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PROFILE | Molly Macauley's research interests include space economics and policy, the economics of new technologies for research and understanding of the interactions between people and natural resources, the use of economic incentives in environmental regulation, climate and earth science, and recycling and solid waste management. She serves on numerous special committees of the National Academy of Sciences and federal agencies.
She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, the Board of advisers for the Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary, and the Women in Aerospace Scholarship Committee. Macauley has testified extensively before Congress and is the author of more than 80 articles, reports, and books.
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| Featured Publications | | Strategically Placing Green Infrastructure: Cost-Effective Land Conservation in the Floodplain | | Kousky, C., S. M. Olmstead, M. A. Walls, and M. Macauley | | Environmental Science & Technology | DOI: 10.1021/es303938c | | | | Forest Carbon Economics: What We Know, What We Do Not, and Whether it Matters | | Molly K Macauley and Nathan Richardson | | Climate Change Economics | December 2012 | Vol. 3, No.4 | | | | Prizes, Patents and Technology Procurement: A Proposed Analytical Framework | | Timothy J. Brennan, Molly K. Macauley, Kate Whitefoot | | RFF Discussion Paper 11-21-REV | December 2012 | | | | Challenges in Managing Long-Lived Environmental Problems | | Molly K Macauley | | US Department of the Interior | DOI Office of Policy Analysis | Washington DC | November 5, 2012 | | | | Forever Ours: Technology, Economics, and Institutions for Managing Long-Lived Environmental Problems | | Molly K. Macauley | | The Carolyn and Edward Wenk, Jr. Lecture in Technology and Public Policy | Johns Hopkins University | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD | April 27, 2012 | | | | Managing Risk through Liability, Regulation, and Innovation: Organizational Design for Spill Containment in Deepwater Drilling Operations | | Nathan D. Richardson, Molly K. Macauley, Mark A. Cohen, Robert Anderson, and Adam Stern | | Risk, Hazards, and Crisis in Public Policy | 2011 | Vol. 2, No. 2 | Related Discussion Paper 10-63 | | | | Forests in Climate Policy: Technical, Institutional and Economic Issues in Measurement and Monitoring | | Molly Macauley and Roger Sedjo | | Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. | June 2011 | Vol. 15, No. 5 | pp. 499-513 | | | | Forest Carbon Offsets: Possibilities and Limitations | | Molly K. Macauley and Roger Sedjo | | Journal of Forestry | forthcoming | | | | The Value of Information: Methodological Frontiers and New Applications | | Ramanan Laxminarayan and Molly K. Macauley | | London: Springer | Forthcoming | | | | Using Satellites to Sustain Earth | | Molly K. Macauley | | LiveBetter Magazine | May/June No. 10 | Spring 2011 | | | | Seeing the Forests and the Trees: The Role of Technology, Economics, and Law in US Climate Policy | | Molly K. Macauley and Nathan Richardson | | Berkeley Symposium on Law and Technology | UC Berkeley School of Law | Berkeley CA | March 3, 2011 | | | | Organizational Design for Spill Containment in Deepwater Drilling Operations in the Gulf of Mexico: Assessment of the Marine WellContainment Company (MWCC) | | Robert Anderson, Mark A Cohen, Molly K. Macauley, Nathan Richardson, Adam Stern | | RFF Discussion Paper 10-63 | January 2011 | | Related journal article | | | | Adapting to Climate Change:The Public Policy Response | | Daniel F. Morris, Molly K. Macauley, Raymond J. Kopp, Richard D. Morgenstern, Tiffany Clements | | Issue Brief 10-19 | November 2010 | | | | Earth Observations in US National Space Strategy | | Molly K Macauley | | Astropolitics | Vol. 8, No. 2-3 | 205-219 | | | | Valuing Information: Methodological Frontiers and New Applications for Realizing Social Benefits | | Molly K. Macauley and Ramanan Laxminarayan | | Space Policy | November 2010 | Vol. 26, No. 4. | pp. 249-551 | | | | Climate Adaptation Policy: The Role and Value of Information | | Molly K. Macauley | | Issue Brief 10-10 | May 2010 | | | | Earth Observations in a National Space Strategy | | Molly K. Macauley | | Space Strategy | Eligar Sadeh | NY, NY: Routledge | 2011 | | | | Waste Not, Want Not: Economic and Legal Challenges of Regulation-Induced Innovation in Waste Technology and Management | | Molly K Macauley | | Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management | Vol. 37, No. 2. | pp. 113-128 | Related Discussion Paper 09-11 | | | | Forests in Climate Policy: Technical, Institutional and Economic Issues in Measurement and Monitoring | | Molly Macauley | | Issues in Modeling Greenhouse Gas Management | National Research Council/Energy Information Administration | Issues in Modeling Greenhouse Gas Management | National Research Council | | | | Why We Need Accurate Maps of the World’s Forests | | Daniel F. Morris, Molly K. Macauley, Roger A. Sedjo | | Resources | Winter 2010 (174) | | | | View All Related Publications |
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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS | | Water Quality, Property Rights, and Homeland Security: What Role for Remote Sensing in the Next Decade? | | Molly K. Macauley | | 2006 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium and 27th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing | IEEE | Denver CO | August 2, 2006 | | | | | Challenges and Opportunities in Using Satellite Data for Water Resources: Economic and Policy Issues | | Molly K. Macauley | | The Contribution of Satellite Data to Efficient Freshwater Management | Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University | Washington, DC | March 14, 2007 | | | | | Innovation and Technology Policy and Economics: The Case of Space | | Molly K. Macauley | | Invited Graduate Program Lecture, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University | David Simpson, professor of class | Washington DC | April 2, 2007 | | | | | Economic Issues in Interstate Shipments of Municipal Solid Waste | | Molly K. Macauley | | 22nd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management | Widener University | Philadelphia PA | March 19, 2007 | | | | | Earth Observations as Environmental Statistics | | Molly Macauley | | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space 2007 | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Los Angeles, CA | September 19, 2007 | | | | | Earth Observation Measurements and Models as Information and Research for Climate Policy | | Molly K. Macauley | | Examining the Vision | Stanford University | Stanford University | February 13, 2008 | | | | | The Role of Earth Obserations in Valuing Resources and the Environment | | Molly Macauley | | American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting 2007 | American Geophysical Union | San Francisco | December 11, 2007 | | | | | Space Policy Choices: Commerce and Space | | Molly K. Macauley | | National Space Forum 2008: Space Challenges Facing the New American Administration of 2009 | Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies, United States Air Force Academy | Washington, DC | February 7, 2008 | | | | | 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 | | | | | Integrated Assessment Models for Climate: Ready for Prime Time? | | Molly Macauley | | Energy Modeling Forum, Stanford University | Stanford University | Snowmass, Colorado | August 1, 2008 | | | | | The Role of Earth Science in Informing Climate Policy and Policy Evaluation | | Molly Macauley | | NASA Applied Earth Sciences Summer Retreat | NASA | Keystone Colorado | August 12, 2008 | | | | | 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 Space and Earth Science: A National Academy of Sciences Town Hall | National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | June 26, 2008 | | | | | An Integrated Assessment Framework of Crop Production and its Pollution | | Richard Bernknopf and Molly Macauley | | ACES Conference | USGS, USEPA, USDoI, USFWS, NSF, NPS, BLM, NOAA, USDA | Naples, Florida | December 11, 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 | | | | | Waste Not, Want Not: Economic and Legal Challenges of Regulation-Induced Innovation in Waste Technology and Management | | Molly K. Macauley | | 24th International Conference on Waste Management | Widener University | Philadelphia PA | March 17, 2009 | | | | | Towards a World Forest Virtual Observatory | | Molly K. Macauley | | Environmental Decision Making | Cal Tech and Jet Propulsion Laboratory | UCSB | July 8, 2009 | | | | | Economics and Earth Observations: Issues in Measuring Global Forests | | Molly K. Macauley | | California as Seen From Space | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | September 14, 2009 | | | | | Climate Policy: Carbon Offsets and Earth Observations, Economics, and Measurement | | Molly Macauley | | Climate Change, Global Change | NASA | Washington, DC | November 23, 2009 | | | | | The Value of Space Weather Information | | Molly K. Macauley | | 48th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium | American Astronautical Society and NASA | Greenbelt, MD | March 10, 2010 | | | | | Value of Information: Methodological Frontiers and New Applications | | Ramanan Laxminarayan, Molly Maculey | | Value of Information: Methodological Frontiers and New Applications | Resources for the Future | June 28, 2010 | | | | | The Role of Land Use in Adaptation to Increased Precipitation and Flooding: A Case Study in Wisconsin’s Lower Fox River Basin and Green Bay, Lake Michigan | | Carolyn Kousky | | GeoTools | NOAA | March 21, 2011 | | | | | Seeing the Forests and the Trees: The Role of Technology, Economics, and Law in US Climate Policy | | Molly K. Macauley and Nathan Richardson | | Berkeley Symposium on Law and Technology | UC Berkeley School of Law | Berkeley CA | March 3, 2011 | | | | | Economics and Policy Design of a Global Carbon Monitoring System | | Molly Macauley | | NASA CMS Briefing | RFF | September 8, 2011 | | | | | Forever Ours: Technology, Economics, and Institutions for Managing Long-Lived Environmental Problems | | Molly K. Macauley | | The Carolyn and Edward Wenk, Jr. Lecture in Technology and Public Policy | Johns Hopkins University | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD | April 27, 2012 | | | | | Challenges in Managing Long-Lived Environmental Problems | | Molly K Macauley | | US Department of the Interior | DOI Office of Policy Analysis | Washington DC | November 5, 2012 | | | | | Use of MODIS Vegetation Data in Dynamic SPARROW Modeling of Reactive Nitrogen Flux (Poster) | | Richard Smith, John Brakebill, Gregory Schwarz, Anne Nolin, Jhih-Shyang Shih, Joel Blomquist, Richard Alexander, and Molly Macauley | | 2012 AGU Fall Meeting | American Geophysical Union | San Francisco | December 3, 2012 | | | | |
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