School of Economics

Caroline Noblet, Mark W. Anderson, and Mario Teisl. (in press) Thinking Past, Thinking Future: An Empirical Test of the Effects of Retrospective Assessment on Future Preferences Ecological Economics Stacia Dreyer (PhD student), Mario F. Teisl and Shannon McCoy. (in press) Are acceptance, support, and the factors that affect them, different?  Examining perceptions of U.S. fuel […]

Faculty Win Grant Awards Sharon Klein recently received an ADVANCE grant to host a NSF CAREER grant writing workshop at UMaine. SOE faculty Sharon Klein, Tim Waring and Caroline Noblet were just awarded a grant from the Mitchell Center to support community energy research. Cindy Isenhour and Darren Ranco from Anthropology are also on the […]

The Edith Patch Award is given by the Friends of Dr. Edith Marion Patch each year to graduate and undergraduate women in acknowledgement of distinguished work they have done while at the University of Maine, and in recognition of their promise for future contribution to the fields of science, agriculture, engineering, or environmental education. Members […]

The interview was in response to work done by Noblet, Anderson and Teisl examining Mainers’ willingness to pay for energy projects, and how that payment should be allocated towards increasing renewable energy supply (by investing in land or offshore wind, hydro, or tidal power), and how much should be allocated to reducing energy demand (by […]

Fifty-two percent of surveyed Maine adults supported increasing all Mainers’ monthly electricity bills to invest in renewable energy options and/or energy efficiency programs to reduce carbon emissions. That’s according to a University of Maine study that also found 37 percent of the nearly 400 respondents viewed energy efficiency and renewable energy investments as complementary. They […]

Economics major Tagwongo Obomsawin didn’t anticipate huddles with biologists or shellfish harvesters during her undergraduate program. But as a research assistant for theNew England Sustainability Consortium (NEST) Safe Beaches and Shellfish Program, she’s moved into the bustling crossroads of sustainability science. “I love that no day is same. I’m involved in a wide variety of […]

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Sharon Tisher writes op-ed highlighting the agricultural impacts of climate change in Maine: See the article here.

Farm Credit East gives out $1,500 scholarships annually to students in fields of studies directed at a career in Agriculture, Forestry or Commercial Fishing. The deadline for applications is April 3rd https://www.farmcrediteast.com/Scholarship/

This scholarship is for independent undergraduate research on a topic of public policy importance. Eligibility Requirements: Student must be a Maine resident, currently enrolled at UMaine for 12 credits or more Be an undergraduate student with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and Have completed 40 degree hours prior to the current semester. The amount […]