Participating Departments

Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

326 Mumford Hall

1301 W. Gregory Dr.
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-1810
Fax: (217) 333-5538

pERE-related Specializations: M.S. or Ph.D. in Natural Resource Economics.

Departmental Strengths: Land values, ownership, and control, soil conservation, and water quantity and quality, risk assessment, environment and development, cost-benefit analysis, tradable discharge permits, environmental valuation, species conservation, voluntary compliance, applied quantitative methods, and climate change. Emphasizes the application of economic theory and analytical methods.

Department of Economics

330 Wohlers Hall

1206 S. Sixth St.
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 333-0120
Fax: (217) 244-6678

pERE-related Specializations: M.S. in Policy Economics or any Ph.D. program.

Departmental Strengths: Public goods theory, industrial organization, law and economics, and economic regulation. Theoretical and applied research.

Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

W-503 Turner Hall

1102 S. Goodwin
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-2770
Fax: (217) 244-3219

pERE-related Specialization: M.S. or Ph.D. in Natural Resource and Environmental Sciences.

Departmental Strengths: Forest Economics, forest management, dynamic modeling and optimization, silviculture, applied statistics, water resources, entomology, soils.

Department of Urban and Regional Planning

111 Temple Buell Hall

611 Taft Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 333-3890
Fax: (217) 244-1717

pERE-related Specializations: M.S. or Ph.D. in Urban Planning.

Departmental Strengths: Land use, environmental planning, and socioeconomic planning. Combines planning theory with applications to environmental and natural resource problems.

Institute for Government and Public Affairs

1007 W. Nevada

Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-2307
Fax: (217) 333-4817

pERE-related Specialization: Research and public service on environmental policy.

Departmental Strengths: Research and public service on public policy and public administration. The Institute does not offer degree programs.

Environmental Council

1101 W. Peabody Drive
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-4178
Fax: (217) 333-8046

The Environmental Council coordinates and promotes environmental education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The council does not offer degrees. The council provides funding for pERE and other cross -departmental environmental programs, and support and advocacy for research , curriculum development and hiring of faculty who have focus on the environment.

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Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics 326 Mumford Hall 1301 W. Gregory Dr. Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: (217) 333-1810 Fax: (217) 333-5538	pERE-related Specializations: M.S. or Ph.D. in Natural Resource Economics. Departmental Strengths: Land values, ownership, and control, soil conservation, and water quantity and quality, risk assessment, environment and development, cost-benefit analysis, tradable discharge permits, environmental valuation, species conservation, voluntary compliance, applied quantitative methods, and climate change. Emphasizes the application of economic theory and analytical methods.
Department of Economics 330 Wohlers Hall 1206 S. Sixth St. Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: (217) 333-0120 Fax: (217) 244-6678	pERE-related Specializations: M.S. in Policy Economics or any Ph.D. program. Departmental Strengths: Public goods theory, industrial organization, law and economics, and economic regulation. Theoretical and applied research.
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences W-503 Turner Hall 1102 S. Goodwin Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: (217) 333-2770 Fax: (217) 244-3219	pERE-related Specialization: M.S. or Ph.D. in Natural Resource and Environmental Sciences. Departmental Strengths: Forest Economics, forest management, dynamic modeling and optimization, silviculture, applied statistics, water resources, entomology, soils.
Department of Urban and Regional Planning 111 Temple Buell Hall 611 Taft Drive Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: (217) 333-3890 Fax: (217) 244-1717	pERE-related Specializations: M.S. or Ph.D. in Urban Planning. Departmental Strengths: Land use, environmental planning, and socioeconomic planning. Combines planning theory with applications to environmental and natural resource problems.
Institute for Government and Public Affairs 1007 W. Nevada Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: (217) 333-2307 Fax: (217) 333-4817	pERE-related Specialization: Research and public service on environmental policy. Departmental Strengths: Research and public service on public policy and public administration. The Institute does not offer degree programs.
Environmental Council 1101 W. Peabody Drive Urbana, IL 61801 Phone: (217) 333-4178 Fax: (217) 333-8046	The Environmental Council coordinates and promotes environmental education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The council does not offer degrees. The council provides funding for pERE and other cross -departmental environmental programs, and support and advocacy for research , curriculum development and hiring of faculty who have focus on the environment.