The media frequently report on research by ISER’s faculty and staff or ask for their input on current topics. We began listing these in 2014 to provide a historical record.
2019
- Economics say the loss of BP jobs will be significant, but ‘not disastrous’ for Alaska’s economy, by Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Public Media, December 30, 2019.
- BP Alaska says about half of its 1,500 employees won’t be taking jobs with Hilcorp, by Alex DeMarban, December 19, 2019.
- Spanish flu devastated rural Alaska in 1918. Are we better prepared for a pandemic 100 years later? by Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media, December 6, 2019.
- Did the big 2018 earthquake shake up Alaska’s economy? by Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media, December 5, 2019.
- Alaska governor marks 1st year in office amid turmoil, Becky Bohrer, AP News, November 29, 2019.
- Research shows studded tires cost the state millions of dollars in road maintenance every year, by Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media, November 6, 2019.
- Can crab and fish in Alaska adapt to more acidic oceans? Scientists aim to find out. by Joe Viechnicki, Alaska Public Media, KFSK-Petersburg, October 31, 2019.
- What record-low unemployment numbers really mean for Alaska, by Alex DeMarban, October 31, 2019.
- Pledge gives $5.7 million to improve rural health care, by Peter Segall, Juneau Empire, October 29, 2019.
- Does Alaska’s PFD contribute to lower income inequality? It’s complicated, by Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media, October 3, 2019
- PFD’s impact on state wide-ranging, by Victoria Petersen, Peninsula Clarion, October 2, 2019.
- This year’s Permanent Fund Dividend: $1,606, by Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News, September 27, 2019.
- A perennial challenge in rural Alaska: Getting and keeping teachers, by Victoria Petersen, Education Week, September 10, 2019.
- ‘There is no silver lining’: why Alaska fires are a glimpse of our climate future, by Elizabeth Harball, The Guardian, August 23, 2019
- In Alaska, wildfires and unprecedented temperatures bring clime crisis into focus, by Elizabeth Harball, Earth Island Journal, August 23, 2019.
- Alaska’s “landless communities” discuss possibilities for resettlement, by Henry Leasia, KHNS, August 14, 2019
- Nation’s largest coal producers look to merge mines that supply nearly 60% of Wisconsin coal, by Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal, June 30, 2019.
- Andrew Yang: Alaska proves a universal basic income can work, by Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, June 25, 2019.
- New paper evaluates the impacts of the PFD on health, by Emily Boerger, State of Reform, June 19, 2019
- Education health care costs a roadblock to budget reductions, by Elizabeth Earl, Alaska Journal of Commerce, April 17, 2019
- Alaska mine seen as a threat to Pacific Northwest, salmon, by Julianna Rennie, Spokesman-Review, Sunday, March 17, 2019.
- Ask an Economist: What does the PFD do for jobs, crime and health in Alaska? by Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media, February 12, 2019.
- How’s your school doing? Alaska has a new system for evaluating public schools, by Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, January 20, 2019.
- Warmer temperatures could cost Alaska up to $700 million, Associated Press, Juneau Empire, January 3, 2019.
- ISER study: Warmer temps will cost hundreds of millions per year, by Elwood Brehmer, Alaska Journal of Commerce, January 2, 2019.
- Frozen Assets, by Katya Savchuk, Mother Jones, January 2019.
