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 | | Molly K. Macauley | | Senior Fellow and Director, Academic Programs | |
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| | RESEARCH TOPICS | | Policy Instruments, Risk Management, Space, Waste Management and Site Cleanup, Research Tools, Climate Change, Ecosystem Management | PROFILE |
Macauley's research interests include space economics and policy, the economics of new technologies, recycling and solid waste management, climate policy, and the use of economic incentives in environmental regulation. She also directs RFF's academic programs, which include the RFF Seminar Series and fellowship and internship programs.
Macauley has served on numerous special committees of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. She also serves as president of the board of advisers for the Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary. Macauley has testified extensively before Congress and is the author of more than 80 articles, reports, and books.
| EDUCATION |
Ph.D. in economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1983.
M.A. in economics, Johns Hopkins University, 1981.
B.A. in economics, College of William and Mary, 1979.
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| FEATURED PUBLICATIONS | | United States Civil Space Policy: Summary of a Workshop | | Molly Macauley and Joseph Alexander | | National Academy of Sciences | 03/31/08 | | | | Uses and Limitations of Observations, Data, Forecasts, and Other Projections in Decision Support for Selected Sectors and Regions: US Climate Change Science Program, Synthesis and Assessment Report Product 5.1 | | Molly Macauley and Fred Vukovich, Technical Editors, with Greg Glass, Holly Hartmann, Daewon Byun, and David Renne | | NASA, OMB, OSTP | 03/31/08 | | | | Visualizing and Using Earth Observations Data | | Molly K Macauley | | Space and Earth Science: Fifty Years and Counting | National Academy of Sciences | Washington DC | June 26, 2008 | | | | The Supply of Space Infrastructure: Issues in the Theory and Practice of Estimating Costs | | Molly K. Macauley | | Space Policy | May 2008 | Vol. 24, No. 2 | | | | Environmentally Sustainable Human Space Activities: Can Challenges of Planetary Protection be Reconciled? | | Molly K. Macauley | | Astropolitics | November 2007 | Vol. 5 Issue 3 | | | | Ascribing Societal Benefit to Applied Remote Sensing Products: An Examination of Methodologies Based on the Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Experience | | Molly K. Macauley and David J. Diner | | Journal of Applied Remote Sensing | September 2007 | Vol. 1 | Related Discussion Paper 06-09 | | | | Satellite Solar Power: Renewed Interest in an Era of Climate Change? | | Molly K. Macauley and Jhih-Shyang Shih | | Space Policy | May 2007 | Vol. 23, No. 2 | pp. 108-120 | | | | The value of information: Measuring the contribution of space-derived earth science data to resource management | | Molly K. Macauley | | Space Policy | Winter 2006 | Vol 22, No. 4 | pp. 274-282 | Related Discussion Paper 05-26 | | | | Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond | | Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Community Assessment and Strategy for the Future, National Research Council | | Note: As a member of the authoring committee, Macauley contributed written material for several sections of this report. | July 2007 | | | | Insurance and Climate Change: Managing Extremes | | Molly K. Macauley | | Insurance and Climate Change | The Wharton School (Risk Management and Decision Processes Center) and the University of Maryland | College Park, MD | October 30, 2008 | | | | Visualizing and Using Earth Observations Data (Presentation) | | Molly K. Macauley | | The First 50 Years of Spaace and Earth Science: A National Academy of Sciences Town Hall | National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | June 26, 2008 | | | | Ecosystem Services: Towards A New Research Agenda (Invited Plenary Presentation) | | Molly K. Macauley | | ACES Conference | USGS, USDoI, USEPA, USFWS, NSF, NPS, NOAA, USDA | Naples, Florida | December 11, 2008 | | | | View All Related Publications |
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