Overview
Alex Pfaff is a Professor of Public Policy, Economics and Environment at Duke University. He studies how economic development affects and is affected by natural resources and the environment. His focus is on the impacts of conservation policies (such as protected areas, ecoservices payments, and certifications) and development policies (such as roads and rights). Those impacts are functions of choices by individuals and communities that affect land use, water quantity and quality, human exposures (to arsenic, mercury, mining, and particulates), and both the provision and use of information.
Research accessible at AlexPfaff.com
Research accessible at AlexPfaff.com
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
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2013 - Present
Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor in the Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy
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2013 - Present
Environmental Sciences and Policy,
Nicholas School of the Environment
Professor in the Department of Economics
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2013 - Present
Economics,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center
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2010 - Present
Duke Population Research Center,
Duke Population Research Institute
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
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2020 - Present
Duke Science & Society,
Initiatives
Affiliate of the Duke Center for International Development
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2023 - Present
Duke Center for International Development,
Sanford School of Public Policy
Education, Training & Certifications
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ·
1995
Ph.D.
Yale University ·
1988
B.A.