Environment and Climate
The environment and climate working group aims to address environmental challenges, particularly those that exacerbate the climate crisis, through the lens of computational and economic lenses. We are a diverse group of researchers from a variety of academic disciplines and geographic locations.
Syllabus for Fall 2020
We plan to cover a wide breadth of topics, pairing a reading-based discussion with an invited speaker each month.
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Topic 1: Climate Modeling (Topic Lead: Brian Reed)
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Topic 2: Agriculture and Land Use (Topic Lead: Tim Randolph)
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Topic 3: Energy and Rural Electrification (Topic Lead: Firehiwot Gurara)
We will announce our fall speakers and post suggested readings here. If you are looking to join our working group, please reach out to one of the co-organizers.
Ongoing Projects
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Certifying sustainable practices of smallholder farmers
Paul Gölz, Wanyi Li, Irene Lo, Tim Randolph, Lily Xu
Selected Readings
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Teytelboym, Alexander. "Natural capital market design." Oxford Review of Economic Policy 35.1 (2019).
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Murali, Karthik, Michael K. Lim, Nicholas C. Petruzzi. "The Effects of Ecolabels and Environmental Regulation on Green Product Development." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2019).
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Auriol, Emmanuelle, and Steven GM Schilizzi. "Quality signaling through certification in developing countries." Journal of Development Economics 116 (2015).
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Kalonga, S.K., Midtgaard F. and Klanderud K. Forest certification as a policy option in conserving biodiversity: an empirical study of forest management in Tanzania, Forest Ecol. and Manag. (2015).
An overview of our first semester, spring 2020:
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Presentations on: natural capital market design, food security and soil, Project Drawdown solutions
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A Medium post about Jim Leape’s talk
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Lit review on certification mechanisms: labeling, two-sided reputation, quality signaling
Working Group Organizers
| Wanyi Li | Ph.D. Student in Operations Management | Stanford University |
| Cristina Crespo Montañés | MS student in Energy & Resources Group | UC Berkeley |
| Lily Xu | Ph.D. Student in Computer Science | Harvard University |
| Steven Yin | Ph.D. Student in Operations Research | Columbia University |
Working Group Members
| Sarah Crable | Undergraduate Student | Stanford University |
| Charles Cui | Ph.D. Student in Computer Science | Northwestern University |
| Daniel Firebanks-Quevedo | Software Engineer | IBM Research |
| John Foppert | Visiting Professor of Forestry | Paul Smith's College |
| Paul Gölz | Ph.D. Student in Computer Science | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Firehiwot Gurara | Ph.D. Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Cornell University |
| Michael Hamilton | Assistant Professor | University of Pittsburgh |
| Nicole Immorlica | Senior Principal Research | Microsoft Research |
| Jude Imuede Oyasor | Masters Student in Computer Science | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Irene Lo | Assistant Professor in Management Science & Engineering | Stanford University |
| Kagiso Mabusela | Consultant | Deloitte |
| Yuki Miura | Ph.D. Student | Columbia University |
| Olivia Muza | Graduate Student | STEAM Women |
| Martina Occelli | Ph.D. Student in Economics | Institute of Economics, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies |
| Gerard Olivar-Tost | Professor | University of Aysen |
| Frank Owen | Professor in Mechanical Engineering | California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo |
| Mary Peng | Product Manager | Mastercard |
| Esther Plotnick | Undergraduate Student | Harvard University |
| Harman Preet Kour Jaggi | PhD student in Ecology | Stanford University |
| Tim Randolph | Ph.D. Student in Computer Science | Columbia University |
| Brian Reed | Ph.D. Student in Management Science and Engineering | Stanford University |
| Alaisha Sharma | Software Engineer | Palantir Technologies |
| Nathan Sisay | High school student | Hayfield Secondary |
| Paul Stainier | PhD Student in Environment and Sustainability | UCLA |
| Bhushan Suwal | Researcher | Tufts University |
| Nipun Thakurele | Graduate Student | University of Chicago |
| Kai Wang | Ph.D. Student in Computer Science | Harvard University |
| Judy Xie | Ph.D. Student in Environmental Policy and Process Systems Engineering | Imperial College London |