Duke University · 2026

Emily Decker

I am a Ph.D. student in Environmental Economics & Policy at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Sanford School of Public Policy. My research focuses on policy solutions to interconnected challenges related to conservation, poverty, energy access, and global health in developing contexts.

Contact: emily.decker@duke.edu

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Research across institutions.

My research explores how information, incentives, and institutions shape responses to environmental, economic, and health risks. My publications are also collected on Semantic Scholar.

Clean energy transitions.

How policy and finance can make decarbonization more effective, durable, and equitable.

01 Energy

Environmental health.

How better measurement and economic evidence can improve public-health decisions under uncertainty.

02 Health

Climate resilience.

How households, communities, businesses, and governments prepare for and recover from climate shocks.

03 Resilience