Heartland

Workshop Description:

The Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop will be held for the sixteenth year at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Thursday October 22 to Friday October 23 , 2026 at the Illini Union on the University of Illinois campus. Topics for contributed paper sessions will be chosen based on the submissions we receive. The day-and-a-half long workshop (mid-morning Thursday through mid-afternoon Friday) will feature:

• A luncheon on Thursday with a keynote talk and a luncheon on Friday with a panel discussion.
• Keynote Speaker: Joseph S. Shapiro , University of California Berkeley
• Panel: TBD
• Two sets of 8-minute short research presentations.
• Research posters displayed during breaks and a reception.
• Numerous breaks to share ideas and develop new collaborations.

Submit your abstract for Heartland 2026, here.

The goals of HERE@Illinois are, as always, to stimulate research and build community in environmental economics with partial focus on the US Midwest. The workshop will bring people together to exchange ideas and foster new collaborations.  Through selected paper sessions, it will identify pressing public policy issues and emerging research themes on environmental and resource economics. Finally, it will provide networking and development opportunities for graduate students and early career faculty in environmental and resource economics. Registration numbers are limited to 80 to keep the size of the event conducive to an active exchange of ideas. Spread the word! We hope to see you in Urbana-Champaign in October.

Submit your abstract for Heartland 2026, here.

2026 Organizing Committee: Shadi Atallah, Diego Cardoso, Sandy Dall’Erba, Tatyana Deryugina, Gal Hochman, Andy Hultgren, Jared Hutchins, Madhu Khanna, Bill Ridley, Marin Skidmore, Becca Taylor, Yilan Xu, and Melissa Carson.

Website:  https://publish.illinois.edu/heartland/