June 27, 2026
4:14 AM
birds flying

Save the date: Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop is back!

We are planning to hold the workshop for the twelfth year at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Saturday, October 23 to Sunday, October 24, 2021 at the I-Hotel at the University of Illinois campus.

We hope COVID recovery will allow the workshop to be in person. However, we are planning for hybrid options and the possibility of needing to pivot online in case the pandemic resurges. One way or another, the Heartland Workshop will be back!

The goals of HERE@Illinois are, as always, to stimulate research and build community in environmental economics with partial focus on the Midwest. The workshop will bring people together to exchange ideas and foster new collaborations. Through selected paper sessions, it will identify pressing public policy issues and emerging research themes on environmental and resource economics. Finally, it will provide networking and development opportunities for graduate students and early career scholars in environmental and resource economics.

Information for registration, abstract submission, and travel/stay to come!

Go to publish.illinois.edu/heartland for more information.

June 27, 2026
4:14 AM
Fresh mint at the student sustainable farm

Skim our quarterly newsletter here (March 2021) for the most recent research in all four of our focus areas, including research on the relationship between food waste and obesity, nutrient reduction in the Mississippi River Basin, and COVID-19's impact on renewable energy. Also included are updates and the recording of the third mini-talks webinar. 

June 27, 2026
4:14 AM
Speaker photos

Mini-Talks on the Economics of Sustainability #3

The Mini-talks are on our Youtube channel! Access the full recording below or jump to a specific speaker here.  

Speakers

 

  • Erica Myers: "Machine learning can increase the impact of energy efficiency programs" (00:35​)
  • Nick Paulson: "Identifying win-wins: Evidence from field-level practices" (19:45​)
  • Bruce Sherrick: “Crop Insurance connections to sustainable farming practices” (38:05​)
     

Watch past mini-talks here.