Conference Schedule

Conference Schedule

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Eastern Daylight TimeThursday
June 6		Friday
June 7		Saturday
June 8		Sunday
June 9
8:00ParallelParallelParallel
8:30Sessions 1Sessions 5Sessions 9
9:008-9:308-9:308-9:30
9:30BreakBreakParallel
10:00ParallelParallelSessions 10
10:30Sessions 2Sessions 69:30-11:00
11:0010-11:3010-11:30Break
11:30BreakPosterPanel
12:00AwardSessionSession
12:30LuncheonLunch11:30-1
1:0012-1:30on your ownLunch
1:30ParallelParallelon your own
2:00Sessions 3Sessions 7
2:301:30-31:30-3
3:00BreakBreak
3:30ParallelParallel
4:00Sessions 4Sessions 8
4:303:30-53:30-5
5:00HotelMembershipBreak
5:30ReceptionMeetingAwards
6:00HotelDinner on your ownDinner
6:30Reception
7:005-7:30

Parallel Sessions 1

Friday June 7 | 8-9:30AM

Climate Change 2 (Individual Papers) – Officer’s Lounge (Green Room)

  • Do Carbon Neutrality Commitments Work? Evidence from Higher Education
    Alexander R. Barron, Smith College; Junwen Ding, Smith College; Aaron L. Strong, Hamilton College
  • Environmental and Economic Impacts of US Wood Pellet Export
    Omid Karami, EcoEngineers
  • Recent Federal and State Initiatives on Climate and Environmental Justice
    Tadesse Wodajo, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Joseph Conran, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Jeffrey Wielgus, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Parallel Sessions 2

Friday June 7 | 10:00AM-11:30AM

Ecological Economic Theory & Emerging Issues 2 (Workshop) – Rifle Range Suite #2

Ecological Economics From Theory-to-Action: Visioning Post-Growth Wellbeing Economies in the U.S.A.
Rigo Melgar, University of Vermont; Daniel Wortel-London, Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy; Lizah Makombore, University of Vermont; Jon Erickson, University of Vermont; Amanda Janoo, Wellbeing Economy Alliance; Matt Burke, University of Vermont; Joshua Farley, University of Vermont

Green Economy, Sustainability & Social Wellbeing 4 (Individual Papers) – Rifle Range Suite #1

  • Bridging Data Gaps: Toward Sustainable Decision-Making in Rural Landscapes
    Kaitlin Kish, Cape Breton University; Danielle LeTang, Rural Ontario Institute
  • A conditional use right to land: Feasibility and cost
    Seth Binder, St. Olaf College; Miriam Gold, Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC); Regina Vera Estrada, Compass Family Services Rushikesh Jadhav, Acumen LLC
  • Optimal Forest Management for Interdependent Products: A Nested Dynamic Bioeconomic Model and Application to Bamboo
    Tong Wu, Cornell University; C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell, Cornell University; David R. Just, Cornell University; Jiancheng Zhao, Zhejiang Academy of Forestry; Zhangjun Fei, Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell University; Qiang We, Nanjing Forestry University

Award Luncheon – The Officer’s Club

Friday June 7 | Noon-1:30PM

Announcement of USSEE Fellows Program | Robert B. Richardson, Michigan State University

Presentation of the Aguilar Award | John A. Sorrentino, Temple University

Panel Session on Teaching Ecological Economics
Moderator: John A. Sorrentino, Temple University
Panelists: Joshua Farley, University of Vermont; Amit Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology

Parallel Sessions 3 (Individual Papers)

Friday June 7 | 1:30-3PM

Climate Change 3 – Officer’s Lounge (Green Room)

  • Geographically Weighted Panel Regression: A Spatial Approach to Investigate the EKC Hypothesis with a Focus on Recreation and Tourism
    Matthew Walker, West Virginia University; Ana Claudia Sant’Anna, West Virginia University
  • Ubuntu and Entanglement: A Case for the Colorado River Basin
    Lizah Makombore, The University of Vermont; Lindsey Bouzan, The University of Vermont
  • Rethinking the U.S. Financial System for a Biophysically Sustainable and Socially Just Energy Transition to A Post-Growth Wellbeing Economy
    Rigo Melgar, University of Vermont

Energy Use & Sustainability 1 – Lecture Room (Blue Room)

  • Ecological Effects of Oil Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico
    Akbar Marvasti, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Commerce Department
  • Enabling Place‐Based Renewable Power Generation Using Community Energyshed Design
    Justin Dempsey, University of Vermont; Jon Erickson, University of Vermont
  • Addressing the Intermittency of Renewable Energy: Evaluating Optimal Storage Solutions
    Suraj Ghimire, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Ecological Economic Theory & Emerging Issues 5 – Rifle Range Suite #1

  • Ecological Economics as the Science of Sustainability and Transformation: Integrating Entropy, Sustainable Scale, and Justice
    Brent Haddad, University of California at Santa Cruz; Barry Solomon, Michigan Technological University
  • Decentralized vs. Centralized Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges in a Model with Three Cities
    Amit Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology; Hamid Beladi, University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Estimating the Damage to an Arboretum’s Ecosystems Services by an EF2 Tornado
    John A. Sorrentino, Temple University
  • Different Methods Different Values: Implications of Alternative Valuation Methods for Environmental Policy Analysis
    Bonnie Keeler, University of Minnesota

Green Economy, Sustainability & Social Wellbeing 3 – Rifle Range Suite #2

  • Estimating Chinese consumer preference for insect-based feedstuff: A discrete choice experiment in Atlantic salmon
    Zijiao Ma, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University; Gengyang Tu, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
  • Informal Employment for Sustainable development: A case study of MGNREGA flagship scheme
    Dalip Kumar; Informal Employment for Sustainable development

Parallel Sessions 4

Friday June 7 | 3:30-5PM

Climate Change 8 (Panel) – Rifle Range Sute #1

Applications of Ecological Economics in the United States Federal Government
Kenneth J. Bagstad, U.S. Geological Survey; Lindsay Barbieri, AAAS Science Technology Policy Fellowship Alumni; Elizabeth Kula, University of Minnesota; Hebin Lin, U.S. Bureau of Land Management; Robert Richardson, White House Office of Management and Budget

Ecological Economic Theory & Emerging Issues 4 (Individual Papers) – Officer’s Lounge (Green Room)

  • Estimating the share of energy consumption in economic growth in Canada, 19XX-2018
    Charles Guay, McGill University
  • Nature’s Numbers Redux: Natural Capital in the Ocean Accounts of the United States
    Charles S. Colgan, Center for the Blue Economy- Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey; Monica Grasso, Center for the Blue Economy- Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey; Jeffrey Weilgus, Center for the Blue Economy- Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey; Sarah Sigiel, Center for the Blue Economy- Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey; Alissa Miller-Gonzalez, Center for the Blue Economy- Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
  • Valuing Ecosystem Health in NH Watershed: A Choice Experiment
    Lan TN Nguyen, Dartmouth College; Georgia Mavrommati, University of Massachusetts Boston; Richard Howarth, Dartmouth College

Food, Agriculture & Natural Resources 2 (Individual Papers) – Rifle Range Suite #2

  • Local Institutions, Natural Resource Management, and Economic Development: Implication of post-Dust Bowl Institutional Changes on American Agriculture
    Aparna Howlader, Chatham University
  • Food as Commodity or Food as Commons?
    Joshua Farley, University of Vermont
  • Community-based Climate Adaptation in Developing Countries
    Rumi Shammin, Oberlin College
  • Regenerative agriculture: Moving beyond the plant- vs meat-based debate
    Gary Kleppel, University at Albany, SUNY; Fred Provenza, Utah State University

Membership Meeting – Officer’s Club

Friday June 9 | 5-6PM

General meeting of the USSEE membership
Members only

Dinner not provided – members are welcome to organize groups for dinner after the meeting

Parallel Sessions 5

Saturday June 8 | 8-9:30AM

Climate Change 5 (Discussion Group) – Officer’s Lounge (Green Room)

The Nexus of Climate and Conflict in the Lake Chad Region: What We Know, Don’t Know and Need to Know
Uche Okpara, University of Greenwich

Food, Agriculture & Natural Resources 3 (Individual Papers) – Lecture Room (Blue Room)

  • The impact of agricultural productivity on forest cover: evidence from China
    Hongliang Zhang, Renmin University of China; Zihan Yang, Renmin University of China; Jian Wu, Renmin University of China
  • Agricultural productivity and biodiversity effects: theory and evidence
    Chloé Antoine (École Polytechnique, IP Paris, CREST), Jean-Marc Bourgeon (École Polytechnique, IP Paris, CREST and INRAE, UMR Paris-Saclay Applied Economics), José De Sousa (Université Paris Panthéon-Assas, LEMMA and Sciences Po, LIEPP)

Ecological Economic Theory & Emerging Issues (Panel) 9 – Rifle Range Suite #2

How Modern Monetary Theory Can Complement Ecological Economics Theory to achieve Well-being for all Within Planetary Boundaries? A Film Screening and Panel Discussion of the Documentary “Finding the Money” Hosted By Ecological Economics For All and Rethinking Economics
Maren Poitras, filmmaker of “Finding the Money”; Rigo Melgar, Ecological Economics for All

Parallel Sessions 6

Saturday June 8 | 10:00AM-11:30AM

Political Economy 2 (Individual Papers) – Officer’s Lounge (Green Room)

  • Food Taxes and Their Redistribution Effects on Nutrition Quality
    Mario Martínez-Jiménez, Imperial College Business School, London, UK; Franco Sassi, Imperial College Business School, London, UK
  • Carbon Giants: Exploring the top 100 industrial CO2 emitters in the EU
    Xenia Miklin, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria; Thomas Neier, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria; Simon Sturn, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria; Klara Zwickl, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria

Ecological Economic Theory & Emerging Issues 1 (Individual Papers) – Rifle Range Suite #1

  • The Common Structure of Economies and Biological Organisms
    Christos Makriyannis, Suffolk University
  • Global Resource Bank (GRB)
    Jo Anne Hissey, Global Resource Bank; John Pozzi, Global Resource Bank
  • Global Resource Bank Ecological Economy
    Jo Anne Hissey, Global Resource Bank; John Pozzi, Global Resource Bank
  • Rethinking Economics & Its Pedagogy Beyond the Halls Academia: The Case of the Ecological Economics for All Initiative
    Rigo Melgar, University of Vermont; Liz Makombore, University of Vermont

Political Economy 6 (Panel) – Rifle Range Suite #2

Federal careers in Ecological Economics and Related Disciplines
Kenneth J. Bagstad, U.S. Geological Survey; Lindsey Barbieri, AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship Alumni, U.S. Agency for International Development; Fabiano Franco, U.S. Department of the Interior; Hebin Lin, U.S. Bureau of Land Management; Robert Richardson, White House Office of Management and Budget

USSEE Board Meeting – Rifle Range Suite #1

Saturday June 8 | 11:30AM-1:30PM

The monthly USSEE Board Meeting will be held at the Conference; all attendees are welcome.

Poster Session – Officer’s Club

Saturday June 8 | Noon-1:30PM (lunch is on your own, not provided)

  • The role of cultural values in setting environmental priorities with underserved communities
    Lily Green, University of Massachusetts Boston; Pamela DiBona, Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Partnership, Boston, MA; Robert Chen, University of Massachusetts Boston; Cedric Woods, University of Massachusetts Boston; Georgia Mavrommati, University of Massachusetts Boston
  • Environmental Justice in Puerto Rico vs. Hispanic US States
    Dolly Pramoda, EnviroJustice PR Research Center, Puerto Rico; Isabella Muradyan, EnviroJustice PR Research Center, Puerto Rico; Victor Vasnetsov, EnviroJustice PR Research Center, Puerto Rico; and Chili Pramoda, EnviroJustice PR Research Center, Puerto Rico

Parallel Sessions 7

Saturday June 8 | 1:30-3PM

Political Economy 3 (Individual Papers) – Officer’s Lounge (Green Room)

  • Energy Constraints on US Macroeconomic Paradigms
    Christopher Kennedy, University of Victoria
  • Disastrous data: What newly digitized FEMA records tell us about the political economy of disaster aid
    Hannah Farkas, Columbia University
  • Small-scale land stewardship and just distribution of collective values under an ecological-impact weighted land value tax scheme: Results from a proof-of-concept agent-based model
    Dakota Walker, University of Vermont

Climate Change 7 (Symposium) – Rifle Range Suite #1

Nuclear Technology as a Nexus of Government, Industry, Academia and Community Collaboration
James Olson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI); Li “Emily” Liu, RPI; Brandon Costelloe-Kuehn, RPI; William Wallace, RPI; Colin Ruble, RPI; Andrew Krause, RPI; Gavin Ditmore, RPI; Nicholas March, RPI

Ecological Economic Theory & Emerging Issues 8 (Workshop) – Rifle Range Suite #2

Slowing down in the meantime: a workshop on degrowth strategy
Rubaina Anjum, University of Vermont; Matthew Burke, University of Vermont

Political Economy 4 (Individual Papers) – Lecture Room (Blue Room)

  • Examining the Roles of Rural Households for Enhancing Agricultural Landscape Interventions in Amhara National State: The Application of Choice Experiment Approach
    Eshetie Woretaw Meried, University of Gondar, Ethiopia; Tefera Berihun, University of Gondar, Ethiopia; Kassahun Gashu, University of Gondar, Ethiopia; Simegn Birhan, University of Gondar, Ethiopia
  • Rethinking the Genuine Progress Indicator from the Ground Up: Measuring the Goals of a Wellbeing Economy
    Rigo E.M. Melgar, University of Vermont; Jon D. Erickson, University of Vermont

Parallel Sessions 8

Saturday June 8 | 3:30-5PM

Political Economy 1 (Individual Papers) – Officer’s Lounge (Green Room)

  • Climate Change Opinion and Recent Presidential Elections
    Lachlan J. Watkins, Vanderbilt University School of Law; Ashley Dancer, University of Colorado Boulder; Matthew G. Burgess, University of Colorado Boulder; Christian Suarez, University of Colorado Boulder; Renae E. Marshall, University of California Santa Barbara
  • Estimating Chinese consumer preference for insect-based feedstuff: A discrete choice experiment in Atlantic salmon
    Lant, Christopher, Utah State University; Kathleen Fowler, Northern Arizona University; Kaeli Mueller, Utah State University; Suman Paudel, Utah State University; Richard Rushforth, Northern Arizona University; Laljeet Sangha, Clemson University
  • The Federal Government’s Budget Exposure to Financial Risk from Climate Change
    Robert B. Richardson, White House Office of Management and Budget; Christopher T. Clavin, White House Office of Management and Budget

Climate Change 9 (Individual Papers) – Lecture Room (Blue Room)

  • After COP28: The Bumpy Road to Net Zero
    Jonathan Harris, Tufts University Global Development and Environment Institute; Anne-Marie Codur, Tufts University Global Development and Environment Institute
  • The resilience response of residential electricity customers to long duration power interruptions
    Juan Pablo Carvallo, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Sunhee Baik, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Alan Sanstad, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Peter H. Larsen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Eco-Currency and Sustainability: A Case of the Atlantic Forest
    Danish Hasan Ansari, University of Vermont; Joshua Farley, University of Vermont; Joe Ament, University of Vermont; Abdon Luiz Schmitt Filho, Federal University of Santa Catarina

Ecological Economic Theory & Emerging Issues 6 (Individual Papers) – Rifle Range Suite #1

  • A Theoretical Incentive Model for Saving the Atlantic Right Whale
    John Polimeni, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences; Raluca I. Iorgulescu, Institute For Economic Forecasting – NIER Romanian Academy, Romania
  • The Economics of the Birds and the Bees: Private Habitat Conservation with Multiple Ecosystem Services and Market Access Costs
    Jo Albers, University of Wyoming; Irene Zapata-Morán, University of Wyoming
  • Transitioning to the bioeconomy: The rise of industrial hemp bio-based solutions
    Raluca-Ioana Iorgulescu, Institute for Economic Forecasting-NIER, Romanian Academy, Romania; John M. Polimeni, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
  • Evaluating the relationship between CO2, GDP, renewable energy, and agricultural sector in OECD countries using the STIRPAT framework
    Gaetano Perone, University of Pisa, Italy

Awards Dinner

Saturday June 8 | 5:30-8PM

USSEE Grant Program Announcement | Seth Binder, St. Olaf College

Presentation of the Daly Award
Herman Daly Award Talk: Jon D. Erickson, University of Vermont

Parallel Sessions 9

Sunday June 9 | 8-9:30AM

Political Economy 5 (Panel) – Officer’s Lounge (Green Room)

Monetary Policy and Income Inequality in Brazil: Structural Vector Autoregressive Approach
Eshetie Woretaw Meried, University of Gondar, Ethiopia; Yuliya Rychalovska, University of Namur, Belgium

Ecological Economic Theory & Emerging Issues 3 (Individual Papers) – Rifle Range Suite #1

  • Empirical Analysis of Environmental Justice Issues in REDD+ Projects
    Mirang Gang, Seoul National University; Sungkyu Lee, Seoul National University
  • Organic Farming Transitions: A Dynamic Bioeconomic Model
    Michael A. Meneses, Cornell University; Clare L. Casteel, Cornell University; Miguel I. Gómez, Cornell University; David R. Just, Cornell University; Ravi Kanbur, Cornell University; David R. Lee, Cornell University; C-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell, Cornell University
  • Mapping the qualitative and recruitment methods in deliberative valuation experiments
    Chloe A. Jackson, University of Massachusetts Boston; Georgia Mavrommati, University of Massachusetts Boston; Richard B. Howarth, Dartmouth College; Amir M. Gazar, Virginia Tech; Ryan S.D. Calder, Virginia Tech

Parallel Sessions 10

Sunday June 9 | 9:30-11:00AM

Green Economy, Sustainability & Social Wellbeing 5 (Individual Papers) – Officer’s Lounge (Green Room)

  • Does corrupt environment impact the provision of electricity services? Evidence from USA
    Labanyalata Roy, Middle Tennessee State University
  • Developing novel themes and keywords for the Sustainable Development Goals: 14 workshops with those in involved in biology/environmentalism/sustainability
    Gabriel Yahya Haage, McGill University
  • The ecological economics of non-market food
    Sam Bliss, University of Vermont
  • Norms and Governance: Why is Climate Change Unique?
    Liam Grima, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Paul Hirsch, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Valerie Luzadis, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Pedagogy of Ecological Economics (Panel) – Rifle Range Suite #1

Indigenous Cosmovisions are the Roots and Fruits of Ecological Economics
Nina L. Smolyar, University of Vermont

Environmental & Social Justice (Panel) – Rifle Range Suite #2

Leverage Points for the Sustainability Transition
Laura Schmitt Olabisi, Michigan State University

Panel Session – Officer’s Club

Sunday June 9 | 11:30-1:00PM

Bringing Younger Generations to the Table

Moderator: Laura Schmitt Olabisi, Michigan State University
Panelists: Allison Murphy, Oregon State University-Cascades; Michael Meneses, Cornell University; Rigo Melgar, University of Vermont; Lizah Makombore, University of Vermont