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Economic and Human Dimensions Research Associates is a small but high-powered analytical team based in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 2012, the group specializes in assessments of state, regional, and national energy initiatives and greenhouse gas emission reduction programs for their long-term contribution to a more robust and sustainable economy. Recent collaborations of the team include the development of a comprehensive renewable energy plan for San Diego County (California) and the crafting of what the Dutch refer to as the Roadmap Next Economy for the Metropolitan Region of Rotterdam and Den Haag (MRDH).
Other efforts of the team have supported a variety of assessments for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the International Energy Agency (IEA) based in Paris, and International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC), also in Paris, and ongoing work with the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA). Activities also include analytical work for IMPLAN, LLC, a leading provider of macroeconomic structural data, and an initial review of the magnitude of resource waste for the Washington, DC-based Environmental Law Institute.
The team builds on the experience of economist John “Skip” Laitner whose expertise includes energy technology and policy assessments, resource benefit-cost analyses, studies on resource costs and constraints, the study of long-term economic and technology trends, and valuations of the net employment and macroeconomic impacts of innovative energy and climate scenarios. While a young firm, Laitner is a 48-year veteran in the energy and climate policy arenas with extensive publications to his credit. Both Laitner and the team have provided studies, regional assessments, lectures and technical seminars in diverse places as Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, and Spain as well as many jurisdictions within the United States.
Skip Laitner is an international resource economist who founded Economic and Human Dimensions Research Associates—based in Tucson, Arizona in 2012. He is a researcher, author, lecturer, and consultant. He is also a Past President of the Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS), an independent interdisciplinary professional association in higher education. Skip also serves as chief economist for Third Industrial Revolution master plan initiatives spearheaded by well-known author and visionary, Jeremy Rifkin.
There is neither a law of physics nor economics that prevents us from quadrupling the productive use of energy and other resources. Rather, it is much more an issue of imagination and our political will to get it done.
– John A. “Skip” Laitner