Welcome to the Environmental Economics and Data Science Lab!
Estimates of the UN Human Development Index
from Sherman et al., 2026
In the Environmental Economics and Data Science Lab we study environmental influences on human systems and human influences on the environment using tools from economics and data science. We ask questions such as: how will climate change influence global agricultural productivity? To what degree can adaptation mitigate climate damages to agriculture? And how might human migration patterns change in response to climate change? We also develop new approaches for measuring socio-environmental outcomes using satellite imagery and using these estimates in scientific inference and policy evaluation. An example of this is our recent work producing high-resolution estimates of the United Nations Human Development Index.
About the graduate program
As a graduate student in the Environmental Economics and Data Science Lab you will have the opportunity to study and research within a world-class community of environmental economists from the Food and Resources Economics group as well as the Vancouver School of Economics. You will receive rigorous graduate-level training in economics and data science, paired with coursework in the natural sciences that best fit your research interests. See here for more information.
PhD students
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If you are interested in joining the Environmental Economics and Data Science Lab as a PhD student, postdoc, or research scientist, please email me with a description of your research experience and interests.