My Fulbright research explores—collaboratively—opportunities to manage aquifers in a manner that adds resilience to each region’s ability to mitigate the impacts of drought and water scarcity from a rapidly changing environmental regime. The project focuses on two specific areas of groundwater management: managed aquifer recharge and water banks.
Kurt is a Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy in the School of Public Policy at the University of California-Riverside and has a BA in Mathematics/Economics from Macalester College, an MA in Economics from Duke University, and PhD in Economics from North Carolina State University. Kurt’s research focuses primarily on generating evidence for policymakers and society of the impacts from and solutions to drought and environmental change on the water availability, access, quality, and affordability.
As a Fulbright Distinguished Chair, Kurt will focus on opportunities for society to increase resilience to drought through more informed groundwater management.