Research Areas

Economic geography, theories of regional differentiation, sustainable development, regional development policies and restructuring in non-central regions, particularly in the Russian and Canadian North; resource and knowledge-based economies in peripheral regions, spatial determinants of economic marginality;
Sustainable development, impacts of environmental and social chage on Arctic communities, socila indicators, community-based monitoring
Geographic Information Science and statistical techniques for advanced spatial analysis, application of GIS in social sciences and economics, socio-economic determinants of land use-land cover change, precision agriculture, urban remote sensing;
Spatial population analysis, demoeconomic and migration models; factors of population dynamics, population cartography

Regional Interests

NSF Grant [PI] “RCN-SEES Arctic-FROST: Arctic Frontiers Of SusTainability: Resources, Societies, Environments and Development in the Changing North,” 2013-2018
NSF Grant [Co-PI] “REU Site: The Interdisciplinary Research Experience in Hyperspectral Imaging (IDRESHI),” 2012-2015
National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) [Co-PI] “Census Atlas of Russia 2010, 2012-2015
SSHRC/ReSDA [Lead] “Resource Development Impact Indicators Gap Analysis,” 2012-2013
SSHRC/ReSDA [Co-lead]: “Inuvialuit Region Baseline Indicators project”, 2011-2014
NSF Grant [PI] “Creative Arctic: Creative Capital for Economic Development in the Arctic (A Spatial Analysis)” 2009-2013
NSF Grant [Co-PI] “Acquisition of a Hyperspectral Imaging System (HIS) for Multidisciplinary Research” 2010-2012
NSF Grant [SP] “EPSCoR: Harnessing Energy Flows in the Biosphere to Build Sustainable Energy Systems” 2011-2016
NASA Iowa Space Grant Consortium [PD] “Enhancing Remote Sensing Education in Iowa” 2010-2012
SSHRC [Co-I] “Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic (ReSDA)” 2011-2018