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The Columbus Metropolitan Club recently hosted a community panel discussion focused on central Ohio’s growing circular economy. AEDE Professor Elena Irwin spoke on the panel, describing “doughnut economics” – providing for humanity’s needs within finite planetary boundaries and resources – with fellow panelists from Advanced Drainage Systems, Compost Clubhouse, and Rumpke Waste & Recycling.
- By Miles Baker
Dr. Elena Irwin joined her colleagues in their monthly faculty meeting, unknowing of the morning's planned events. Dr. Irwin is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) and the co-founder and Faculty Director of the Sustainability Institute at Ohio State.
By: Miles Baker
AEDE and Ohio State faculty and students took home multiple prestigious awards at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC). The meetings were held in Montreal, Canada from November 9 through the 12th and featured research presentations by AEDE faculty, students and alumni as well as scholars from around the globe on various topics related to regional science and economics.
Elena Irwin, distinguished professor of food, agricultural, and environmental sciences in economics and sustainability and faculty director of the Sustainability Institute at Ohio State, has been selected as a 2022 Fellow of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE), the association’s highest honor. Fellows are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the advancement of the profession of environmental and resource economics.
The theory of sustainability was developed with a global framework in mind.
“The earth is a shared system with many interacting parts, so it isn't possible to consider any action to address sustainability in isolation," said Elena Irwin, distinguished professor of food, agricultural and environmental sciences in economics and sustainability and faculty director at Ohio State’s Sustainability Institute (SI).
AEDE's Elena Irwin was one of 25 Fellows of the Food Systems Leadership Institute (FSLI) who were honored November 4, 2020 during a recognition ceremony at the virtual annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). The Fellows were recognized for their accomplishments in completing the FSLI executive leadership development program and for contributions they have made to their individual organizations and the broader higher education and food systems.
Dr. Elena Irwin, Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) and the Faculty Director of the Sustainability Institute at Ohio State, was selected as one of four Distinguised Professors of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. She received her Award Medallian January 10, 2020 at the College Staff Award Ceremony.
Ohio State University and particularly AEDE had a very large turnout of faculty, students, and past graduates at the North American Regional Science Conference (NARSC). Here is a summary of notable achievements:
Dr. Elena Irwin giving the Keynote address at the 2019 Heartland Conference.
Motivated to improve complex sustainability challenges, Ohio State has established a new Sustainability Institute, which merges the Office of Energy and Environment and the Sustainable and Resilient Economy Discovery Theme.
When Ohio State researchers first proposed a study on the impacts of tariffs on food, water and energy in the Heartland, they didn’t anticipate how relevant that research would become.
Academic institutions have the opportunity to play a far bigger and much-needed part in helping society solve global sustainability challenges, according to an Ohio State University researcher and her colleagues.
In an opinion piece in this month’s Nature Sustainability journal, Elena Irwin, professor of agriculture, environmental and development economics at Ohio State, and national and international co-authors argue that universities must do more to change the long-held systems of rewarding individual, disciplinary-based research.
University and community leaders came together at the Fawcett Center on Tuesday to discuss strategies to create economic opportunities for local families.
Ohio State experts building model to simulate impacts on Great Lakes region
Imagine the United States gets ensnared in a lengthy trade war and the fallout undercuts international demand for crops grown in the Great Lakes region. Farmers and other producers would eventually adjust their plans, setting in motion changes that could have pronounced ramifications on how land, water and energy resources are used and are collectively affected for years to come. But what are those ramifications, exactly, and to what extent can they be anticipated?
This article was originally published on the website of Ohio State's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
COLUMBUS, Ohio — How does your business or organization measure and account for sustainability?
An environmental economist explains the challenges of analyzing sustainability for industrial materials
This content was originally published on The Ohio State University Discovery Themes website.
By Elena Irwin
Each summer one of the most highly anticipated events for AEDE’s faculty and students takes place: the annual meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA). AAEA is the premier professional organization for agricultural and applied economists working in the U.S.
Several AEDE graduate students have been awarded travel funding and selected to present papers at upcoming national conferences.
Each summer one of the most highly anticipated events for AEDE’s faculty and students takes place: the annual meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA). AAEA is the premier professional organization for agricultural and applied economists working in the U.S.
Presented at Ohio State's Stone Laboratory on July 10, 2014.
First presentation: Dr. Elena Irwin, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University, "A Sustainability Science Approach to Lake Erie: Assessing the Linkages and Trade-offs Between Agricultural Land Management and Lake Ecosystem Services."
Elena Iriwn will present her research " “A Sustainability Science Approach to Lake Erie: Assessing the Linkages and Trade-offs Between Agricultural Land Management and Lake Ecosystem Services” at Ohio State's Stone Labratory on Lake Erie's Gibraltar Island on Thursday, July 10th.