Ph.D. Graduates

Adam Hayes

Economist

Adam Hayes

Adam began his studies at the Evans School in 2014 with a focus on environmental policy and quantitative methods, and has received support through the IGERT Program on Ocean Change and the National Marine Fisheries Service/Sea Grant Fellowship. His dissertation focuses on modeling trade decisions in decentralized markets, such as markets for fishing quota. In addition to his dissertation work, he’s conducted network analyses of stakeholder and government interactions in complex environmental governance contexts, for which he received the NASPAA emerging scholar and Pi Alpha Alpha outstanding doctoral manuscript awards in 2018. During his studies he has also collaborated with other students and faculty to publish research related to climate change perception and municipal-level climate change adaptation planning. Prior to joining the Evans School, Adam spent six years as a data specialist at Alpine Achievement, an educational data services firm in Colorado. He moved to Seattle to pursue his PhD and now lives in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood with his wife and two cats.