School of Economics

SOE Assistant Professor Jonathan Malacarne is working with Professor Ellen Mallory from the School of Food & Agriculture and UMaine Cooperative Extension on a USDA-funded research project designed to support new strategies for producing and marketing small grains. Drs. Mallory and Malacarne join a multi-institutional team of researchers led by Cornell University and funded by […]

SOE graduate students Zach Davis, Yelshaday Gebreselassie, and Joey Reed presented posters at the 2021 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference hosted by UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Zach Davis presented his economics research on rural youth aspirations and brain-drain issues. Yelshaday Gebreselassie shared his economics research assessing the impacts of COVID-19 […]

Dr. Sharon Klein, Associate Professor in the School of Economics, presented her research on dam decision support at the 2021 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference. In today’s talk, Participatory Dam Decision Support: A Conversation-Starter for the FERC Hydropower Dam Relicensing Process, she shared updates and insights from collaborative research conducted with Emma Fox (EES/SOE Alumna), […]

Numerous SOE faculty-members, graduate students, and undergraduate students are participating in this year’s virtual Maine Sustainability & Water Conference hosted by UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. This annual conference regularly brings together a great mix of attendees to advance knowledge and understanding of sustainability issues in Maine and beyond. Faculty and […]

SOE Professor Todd Gabe was a featured speaker in the kickoff event of Maine Develoment Foundation’s Innovating for Growth Speaker Series. In his remarks, Dr. Gabe shared general insights about economic development and innovating to achieve economic growth, and addressed ways in which Maine could bolster its innovation activity. Gabe’s talk is part of a […]

Dr. Sharon Klein, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator in UMaine’s School of Economics (SOE), is making important contributions to community solar initiatives nationally and in Maine through her research, teaching, and public service. Sharon’s accomplishments were recognized in a recent article posted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, Let the […]

Local Entrepreneur Abe Furth recently shared his insights and experiences, including tales from navigating the past year, with students enrolled in ECO 254-Small Business Economics and Management. Abe noted that Orono Brewing’s ties to Maine and University of Maine Alumni are key drivers of his company’s success and continued growth. He has enjoyed running into […]

William Somes, a UMaine Undergraduate student majoring in both Economics and Political Science, recently defended his Honors Thesis and earned Highest Honors. William’s Honors Thesis, Effects of the Transportation and Climate Initiative on the Maine Economy: An Analysis of Cap-and-Invest and Its Heterogeneous Impacts on Rural and Urban Households, addresses contemporary economic and policy issues. […]