Welcome! 

The Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) was founded in 1979 as a means for exchanging ideas, stimulating research, and promoting graduate training in environmental and resource economics. Today, AERE includes approximiately 1,400 members from 44 countries, representing academia, government, and industry. As a scientific organization, AERE is classified by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) organization. View our bylaws. 

Our Mission

AERE brings together and strengthens a welcoming community of economists working on environmental and natural resource challenges by supporting cutting-edge research, communicating knowledge, fostering professional skill-building, and encouraging collaboration.

Learn more about AERE’s goals and priorities in our 2025–2030 Strategic Plan. 

Advancing the Field  

AERE provides many forums for sharing research, exchanging ideas, and advancing the practice of environmental and resource economics.

AERE oversees two flagship journals, the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (JAERE) and the Review of Environmental Economics and Policy (REEP).

AERE also offers members a variety of opportunities to present their research at meetings and workshops. AERE hosts the AERE Summer Conference, which takes place in late May or early June in venues across the U.S., and co-sponsors the World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, held every four years. AERE also hosts the AERE Fall Workshop, held online in September or October each year. In addition, AERE organizes sessions at the annual meetings of the following organizations:

• Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) / American Economic Association
• Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
• Eastern Economics Association
• Midwest Economics Association
• Southern Economic Association
• Western Economic Association International

AERE also hosts OSWEET sessions online—originally founded as the Online Summer Workshop in Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Economics—which continue to provide a virtual forum for sharing research and building community.

AERE maintains affiliations with the American Economic Association (AEA), the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA), and fellow members of the World Council of Environmental and Resource Economics Associations.