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public policy

Below is a list of faculty, staff and students who are working or have an interest in this area followed by any related news items or upcoming events.

People

Faculty | Staff | Students

Faculty

Samer Alatout
snalatout@wisc.edu
Interests: Community and Environmental Sociology, developing countries, environmental history, environmental justice, environmental politics, more »

Vicki Bier
bier@engr.wisc.edu
Interests: energy, food, infrastructure protection, public policy, risk analysis, more »

Corbett Grainger
cagrainger@wisc.edu
Interests: air quality, climate policy, distribution, economics, economy, more »

Harvey M. Jacobs
hmjacobs@wisc.edu
Interests: Instructional, land use, property rights, public policy

Daniel Kleinman
dlkleinman@wisc.edu
Interests: agriculture, Community and Environmental Sociology, culture, history, history/culture, more »

James LaGro
jalagro@wisc.edu
Interests: climate change, ecosystem services, gardening, human dimensions, land use, more »

Brian Ohm
bwohm@wisc.edu
Interests: agriculture, environmental justice, food, great lakes, human dimensions, more »

Mark Rickenbach
mgrickenbach@wisc.edu
Interests: collective action, forestry, land use, landownership, landscape management, more »

Adena Rissman
arrissman@wisc.edu
Interests: biodiversity, climate, climate change, conservation, ecosystem services, more »

Dietram Scheufele
scheufele@wisc.edu
Interests: behavior change, bioenergy, biotechnology, business and society, communication, more »

Laura Senier
senier@wisc.edu
Interests: Community and Environmental Sociology, environmental health, environmental justice, gis, health, more »

Robert Streiffer
rstreiffer@wisc.edu
Interests: agriculture, biodiversity, biotechnology, climate, conservation, more »

Yongming Zhou
yongmingzhou@wisc.edu
Interests: biodiversity, environmental justice, history/culture, human dimensions, public policy, more »

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Staff

Robert Beattie
rbeattie@wisc.edu
Interests: complex systems, conservation, education, energy, environmental justice, more »

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