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
Corporate Social Responsibility: Motivations and Effectiveness in Developing Countries International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics Sangeeta Bansal, Madhu Khanna 2024 O (OM) Other (PR) Peer Reviewed
Conservation agrivoltaics for sustainable food‐energy production Plants, People, Planet Alson Time, Nuria Gomez‐Casanovas, Paul Mwebaze, Wilgince Apollon, Madhu Khanna, Evan H DeLucia, Carl J Bernacchi 2024 O (OM) Other (PR) Peer Reviewed
Decision-Making Behavior Evaluation Framework for LLMs under Uncertain Context NeurIPS Jingru Jia, Zehua Yuan, Junhao Pan, Paul McNamara, Deming Chen 2024 O (OM) Other (PR) Peer Reviewed
Breakthroughs at the disciplinary nexus: Rewards and challenges for applied economists American Journal of Agricultural Economics Khanna, M. 2022 O (OM) Other (PR) Peer Reviewed
The price of biodiesel RINs and economic fundamentals American Journal of Agricultural Economics Irwin, S. H., McCormack, K., & Stock, J. H. 2020 O (OM) Other
Machine learning in agricultural and applied economics European Review of Agricultural Economics Storm, H., Baylis, K., & Heckelei, T. 
2019 O (OM) Other
Every plate counts: Evaluation of a food waste reduction campaign in a university dining hall Resources, Conservation and Recycling Ellison, B., Savchenko, O., Nikolaus, C.J., & Duff, B.R.L. 2019 FA, O (OM) Other
High cotton & low road: Unraveling Farm Bill Coalition Drake Journal of Agricultural Law Coppess, J. W. 2019 O (OM) Other
Opportunities and challenges in conducting economic research on food loss and waste Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy Ellison, B., Muth, M.K., & Golan, E. 2019 FA, O (OM) Other
Agro-climatic data by county: A spatially and temporally consistent U.S. dataset for agricultural yields, weather and soils Data Yun, S.D., & Gramig, B.M. 2019 FA, O (OM) Other
National school lunch nutrition and cost profile: a case study of the Ghana School Feeding Programme Food and Nutrition Bulletin Goldsmith, P.D., Andrade, J., Cornelius, M, Asigbee, M., Atiim, P. & Tamimie, C. 2019 O (OM) Other
Smallholder food storage dynamics and resilience Food Security Waldman, K. B., Giroux, S., Blekking, J. P., Baylis, K., & Evans, T. P. 
2019 FA, O (IE) Impact Evaluation, (OM) Other
Water impacts of U.S. biofuels: Insights from an assessment combining economic and biophysical models Plos One Teter, J., Yeh, S., Khanna, M., Berndes, G., & Chen, X.
2018 O (OM) Other
Examining household food waste decisions: A vignette approach Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy Ellison, B., & Lusk, J.L. 2018 FA, O (OM) Other
The evolution towards peer-reviewed invited papers in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics American Journal of Agricultural Economics Khanna, M.
2018 O (OM) Other
Wasted food: A qualitative study of U.S. young adults' perceptions, beliefs and behaviors Appetite Nikolaus, C.J., Nickols-Richardson, S.M., & Ellison, B. 2018 O (OM) Other
A perspective on agricultural policy in the age of nutrient loss Drake Journal of Agricultural Law Coppess, J. W. 2018 O (OM) Other
Fault Lines of Farm Policy University of Nebraska Press Coppess, J. W. 2018 O (OM) Other
Uncertainty in forecasts of long-run productivity growth Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Christensen, P., Gillingham, K., & Nordhaus, W. 2018 O (OM) Other
Which livestock production methods matter most to consumers and why? Agriculture and Human Values Ellison, B., Brooks, K., & Mieno, T.
2017 FA, O (VA) Valuation, (OM) Other
Nitrogen application decision-making under climate risk in the U.S. corn belt Climate Risk Management Gramig, B. M., Massey, R., & Do Yun, S. 
2017 FA, O (OM) Other
Variable soils, variable fertilizer quality, and variable prospects Tropical Conservation Science Michelson, H. 2017 FA, O (OM) Other
A multiple metrics approach to prioritizing strategies for measuring and managing reactive nitrogen in the San Joaquin Valley of California Environmental Research Letters Horowitz, A. I., Moomaw, W. R., Liptzin, D., Gramig, B. M., Reeling, C., Meyer, J., & Hurley, K. 
2016 O (OM) Other
Using a team survey to improve team communication for enhanced delivery of agro-climate decision support tools Agricultural Systems Prokopy, L. S., Hart, C. E., Massey, R., Widhalm, M., Klink, J., Andresen, J., ... & Gramig, B. M.
2015 O (OM) Other