I have co-organized the annual Social Cost of Water Pollution Workshop since 2023. This initiative is a joint effort by Prof. David Keiser (UMass Amherst), Prof. Cathy Kling (Cornell), and Prof. Dan Phaneuf (University of Wisconsin–Madison), in collaboration with the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The workshop provides a platform for economists, policy experts, engineers, and other professionals to discuss Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) for water quality. The event is designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and policy dialogue on water quality. Its primary goal is to build a research community focused on quantifying the social cost of water pollution with regional and temporal estimates.
More Information: For further details, please visit the Cornell Atkinson Center’s Workshop Page .