TIE is currently supporting one signature research project, the student-lead 2009 Solar Decathlon . The Solar Decathlon is a competition in which 20 international teams of university students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house. More than 15 Tufts students from engineering, urban planning, environmental studies, media studies, and policies are currently involved in the research for this competition and their findings will be displayed on the Washington Mall in the fall of 2009.
The Center for International Environmental Resource Policy (CIERP) recently published three reports which have attracted considerable attention and possibly funding. Please download the reports below:
Scaling Alternative Energy: The Role of Emerging Markets
Designing a Forest Financing Mechanism (FFM): A Call for Bold, Collaborative & Innovative Thinking
Distributed Energy: The Way Forward
GDAE , the Global Development And Environment Institute, was founded in 1993 to create a center for expertise in economics, policy, science and technology. GDAE is a combination of the Program for Sustainable Change and Development in the School of Arts and Sciences, directed by economist Neva Goodwin, and the Center for Environmental and Resource Policy at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, directed by William Moomaw, a chemist and environmental policy specialist. The Institute has produced more than a dozen books and numerous articles, policy documents, and discussion papers. These materials are being used in academic settings, to enhance the teaching of economics and related subjects, and in policy circles, where GDAE researchers are recognized leaders in their fields.
Recent publications include:
The Political Economy of Hemispheric Integration: Responding to Globalization in the Americas
- Edited by Diego Sánchez-Ancochea and Kenneth C. Shadlen
Macroeconomics in Context, First Edition
- Neva Goodwin, Julie A. Nelson, and Jonathan Harris, with contributions by Brian Roach and James Devine
Microeconomics in Context, Second Edition
- Neva Goodwin, Julie A. Nelson, Frank Ackerman, and Thomas Weisskopf
Poisoned for Pennies: The Economics of Toxics and Precaution
- Frank Ackerman
The Enclave Economy: Foreign Investment and Sustainable Development in Mexico's Silicon Valley
- Kevin P. Gallagher and Lyuba Zarsky
Putting Doha on life support
- The Guardian, September 22, 2008, Kevin Gallagher and Timothy Wise
Competing for America's business
- The Guardian, September 3, 2008, Kevin Gallagher
A bad deal all round
- The Guardian, July 30, 2008, Timothy Wise and Kevin Gallagher
SEI an international research organization working on sustainable development. Its US branch is a research affiliate of Tufts. SEI's work is interdisciplinary in nature: drawing upon engineering, economics, ecology, ethics, operations research, international relations and software design. Their decision support tools for energy and climate mitigation and water resources are widely used.
Recent publications include:
Relations Among Storage, Yield, and Instream Flow
- R. Vogel, J. Sieber, S. Archfield, M. Smith, C. Apse, and A. Huber-Lee
