Professor in the School of Economics (SOE), recently gave a research seminar at the Grand Valley State University Economics Department in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His seminar addressed the usefulness of developing new approaches to assess the impacts of multiple shocks on economic variables. Much of what is known empirically about finance […]

Jonathan Malacarne (SOE Assistant Professor), Jason Lilley (University of Maine Cooperative Extension Professional), and Tora Jackson (Maine Farmer Resource Network) will present a summary of the impacts of COVID-19 on Maine’s food system at the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s (DACF) 2021 virtual Maine Ag Trades Show. Their session, COVID-19 and the Maine Food System […]

James McConnon, SOE Professor and UMaine Cooperative Extension Specialist, Beth Calder, UMaine Cooperative Extension Food Science Specialist, and Louis V. Bassano, Professor Emeritus of Cooperative Extension, organized an interactive panel discussion focused on food and beverage businesses that are thriving during the pandemic for the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s (DACF) 2021 virtual Maine […]

SOE Associate Professor Sharon Klein and former students Abigayle Hargreaves and Stephanie Coffey recently published the first comparative economic analysis of community solar in Solar Energy. Their research, summarized in A financial benefit-cost analysis of different community solar approaches in the Northeastern US, compares the financial costs and benefits of different approaches to community solar […]

Maine restaurants and lodging establishments are expected to generate between $2.7 billion and $3.3 billion in sales this year, according to new research by UMaine Professors Todd Gabe and Andrew Crawley of the School of Economics. “We’re expecting 2020 hospitality sales to decrease about 30 percent relative to sales from last year,” said Andrew Crawley, […]

Associate Professor Sharon Klein is the star of a recent Maine Science Podcast. In her conversation with Kate Dickerson, Founder and Director of the Maine Science Festival, Sharon shares interesting insights about her research of renewable energy and community-based renewable energy projects and her enthusiasm for providing students with authentic research experiences. Sharon conducts cutting-edge […]