Dr. Tim Waring and PhD student Taylor Lange were recently asked to put together some thoughts on how the growing science of cooperation could be of help to cooperatives for the Cooperative Business Journal. Having looked into it, they are convinced that cooperation science, which draws on behavioral research, can be used to help cooperative […]
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SOE Faculty Jonathan Rubin and Kathleen P. Bell (and cooperating faculty member Adam Daigneault of SFR) are excited to support the work of Maine’s Climate Council. Drs. Rubin, Bell, and Daigneault attended the Maine Climate Council kick-off meeting on Thursday, September 26, 2019 in Hallowell. The kick-off meeting launched the Maine Climate Council, giving participants […]
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SOE Professor Kathleen P. Bell participated in an ILEAD: Housing Training Event to meet and exchange ideas with others working to create affordable and sustainable housing options in coastal Maine. The training, hosted by the Island Institute in partnership with Maine SeaGrant and Grow Smart Maine on September 25th, featured organizations and tools in place […]
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SOE (and SPIA) Graduate Student Eric Miller recently began his Fulbright Program experience in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, or Laos. As noted in the UMaine press release last June, ‘The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is named for Sen. J. William Fulbright, who introduced a bill in Congress in 1945 that called for the use of […]
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SOE Director Mario Teisl is leading a new interdisciplinary training initiative focused on advancing understanding of disease dynamics at the intersection of human, animal, plant and environmental health & catalyzing innovative solutions to health challenges. The One Health and the Environment initiative was awarded nearly $3 million from the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship program. […]
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Cynthia Isenhour, a professor of anthropology and climate change, and SOE’s Andrew Crawley, a professor of regional economic development, were awarded more than $265,000 from the National Science Foundation to examine Maine’s reuse markets and their potential to advance social, environmental and economic public policy goals. REad more about their work here
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SOE’s Jonathan Rubin, director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, has been named an associate editor of the “Transportation Research Record,” the publication of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. He is a member of the inaugural editorial board of the “Transportation Research Record” in its transition […]
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SOE Assistant Professor Andrew Crawley presented his collaborative work with SOE graduate student Sarah Welch at the 47th Annual Meeting of the British and Irish Section of the Regional Science Association International. His talk, How do Economic Cycles affect state level labor matching efficiencies?, focused on labor market issues in the United States. The 47th […]
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SOE Assistant Professor Keith Evans, SOE Post-doctoral Researcher Kofi Britwum, and SOE Graduate Students George Voigt, Hannah Merriam, and Nick Alvarez presented their research at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA). Dr. Evans presented his research conducted with Hannah Merriam, Averting behavior in the soft-shell clam fishery. Kofi […]
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SOE Post-doctoral Researcher Kofi Britwum received the 2019 NAREA Best Paper Award for his manuscript Are Preferences for Aquacultured Seafood Down to The Attribute? Examining Attitudes and Willingness to Pay. The NAREA Best Paper Award recognizes research accomplishments of young scholars (seven years or less from completion of their PhD and that are lead authors) […]
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