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.
2021
- Economists look at Alaska’s unique role paying Permanent Fund dividends, by Linda Hersey, Fairbanks News Miner, December 13, 2021.
- Science shorts: Wildfires and permafrost; forecasting winter rain; Bogoslof’s magma, by Jeff Richardson and Rod Boyce, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, December 13, 2021.
- PFD research enters fifth phase, by Scott Rhode, Alaska Business, December 6, 2021.
- Study: PFD increases spending on kids among low income families, by Peter Segall, Juneau Empire, November 30, 2021.
- Charting Alaska’s Future: ISER at 60, Anchorage Daily News commentary, November 23, 2021.
- Econ 919 – Despite recent bump, commercial salmon harvest in Cook Inlet is still declining, by Sabine Poux, KDLL, November 5, 2021.
- Alaska’s economic indicators tell messy story amid slow pandemic recovery, by Elwood Brehmer, Alaska Journal of Commerce, November 4, 2021.
- COVID-19 and moral hazard, commentary by Matthew Berman, Anchorage Daily News, September 26, 2021.
- In survival mode: Faced with labor shortages and high Covid-19 cases, many Anchorage businesses still fear for their survival, by Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News, October 31, 2021.
- Can communities protect themselves by planting less flammable forests? By Kate Petersen, Northern Arizona University Review, October 21, 2021.
- Supply shortages in Alaska continue, forcing retailers to stock up on goods and hope for the best, by Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News, October 18, 2021.
- Climate change threatens America’s ragged school infrastructure, by Victoria Peterson, Hechinger Report, June 27, 2021.
- Far fewer workers from abroad are in Alaska this summer, adding another challenge for employers, by Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News, June 26, 2021.
- Data privacy and the 2020 census: state lawsuit shows why Congress should act, commentary by Matthew Berman, Anchorage Daily News, June 1, 2021.
- Independent travelers pour into Alaska as summer tourist season begins, Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media, June 1, 2021.
- Alaska village eyes return of ancestral lands, by Stewart Huntington, Indian Country Today, May 17, 2021.
- GCI says it will double its top internet speed next year to 2 gigs, among the nation’s fastest, by Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News, May 18, 2021.
- Alaska to end $300 per week unemployment payments, by Rashah McChesney, KTOO – Juneau, May 14, 2021
- Anchorage employers have jobs but few applicants, as the economy picks up. Where have workers gone? by Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News, May 7, 2021.
- Could rising timber price aid the Tongass to second-growth logging? by Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska, May 3, 2021.
- ISER: Struggling economy needs targeted help, by Elwood Brehmer, Alaska Journal of Commerce, April 14, 2021.
- Study says Alaska is underfunding maintenance of schools, by Sabine Poux, Alaska Public Media, April 5, 2021.
- Benefits from commercial fishing mostly benefit fishers’ hometowns, UAA study finds, by Ashlyn O’Hara, Peninsula Clarion, March 25, 2021.
- Child tax credit could help slash the country’s poverty rate. How have similar programs worked? by Hadley Barndollar, USA Today Network, March 24, 2021.
- GCI will outsource call center to the Philippines, saying it has been unable to fully staff it, by Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News, March 23, 2021.
- GCI telecom firm to move customer call center to Philippines, by Associated Press in U.S. News and World Report, March 23, 2021.
- Federal COVID-19 relief dollars are coming to Alaska’s economy. Here’s where the money is going., by Claire Stremple, KTOO, March 18, 2021.
- Alaska DOT awards $420 million for infrastructure contracts, by Melina Druga, Transportation Today, March 11, 2021.
- What another summer without cruise ships could mean for Alaska’s economy, by Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media, February 23, 2021.
- Fire in remote Alaska village leaves COVID-19-racked residents without safe drinking water, by Andrea Ball, USA Today, February 14, 2021.
- How US Education Secretary nominee Miguel Cardona can stop the teacher shortage, The Conversation, February 12, 2021.
- President Biden is swiftly reining in oil drilling to protect the climate. Will the transition leave Alaska’s economy behind? by Alex DeMarban, January 31, 2021.
