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
Plastic Waste Trade & Coastal Litter: Evidence from Citizen Science Data Rebecca Taylor, Shan Zhang, Hebe Williams 2024 LW (IE) Impact Evaluation (WP) Working Paper
Known and Unknown: Uncertainty in Estimating Land use Change from Satellite Data Luoye Chen, Madhu Khanna 2024 LW (IE) Impact Evaluation (WP) Working Paper
Does unconventional energy extraction generate more wastewater? A lifetime perspective Ecological Economics Xu, M., Xu, Y., Khanna, M. 2022 LW, EE (IE) Impact Evaluation (PR) Peer Reviewed
Impact of changes in Title II of the 2018 Farm Bill on the acreage and environmental benefits of Conservation Reserve Program Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy Cornish, B., Miao, R., & Khanna, M.
2022 LW (IE) Impact Evaluation, (PD) Policy Design (PR) Peer Reviewed
How do farmers learn from extension services? Evidence from Malawi American Journal of Agricultural Economics Maertens, A., Michelson, H., & Nourani, V. 2021 FA, LW, SC (IE) Impact Evaluation, (PD) Policy Design
Conservation tillage mitigates drought induced soybean yield losses in the US Corn Belt Q Open Chen, B., Gramig, B.M., & Yun, S.D. 2021 FA, LW (IE) Impact Evaluation
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
Consequences of protected areas for forest extraction and human well-being: Evidence from Nepal Environmental and Resource Economics Howlader, A., & Ando, A. W. 2020 LW, SC (IE) Impact Evaluation
Conservation agriculture and climate resilience Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Michler, J., Baylis, K., Arends-Kuenning, M., & Mazvimavi, K. 2019 FA, LW (IE) Impact Evaluation
Goldilocks and the raster grid: Choosing a unit of analysis for evaluating conservation programs PlosOne Avelino, A. F. T., Baylis, K., & Honey-Rosés, J.
2016 LW, O (IE) Impact Evaluation
Evaluating heterogeneous conservation effects of forest protection in Indonesia PlosOne Shah, P., & Baylis, K.
2015 LW (IE) Impact Evaluation
How effective are biodiversity conservation payments in Mexico? PlosOne Costedoat, S., Corbera, E., Ezzine de Blas, D., Honey-Roses, J., Baylis, K., & Castillo-Santiago, M. A.
2015 LW (IE) Impact Evaluation
Impacts of management practices on bioenergy feedstock yield and economic feasibility on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands GCB Bioenergy Anderson, E.K., Aberle, E., Chen, C., Egenolf, J., Harmonmey, K., Kakani, G., Kallenbach, R.L., Khanna, M., Wang, W., & Lee, D.K.
2015 LW, EE (IE) Impact Evaluation