The goal of this symposium is to engage OWU students, faculty, staff, and Central Ohio residents in discussions about how the environment and climate relate to economics.
Assistant Professor Will Georgic, Ph.D., Moderator for the Symposium
| 4/27/2026: Environmental Vigilance: Exploring Recent Federal Policy Changes and Executive Orders | Laural Anderson, Ph.D., Morris Family Professorship in Natural Sciences in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Department of Environment & Sustainability |
| 2026 Video Recording | Franchesca Nestor, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Politics & Government, Department Chair, Fellowships Director, and a Pre-Law Advisor |
| 2/27/2025: Efficient Conservation: A Conversation With Two GLCA Graduates About Using Data to Maximize Environmental Impact | Nicole Burns, Landscape Conservation Biologist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
| 2025 Livestream Link | Elizabeth Schuster, Agricultural and Environmental Economist; Founder and CEO of a boutique environmental economics consulting firm |
| 2/29/2024: Improving Water Quality in Ohio: Efficient Policies and Local Programs | Lisa Roberts, Watershed and Sustainability Coordinator for the City of Delaware |
| 2024 Livestream Link | Brent Sohngen, Professor of Environmental & Resource Economics at The Ohio State University |
| 2/22/2023: Climate Change and the Economy: Projecting the Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 | Andrew Busch, CEO of BPI in North Carolina |
| 2023 Livestream Link | Rob Moore, Principal at Scioto Analysis |
| 2/18/2015: A Tax on Carbon: Would it Work for Businesses, Consumers, and the Environment? | Laural Anderson, Ph.D., Morris Family Professorship in Natural Sciences in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Department of Environment & Sustainability |
| 2015 Video Recording | Scott Nystrom, M.A., Senior Economic Associate of Regional Economic Models, Inc. |
| Ian Sheldon, Ph.D., Andersons Chair for Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Policy in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics at The Ohio State University | |
| 2/24/2014: Environmental Issues of the Developing World | Laural Anderson, Ph.D., Morris Family Professorship in Natural Sciences in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Department of Environment & Sustainability |
| 2014 Video Recording | Douglas Southgate, Ph.D., Professor of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University |
| 2/19/2013: Water: Science, Economics and Policy | George Elmaraghy, Chief of the Division of Surface Water for the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency |
| 2013 Video Recording | Nicholas Flores, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Department Chair, Faculty Research Associate, Institute of Behavioral Economics at the University of Colorado, Boulder |
| Douglas Southgate, Ph.D., Professor of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University | |
| 2/27/2012: Current Issues and Recent Innovations in Conventional and Alternative Sources of Energy | Gordon Aubrecht, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Physics at The Ohio State University |
| 2012 Video Recording | Sean Kinghorn, Energy Conservation and Sustainability Coordinator at Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Paul A. Centolella, Commissioner for the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio |