We use a variety of well-tested and novel approaches to understanding how to balance economic, social and environmental objectives.  From cost-benefit analysis to machine learning, CEOS members use and advance methods to model complex social-environmental systems, estimate impact of interventions and design optimal policy solutions to enable us to build a more sustainable society.

Research Output

Title Publication Authors Year Published Category Method Status
A roadmap toward scalably quantifying field-level agricultural carbon outcome EarthArXiv Guan, K., Jin, Z., DeLucia, E.H., West, P., Peng, B., Tang, J., Jiang, C., Wang, S., Kim, T., Zhou, W., Griffis, T., Liu, L., Qin, Z., Margenot, A.J., Kumar, V., Bernacchi, C.J., Yang, W.H., Lee, D., Coppess, J.W., Gerber, J., Jahn, M., Khanna, M., & Yang, S. 2022 FA (SM) System Modeling (WP) Working Paper
Integrated approaches to understanding and reducing drought impact on food security across scales Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability He, X., Estes, L., Konar, M., Tian, D., Anghileri, D., Baylis, K., ... & Sheffield, J. 
2020 FA (SM) System Modeling
Optimal monitoring and controlling of invasive species: The case of spotted wing drosophila in the United States American Journal of Agricultural Economics Fan, X., Gómez, M. I., Atallah, S. S., & Conrad, J. M.
2020 FA, O (SM) System Modeling
The value of conducting on-farm field trials using precision agriculture technology: A theory and simulations Precision Agriculture Bullock, D. S., Mieno, T., & Hwang, J. 2020 FA (SM) System Modeling, (OM) Other
Market structure and the effect of ethanol expansion on Land allocation: A spatially explicit analysis American Journal of Agricultural Economics Wang, Y., Delgado, M. S., Sesmero, J. P., Gramig, B. M.
2020 FA, LW (IE) Impact Evaluation, (SM) System Modeling
Agricultural impacts of climate change in Indiana and potential adaptations Climatic Change Bowling, L.C., Cherkauer, K., Lee, C., Beckerman, J., Brouder, S., Buzan, J., Doering, O., Dukes, J., Ebner, P., Frankenberger, J., Gramig, B.M., Kladivko, E., Volenec, J. 2020 FA, LW (SM) System Modeling
Adopting energy crops: Does farmers' attitude toward loss matter? Agricultural Economics Anand, M., Miao, R. & Khanna, M. 2019 FA, EE (PD) Policy Design, (SM) System Modeling
Phytosanitary Regulation of Washington Apple Producers under an Apple Maggot Quarantine Program.  Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Hong, Y., Gallardo, K., Fan, X., Atallah, S. S., Gómez, M.
2019 FA, O (SM) System Modeling
The origins, consequences, and implications of Stanford's 1.2 Rule for nitrogen fertilizer application Agronomy Journal Rodriguez, D.G.P., & Bullock, D. S. 2019 FA (SM) System Modeling, (OM) Other
A bioeconomic model of ecosystem service provision: Coffee berry borer and shade-grown coffee Ecological Economics Atallah, S. S., Gómez, M. I., & Jaramillo, J.
2018 FA (SM) System Modeling
Costs of Meeting a Cellulosic biofuel mandate with perennial energy crops: Implications for policy Energy Economics Miao, R., & Khanna, M.
2017 FA, EE (SM) System Modeling
Effectiveness of the biomass crop assistance program: Roles of behavioral factors, credit constraint, and program design Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy Miao, R., & Khanna, M.
2017 FA, EE (SM) System Modeling
Specification of spatial dynamic externalities and implications for strategic behavior in disease control Land Economics Atallah, S. S., Gómez, M. I., & Conrad, J. M.
2017 FA, O (SM) System Modeling
Integrated economic and environmental assessment of cellulosic biofuel production in an agricultural watershed BioEnergy Research Song, J., Gramig, B. M., Cibin, R., & Chaubey, I.
2017 FA, LW (SM) System Modeling
Balancing public goods in agriculture through safe minimum standards European Review of Agricultural Economics Bullock, D.S., Mittenzwei, K. & Wangsness, P.B.
2016 FA (PD) Policy Design, (SM) System Modeling
Simulating the value of information generated by on-farm field trials using precision agriculture technology Working paper Bullock, D. S. & Mieno, T.
2016 FA (SM) System Modeling
Days suitable for fieldwork in the US corn belt: Climate, soils and spatial heterogeneity Working Paper Gramig, B. M., & Yun, S. D
2016 FA, O (SM) System Modeling
Optimal mix of vertical integration and contracting for energy crops effect of risk preferences and land quality Applied Economic Policy and Perspectives Yang, X., Paulson, N. D., & Khanna, M.
2015 FA, EE (SM) System Modeling
A plant-level, spatial, bioeconomic model of plant disease diffusion and control: grapevine leafroll disease American Journal of Agricultural Economics Atallah, S. S., Gómez, M. I., Conrad, J. M., & Nyrop, J. P.
2015 FA (SM) System Modeling