Dr. Greer Gosnell Joins the
Payne Institute for Public Policy 
at the Colorado School of Mines 
as a Senior Research Associate

GOLDEN, COLORADO – The Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines announced today that Dr. Greer Gosnell has  joined the institute as a Senior Research Associate.  Dr. Gosnell is an experimental, behavioral, and environmental economist whose research reveals cost-effective climate change mitigation strategies at the microeconomic level, particularly in relation to adoption behaviors that influence energy consumption.

As an AXA Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute from 2018-2020, she conducted several large-scale field experiments on household adoption decisions that contribute toward catalyzing a fair and sustainable energy transition. Specifically, her research has examined drivers and barriers to household-level smart meter adoption, IoT-enabled energy demand response solutions, and mechanisms for promoting widespread adoption of renewable energy plans. Previous to her Fellowship, she received her PhD from the London School of Economics in Environmental Economics, for which she designed and implemented the first field experiment on captains’ fuel efficiency in the airline industry with Virgin Atlantic Airways.

Greer’s research at the Payne Institute will continue to use field and online experiments to identify behavioral catalysts and technological innovations to facilitate the sustainable energy transition in both the developed and developing world, placing microeconomic actors such as households and firms at the center of the energy transition.

About the Payne Institute for Public Policy

The Payne Institute for Public Policy at Colorado School of Mines is in a unique position to serve as a nexus for high-quality, data-driven, solutions-oriented research and dialogue needed to inform energy and environmental policy at this critical moment. The Payne Institute can harness the faculty and student body of an institution with deep roots in mining and petroleum engineering, but also with superb programs and longstanding relationships spanning renewable energy, water purification, civil and environmental engineering, materials science and other areas. Mines has an unmatched track record in solving tough scientific and engineering problems across the gamut of energy and environmental fields. The university enjoys a hard-earned reputation as an unbiased problem-solver in disciplines often at odds in the energy-environment discussion; the university tagline, a marriage of the words “Earth” “Energy” and “Environment,” is in fact an accurate reflection of our expansive and growing purview.