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CEAE's mission is to nurture a diverse and inclusive community engaged in innovative, evidence-based research and dissemination of results to inform policy and promote sustainability at the nexus of agriculture and the environment.
Overview
Research supported by the Center for Experimental and Applied Economics explores a wide variety of economic and consumer behaviors, and participants receive monetary compensation based on the decisions they make in a variety of different settings. Our major research focuses on land conservation and ecosystem service markets, water quality monitoring, behavioral response to risk, food safety and agricultural policy, and provision of public goods.
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If you are at the University of Delaware and broadly interested in issues related to experimental economics, please email Aisha Emory at ahoggard@udel.edu.
If you are interested in volunteering with the Center for Experimental and Applied Economics, you can apply to join the CEAE Talent Pool. To apply, please complete this form. Once you submit the full application, our team will review it and contact you if any opportunities are available.
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Small changes, big impact
October 21, 2025 | Written by Nya Wynn | Photos by Evan Krape and Katie Young, courtesy of Carl Nelson-PoteetHolding an undergraduate degree in energy and environmental policy and environmental studies, Carl Nelson-Poteet next pursued a master’s in Water Science and Policy. His thesis on the effects of temperature defaults on energy and water consumption can be applied to evaluate sustainability efforts at colleges and universities. At the same time, his work with the Office of Sustainability and the CEAE mentoring network helps to keep students interested in sustainability. -
Climate conscious
October 04, 2024 | Written by Molly SchaferDavidson Obilor Nwaonu, an agricultural and resource economics graduate student in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, wants to reduce agriculture’s contribution to climate change. His research seeks to understand how consumers make trade-offs between climate-smart attributes and health attributes while grocery shopping. Nwaonu is a scholar at the United States Department of Agriculture’s Graduate Student Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Partners, also known as USDA GradCAMP. Climate justice is important to Nwaonu, who came to UD from an area of Nigeria polluted by oil drilling. -
Experimental economics undergrads
October 04, 2024 | Written by Katie PeikesUndergraduate students reflect on UD Center for Experimental and Applied Economics research experience.
Project WiCCED (Water in the Changing Coastal Environment of Delaware)
WiCCED is a multi-institution project in partnership with National Science Foundation and the State of Delaware aimed at assessing major threats to Delaware’s water quality, and developing viable technological and policy solutions for meeting the challenges imposed by them.
Watch the Project WiCCED video below to learn more.
Project WiCCED (Water in the Changing Coastal Environment of Delaware): youtube.com/watch?v=UCJ8y_84KkE
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