Bob Loeffler is a part-time Research Professor of Public Policy at the UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research, a position he has held since 2010.  His research and teaching focuses on Alaska’s economy and industries, including their effects on government and communities. He particularly focuses on the mining industry.

He holds a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford University, and a Master’s Degree in Regional Planning from Harvard University. He is also a partner in Jade North LLC, a small Alaskan consulting firm, which specializes in working with mining and other natural resource issues.  His clients include industry, government, native groups, and non-profits. For much of his early career, he worked at the Department of Natural Resources including seven years as the Director of the Alaska Division of Mining, Land and Water.

Journal Publications

• Long-term benefits to Indigenous communities of extractive industry partnerships: Evaluating the Red Dog Mine.  Matthew Berman, Robert Loeffler, and Jennifer Schmidt.  Resources Policy.  2020.  Vol 66.
• Mining and Sustainable Communities: A Case Study of the Red Dog Mine.  Bob Loeffler.  Economic Development Journal, Spring 2015.  Vol. 14 No. 2, pp 23-31.
• State-sponsored Environmental Mediation: the Alaska Forest Practices Act Review.  Frank Gaffney and Robert Loeffler.  Environmental Impact Assessment Review. Vol 11,  No 4. December 1991, pp 311-331
• An Ecological Study of Mono Lake, California.  Dave Winkler Editor, Chapter 2 by Robert Loeffler.  Institute of Ecology Publication No. 12.  June 1977. pp 6-38.

ISER Papers

• The Economic Potential of Alaska’s Mining Industry.  Bob Loeffler and Brett Watson, March 8, 2022
• Fiscal Effects of Commercial Fishing, Mining and Tourism, Fiscal Years 2016-2019.  Bob Loeffler and Steve Colt.  February 24, 2022
• Alaska’s K-12 Capital Spending.  Bob Loeffler.  March 24, 2021
  Air and Water Violations in Alaska 2011-2019.  Bob Loeffler.  May 7, 2020
• The economic impact of the Liberty Oil Project A focus on employment and wages during the construction phase.  Mouhcine Guettabi and Bob Loeffler. November 16, 2017
• Local Jobs and Income from Mineral Exploration.  Bob Loeffler and Jennifer Schmidt.  January 2017
• Fiscal Effects of Commercial Fishing, Mining and Tourism: What does Alaska receive in revenue? What does it spend?  Bob Loeffler and Steve Colt. December 2, 2015
• Assessing Ecological Risk of Proposed Mines: Can Valid Assessments be Done Pre-Design?  January 2012. Bob Loeffler.