Brooke Shaw

Brooke Shaw is a Research Economist in RTI’s Center for Water, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy Solutions, where she specializes in applied economics and policy analysis of natural resource, agricultural, environmental, energy, and climate systems. She supports projects for federal, state, and non-governmental clients.

Ms. Shaw’s work currently centers on environmental and resource economics. She conducts economic evaluations of policy impacts, feasibility studies, and cost-benefit analyses of conservation and restoration investments. She applies econometric and optimization models to land use, energy, agriculture, and water systems, and uses nonmarket valuation to estimate the economic value of natural resources and ecosystem services. She complements this economic work with spatial analysis and data science, conducting suitability analyses and developing geospatial indicators and decision-support tools that inform resource planning at the state and community levels.

Prior to joining RTI, Ms. Shaw conducted water economics research in the private sector. As a research assistant, including work with the U.S. Geological Survey, she applied econometric methods to estimate the value of water quality improvements and conservation easements