The RRI has an established reputation for high-quality seminars. Each year, we select and host only a limited number of speakers.
RRI Seminars are attended by a cross-section of researchers. Most of the audience will be graduate students or faculty from resource economics, economics, and geography. Our visiting speakers take the generalist nature and disciplinary diversity of the audience into account when delivering their presentation. With this in mind, their seminars are mostly contextual and interpretative even though their research may well be based on sophisticated modeling and quantitative approaches.
Fall 2025:
Dr. Edward Coulson, University of California Irvine, "Appraisal and Gender." December 2025. (Joint with Department of Economics).
Dr. Elijah Knaap, University of California Irvine, "Mitigating Fatal Overdose Risk with Spatial Models: An Integrated Approach to Harm Reduction using Location Choice and Optimal Coverage." September 2025. (Joint with Department of Geology and Geography).
Spring 2025:
Dr. Carlianne Patrick, Georgia State University, "How Economic Development Incentives affect Racial and Gender Segregation of Employment and Wages." February 2025. (Joint with the Department of Economics).
Fall 2024:
Dr. Mark Partridge, The Ohio State University, "Does cultural diversity matter for innovation? Empirical evidence from large-scale internal migration in China." October 2024.
Dr. Michael Hicks (Ball State University) and Dr. Amanda Weinstein (Center on Rural Innovation), "Quality of Life as an Economic Development Strategy." August 2024. (Joint with the Brad & Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative).