Justin Baker
Associate Professor
Forestry and Environmental Resources
Jordan Hall 3126
Bio
Justin uses geospatial analytics and structural economic models to capture spatial and temporal dependencies between markets, natural resource systems, infrastructure and policy constraints. He develops research questions covering a wide range of modeling topics, including forestry and agricultural sector projections, food-energy-water nexus sustainability, climate change mitigation and adaptation policy, interactions between trade policy and the environment, and energy policy. He also is the Director of the Southern Forest Resource Assessment Consortium (SOFAC), directs the Resource Economics and Sustainability Lab, is a faculty affiliate with the Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy (CEnREP), a research theme lead for the NSF STC Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (STEPS) Center, and holds a guest researcher affiliation with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).
Publications
- Impacts of hurricanes on forest markets and economic welfare: The case of hurricane Michael , Forest Policy and Economics (2022)
- Opportunities and spatial hotspots for irrigation expansion in Guatemala to support development goals in the food-energy-water nexus , AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT (2022)
- Projecting the Impact of Socioeconomic and Policy Factors on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Carbon Sequestration in US Forestry and Agriculture , JOURNAL OF FOREST ECONOMICS (2022)
- Projecting the Impact of Socioeconomic and Policy Factors on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Carbon Sequestration in US Forestry and Agriculture , JOURNAL OF FOREST ECONOMICS (2022)
- When burning wood to generate energy makes climate sense , BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS (2022)
- Food, energy, and water nexus research in Guatemala – A systematic literature review , Environmental Science & Policy (2021)
- How will renewable energy development goals affect energy poverty in Guatemala? , ENERGY ECONOMICS (2021)
- International trade is a key component of climate change adaptation , NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE (2021)
- Additionality and Avoiding Grassland Conversion in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States , Rangeland Ecology & Management (2020)
- Global hunger and climate change adaptation through international trade , Nature Climate Change (2020)