Matt Burgess

About

My research focuses on economic growth futures and their implications for the environment and society, political polarization of environmental issues, and mathematical modeling of human-environment systems, especially as it relates to natural resource management and conservation. My research combines mathematical and computer modeling, statistical analyses, and experiments. I also engage in popular writing, public outreach, public speaking, and podcasting related to these topics.

 

Selected Publications

Burgess, M. G., Van Boven, L., Wagner, G., Wong-Parodi, G., et al. (2024). Supply, demand and polarization challenges facing US climate policies. Nature Climate Change, 14(2), 134-142.

Marshall, R., Anderson, S. E., Van Boven, L., Al-Shawaf, L., & Burgess, M. G. (2024). Neutral and negative effects of policy bundling on support for decarbonization. Climatic Change, 177(4), 61.

Burgess, M. G. (2024). Five Considerations for Twenty-First Century Climate Policy. FIU Law Review, 18(2), 283.

Burgess, M. G., Langendorf, R. E., Moyer, J. D., Dancer, A., Hughes, B. B., & Tilman, D. (2023). Multidecadal dynamics project slow 21st-century economic growth and income convergence. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), 220.

Hegwood, M., Burgess, M. G., Costigliolo, E. M., Smith, P., Bajželj, B., Saunders, H., & Davis, S. J. (2023). Rebound effects could offset more than half of avoided food loss and waste. Nature Food, 4(7), 585-595.

Hegwood, M., Langendorf, R. E., & Burgess, M. G. (2022). Why win–wins are rare in complex environmental management. Nature Sustainability, 5(8), 674-680.

Pielke Jr, R., Burgess, M. G., & Ritchie, J. (2022). Plausible 2005-2050 emissions scenarios project between 2 and 3 degrees C of warming by 2100. Environmental Research Letters.

Burgess, M. G., Carrico, A. R., Gaines, S. D., Peri, A., & Vanderheiden, S. (2021). Prepare developed democracies for long-run economic slowdowns. Nature Human Behaviour, 5(12), 1608-1621.

Burgess, M. G., Ritchie, J., Shapland, J., & Pielke, R. (2021). IPCC baseline scenarios have over-projected CO2 emissions and economic growth. Environmental Research Letters, 16(1), 014016.

Rao, A., Burgess, M. G., & Kaffine, D. (2020). Orbital-use fees could more than quadruple the value of the space industry. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(23), 12756-12762.

Burgess, M. G., McDermott, G. R., Owashi, B., Peavey Reeves, L. E., Clavelle, T., Ovando, D., et al. (2018). Protecting marine mammals, turtles, and birds by rebuilding global fisheries. Science, 359(6381), 1255-1258.

Burgess, M. G., Clemence, M., McDermott, G. R., Costello, C., & Gaines, S. D. (2018). Five rules for pragmatic blue growth. Marine Policy, 87, 331-339.

Burgess, M. G., Costello, C., Fredston-Hermann, A., Pinsky, M. L., Gaines, S. D., Tilman, D., & Polasky, S. (2017). Range contraction enables harvesting to extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(15), 3945-3950.

Szuwalski, C. S., Burgess, M. G., Costello, C., & Gaines, S. D. (2017). High fishery catches through trophic cascades in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(4), 717-721.

Burgess, M. G., Polasky, S., & Tilman, D. (2013). Predicting overfishing and extinction threats in multispecies fisheries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(40), 15943-15948.

 

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