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Global Development and Environment Institute
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<p>The Global Development And Environment Institute (GDAE, pronounced “gee-day”) is a research center at <a href="/facts/Tufts_University/yglpUbAL">Tufts University</a> founded in 1993. GDAE conducts research and develops teaching materials in economics and related areas that follow an interdisciplinary approach that emphasizes ecological, cultural, social, and institutional factors. The Institute has produced more than twenty books and numerous articles, policy documents, and discussion papers. These materials are being used in academic settings, to enhance the teaching of economics and related subjects, and in policy circles, where GDAE researchers are recognized leaders in their fields. </p><p>Texts and educational modules developed at GDAE are now being distributed and managed through Boston University’s <i>Economics in Context Initiative</i>. This carries forward the effort to develop a truly “contextual economics” – one that takes full account of humanity’s social and physical environments. </p><p>GDAE’s current research and educational efforts are centered in three areas: “Land, Energy, and Climate”, <a href="/facts/Green_Economics/t2N5upyK">Green Economics</a>, and educational materials in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. GDAE researchers present their research in a series of policy briefs, working papers, and at numerous conferences. GDAE’s earlier research and publications include areas such as globalization, trade, and feminist economics. </p>