Each summer, PERC awards fellowships to scholars, journalists, business people and environmentalists from around the world who are engaged with the same ideas and approaches to conservation as PERC. Their particular interests vary widely, including forestry, fisheries, ecosystem services, climate change, conservation easements, energy development as well as many other topics. Fellows are expected to spend time at PERC, work with PERC researchers and senior fellows, or a qualified mentor, present a series of seminars as their work progresses, and complete a publishable paper or article.
PERC offers several types of fellowships to accommodate differing interests and backgrounds: Julian Simon Fellowships, Lone Mountain Fellowships, Graduate and Law Student Fellowships, Enviropreneur Fellowships, and Media Fellowships. More information about these fellowships is available by clicking on the titles above.
Listed below are the scholars who have been awarded fellowships for 2011. Applications are still under review and more will be added.
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Julian Simon Fellows Bruce PardyQueen's University pardyb@queensu.ca Topic: Natural Law of Systems Matthew Turner University of Toronto - Economics mturner@chass.utoronto Topic: Human Adaption to Climate Change Lone Mountain Fellows Jonathan AdlerCase Western Reserve jha5@case.edu Topic: Water Law and Property Rights Jeffrey Bennett Crawford School, Australia jeff.bennett@anu.edu.au Topic: Book - Little Green Lies Eric Coleman Florida State University ecoleman@fsu.edu Topic: Anti-Commons and Adaption to Forest Disturbance Christopher Costello UCSB, Bren School costello@bren.ucsb.edu Topic:Efficiency of property rights for marine biodiversity conservation Dan Kaffine Colorado School of Mines dkaffine@mines.edu Topic: Split Estate and Wind Power Matthew Kahn UCLA, Institute of the Environment mkahn@ioc.ucla.edu Topic: Adaption of Cities to Climate Change Steve Medema Colorado University - Denver Steve.Medema@ucdenver.edu Topic: History of Coase Theorem Sergey Mityakov Clemson University smityak@clemson.edu Topic: Politics and Property Rights in World Oil Trade Matt Neidell Columbia University mn2191@gmail.com Topic: Willingness to Pay for Water Quality Claire Priest Yale Law School claire.priest@yale.edu Topic: Development of Property Law Richard Rice Save Your World Foundation rrice@sywfoundation.org Topic: Property Rights, Compensation and Conservation Randy Rucker Montana State University rrucker@montana.edu Topic: Colony Collapse Disease Jim Salzman Duke Law School Salzman@law.duke.edu Topic: The Administrative State |
Lone Mountain Fellows cont. Robert Tollinson Clemson University rtollis@clemson.edu Topic: Political Economy of the Medieval Church Michael ‘t Sas-Rolfes Environmental Economist, South Africa tsas.rolfes@gmail.com Topic: International Wildlife Trade Policy Bart Wilson Chapman University bartwilson@gmail.com Topic: The Territorial Foundations of Human Property Graduate Fellows Patrick WielandYale Law School patrick.wieland@yale.edu Topic: Peru's Resource Curse Byron Leonard Montana State University bryleonard@gmail.com Topic: Effect of Environmental Legislation on Environmental Interest Groups Andy Balthrop Georgia State University andy.balthrop@gmail.com Topic: Spillover Effects in Oil and Gas Fields Scott Frechette University of Arizona Law School scott.frechette@law.ua.edu Topic: Conservation Easements for Ecosystem Services Harrison Zeff University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill hbz5000@gmail.com Topic: Financial Tools to Improve Water Allocation During Droughts Media Fellows Brendan BorrellFreelancer bborrell@nasw.org Topic: Rangeland Health on public vs. private land John Koppisch Forbes magazine jkoppisch@forbes.com Topic: Native American Economies Andrew Wilson The Weekly Standard, American Spectator abwilson@swbell.net Topic: Energy Research Assistants Katy HansenCambridge University hansen.katy@gmail.com Topic: FME Revision Anne Ireland Colorado College annie.ireland@coloradocollege.edu Topic: Public Affairs Enviropreneur Fellows Meet the fellows here |
Founded 30 years ago in Bozeman, Montana, PERC—the Property and Environment Research Center—is the nation’s oldest and largest institute dedicated to improving environmental quality through property rights and markets.
PERC’s publications, each designed to resonate with specific groups, move ideas generated at PERC to broader audiences.
Research is at the heart of PERC's work, with a focus on the question: What is the link between economic growth and environmental quality?
The goal of PERC’s programs is to fully realize the vision of establishing “PERC University,” where scholars, students, policy makers, and others convene to expand the applications of free market environmentalism.
PERC's fellowships share a common goal of exposing new scholars, students, journalists, and policy makers to free market environmentalism, as well as enable scholars already familiar with FME to explore new applications.
PERC continues to publish and present a broad range of research and discussion through podcasts, videos, and other multimedia channels.