- Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Director
- Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
- Phone: 401.874.7428
- Email: simona@uri.edu
- Office Location: Coastal Institute 212
Research
My research background is in Environmental Economics with a focus on:
- Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
- Sustainable Food Consumption
- Water Quality Policies
Education
Ph.D. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, 2008
M.S. Environmental and Natural Resource Management, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania, 2001
B.S. Environmental Engineering, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania, 1999
Selected Publications
- Karamanis, D., Liu, H-Y, Skandalos, N., Makis,A., Kapsalis, V., D’Agostino, D. Maduta,C., Tolis, A, Trandafir, S. and Parker, D. “Transitioning to Building Integration of Photovoltaics and Greenery (BIPVGREEN): Case Studies up-Scaling from Cities Informal Settlements.” Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 2024. DOI:10.1088/2634-4505/ad8374
- Guilfoos, T., S. Trandafir, P. Thomas, E. Uchida, and E. Vogler.(2023). “Visual representations in a choice experiment: valuing preferences for a local dam”. Ecology and Society 28(1):45, org/10.5751/ES-13898-280145
- Meyer, N., and S. Trandafir (2023). “Public attitudes and preferences for green rooftop technologies in the US: A choice experiment”, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 52(2), 320-346, org/10.1017/age.2023.17
- Mazzocco, V., T. Hasan, S. Trandafir, and E. Uchida ( 2022).“ Economic Value of Salt Marsh Under Uncertainty of Sea level Rise: A Case Study of Narragansett Bay”, Coastal Management, 50(4), 306-324, doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2022.2078174
- Tyler, G., D. Bidwell, T. Smythe, & S. Trandafir (2022). “Preferences for community benefits for offshore wind development projects: A case study of the Outer Banks of North Carolina”, Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 24(1), 39-55, doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2021.1940896
- Trandafir, S., V. Gaur, P. Behanan, H. Miao, C. Lang, and E. Uchida (2020). “How Are Tourists Affected By Offshore Wind Turbines? A Case Study Of The First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm”. Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics 7(1), doi.org/10.15351/2373-8456.1127
- Zia, A., K. Messer, S. Ding, H. Miao, J. Suter, J.R. Fooks, T. Guilfoos, S. Trandafir, E. Uchida (2020). “Characterizing Heterogeneous Behavior of Non-Point Source Polluters in a Spatial Game under Alternate Sensing and Incentive Designs”. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 146(8), doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.00012
- Guilfoos, T. & H. Miao, S. Trandafir, E. Uchida (2019). “Social learning and communication with threshold uncertainty”. Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, 55(C), 81-101, doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2018.11.003
- Miao, H., J.R. Fooks, T. Guilfoos, K. D. Messer, S. M. Pradhanang, J. F. Suter, S. Trandafir, and E. Uchida. “The Impact of Information on Behavior under an Ambient-Based Policy for Regulating Nonpoint Source Pollution.” Water Resources Research 52(5), 3294–3308, doi.org/10.1002/2015WR018142
- Simona Trandafir (2017). “Municipal Energy Trends in Rhode Island”. Technical report submitted to R.I. Office of Energy Resources, Providence, Rhode Island
- Simona Trandafir (2009), “A Strategic Model of Investment and Competition among Container Ports”, 22nd Rhode Island Transportation Forum, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
- Opaluch, J., T. Grigalunas, C. Anderson, D. Jin and S. Trandafir (2009), “Policies to Affect the Pace of Leasing and Revenues in the Gulf of Mexico”, U.S. Department of Interior, Mineral Management Service, Economics Division, Reston, VA
- Grigalunas, T., S. Trandafir, M. Luo, J. Opaluch, and S. Kwon (2004), “Port Development and the Environment: External Costs from Dredge Disposal and Air Pollution”, Journal of International Logistics and Trade, 1(2) 111-150, doi.org/10.24006/jilt.2004.1.2.111