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Molly K. Macauley
Senior Fellow and Director, Academic Programs
202-328-5043
macauley@rff.org
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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.
  
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.
 
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
 
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NASA Study Finds Federal Agencies Underuse Earth Science Data Tools
Monday, September 15, 2008
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Where the Sun Does Shine: Will Space Solar Power Ever Be Practical?
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Air & Space Magazine
 
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