Simona Trandafir

Simona Trandafir
  • Assistant Professor
  • Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
  • Phone: 401.874.7428
  • Email: simona@uri.edu
  • Website

Dr. Simona Trandafir is an Assistant Professor in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at University of Rhode Island. She received a Ph.D in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from University of Rhode Island (URI), a Masters Degree in Environmental and Natural Resource Management from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania. Her research focuses on sustainable energy management both on the supply and demand side. She currently explores the impact of the first U.S. off-shore wind farm on recreational choices of Block Island visitors. Additionally, she just finished a project for the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources in which she conducted an analysis of the municipal energy trends in the state of Rhode Island and provided technical assistance to municipalities borrowing funds for energy efficiency improvements of their building portfolio.

Features

  • Meet the Experts — Simona Trandafir - As an academic with a focus on the economics of energy – how we can better understand, measure, and make informed choices about how we power our lives – Simona Trandafir considers Rhode Island’s experience with the country’s first wind farm as both significant and exciting. “Through my work with my students, I emphasize the unique opportunity we have here, through the Block Island Wind Farm, to contribute to learning and how we think about energy issues in terms of the economics.”  
  • Preferences for community benefits for offshore wind - Tyler, Grant & Bidwell, David & Smythe, Tiffany & Trandafir, Simona. (2021). Preferences for community benefits for offshore wind development projects: A case study of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, U.S. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. Read full text.

Research