Marshall Burke
Marshall Burke
Center Fellow, by Courtesy - Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment; Assistant Professor of Earth System Science
Type:
Center Fellow
School:
Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences
Research Area(s):
Food Security
Biography
Marshall Burke is assistant professor in the Department of Earth System Science and Center Fellow at the Center on Food Security and the Environment at Stanford. His research focuses on social and economic impacts of environmental change, and on the economics of rural development in Africa. His work has appeared in both economics and scientific journals, including recent publications in Science, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and the Review of Economics and Statistics. He holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from U.C. Berkeley, and a BA in International Relations from Stanford.
Selected Publications by this Author
News & Press Releases
Satellites Measure Farm Yields »
By using high-res images taken by the latest generation of compact satellites, Stanford scientists have developed a new capability for estimating crop yields from space. Measuring yields could improve productivity and eventually reduce hunger.
By Ker Than,
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Media Coverage
Nearly 60,000 suicides in India linked to global warming »
Marshall Burke is quoted discussing research similar to his on the contributing factors that climate change may have in suicide rates in India
By Alexa Liautaud,
Marshall Burke is quoted on research done to improve agricultural in the places needed most
By Joseph Bennington-Castro,
Trump sees job gains in Paris exit. Trade wars could erase them. »
Introduces estimates by Marshall Burke on the monetary cost of pulling out of the Paris Agreement.
By Michelle Jamrisko,
