The PLACES lab is a research group in the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University led by associate professor Christoph Nolte. We study the effects and costs of environmental policies, especially biodiversity conservation and climate mitigation and adaptation. Many of our projects combine satellite observations with large spatial data on land policy, land ownership, and land use.
Research
Effects and costs of land conservation efforts, environmental valuation.
Teaching
Environmental statistics, economics, data science for conservation
Data
Property boundaries, land cover histories, land value estimates
Meet the research team and find out how to join us.