Current lab members   |   Emeriti   |   Openings   |   Prospective students

Current lab members

Emeriti:

Openings.

FSE has a standing postdoc, information here.

I also hire full time RA's in most years, which will be posted on the Stanford jobs site (look for Center on Food Security and the Environment). 

For prospective students: I'm always interested in good new PhD students, and I encourage students who are broadly interested in my area of research (the economic and social consequences of environmental change) and in the stuff I'm currently working on to check out both the Earth Systems Science program and the E-IPER program — the two programs with which I am affiliated.

I am particularly excited about prospective students with (i) strong quantitative backgrounds, and/or (ii) commitments to developing both their econometric and computational skills, and interests in applying these skills to questions about how humans shape and are shaped by their environment. I also welcome students with strong interests in quantitative fieldwork in developing countries, even if these interests are more "development" than "environment" in focus. If you fit broadly into one of these bins, and are interested in either the ESS or E-IPER programs, I strongly encourage you to apply. You are also welcome to email me, but due to high email volume my policy is to follow up with students after they've been short-listed for either the E-IPER or ESS programs, so please don't be discouraged if I don't reply.

Importantly:  you do not have to apply to the masters program if you want to get a PhD but do not yet have a masters. We admit people directly to the PhD program, and I personally rarely take terminal masters students. So if you want a PhD, please apply to the PhD prgrams.

Importantly, part 2: when applying, please highlight your research experience, and some specific ideas of research questions you'd like to work on.  The latter is not a committment to work on a specific topic, but a signal that you can (and have) thought clearly about research questions and are prepared to get started on research.

Finally, Stanford is a truly excellent place for interdisciplinary-minded students who are also looking for a more traditional grounding in graduate-level economics. Both the E-IPER and Earth System Science programs encourage students to take core courses in Econ, as do I, and Stanford has recently become incredibly strong in a range of applied economics topics. So more "traditional" econ students are also encouraged to get in touch.