Jon Erickson
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
Gund Institute for Environment Fellow
81 Carrigan Dr
204D Aiken Center
Burlington, VT 05401
United States
- Ph.D., Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Cornell University, 1997
- M.S., Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Cornell University, 1993
- B.S., Applied Economics and Business Management, Cornell University, 1991
- A.S., Business Administration, North Country Community College, 1989
BIO
Jon Erickson is the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education in the Rubenstein School, and a Gund Institute for Environment Fellow. He has published widely on energy & climate change policy, land conservation, watershed planning, environmental public health, and the theory and practice of ecological economics. His books include The Great Experiment in Conservation: Voices from the Adirondack Park (2009), Frontiers in Ecological Economic Theory and Application (2007), and Ecological Economics: a Workbook for Problem-Based Learning (2005). Jon is also an Emmy award-winning producer of films such as the four-part PBS series Bloom on sources and solutions to nutrient pollution in Lake Champlain.
He was the David Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy from 2016 to 2024, the Interim Dean of the Rubenstein School from 2012-2014, Managing Director of UVM's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics from 2009-2012, and is past President of the U.S. Society for Ecological Economics, past editor of the Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies, and serves on the board or advisory committee of numerous nongovernmental organizations. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Iceland, and has been a Fulbright Scholar at the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania, Visiting Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic and Slovak University of Agriculture in Slovakia, and was on the economics faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before joining the University of Vermont in 2002.
Courses
- Environmental Studies
- Natural Resources
- Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Area(s) of expertise
Ecological economics, sustainable development, systems modeling
Bio
Jon Erickson is the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education in the Rubenstein School, and a Gund Institute for Environment Fellow. He has published widely on energy & climate change policy, land conservation, watershed planning, environmental public health, and the theory and practice of ecological economics. His books include The Great Experiment in Conservation: Voices from the Adirondack Park (2009), Frontiers in Ecological Economic Theory and Application (2007), and Ecological Economics: a Workbook for Problem-Based Learning (2005). Jon is also an Emmy award-winning producer of films such as the four-part PBS series Bloom on sources and solutions to nutrient pollution in Lake Champlain.
He was the David Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy from 2016 to 2024, the Interim Dean of the Rubenstein School from 2012-2014, Managing Director of UVM's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics from 2009-2012, and is past President of the U.S. Society for Ecological Economics, past editor of the Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies, and serves on the board or advisory committee of numerous nongovernmental organizations. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Iceland, and has been a Fulbright Scholar at the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania, Visiting Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic and Slovak University of Agriculture in Slovakia, and was on the economics faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before joining the University of Vermont in 2002.
Courses
- Environmental Studies
- Natural Resources
- Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Areas of Expertise
Ecological economics, sustainable development, systems modeling