Research

Publications

Taking it for the team: How communication and voting increases social acceptance of recycled water

Water Resources Research 2025

Diya Ganguly, Olesya M. Savchenko, Julia Parker, Kent D. Messer

Mitigating Impacts of Food Production and Consumption on Climate Change: Applications of Behavioral Economics

Applied Economics Perspective and Policy 2025

Kent D. Messer, Diya Ganguly, Lusi Xie

Behavioral Science Advisory Boards could Strengthen USDA’s Conservation Program Amid Unprecendented Spending and Loading Dock Challenges

Choices 2024

Kent D. Messer, Paul J. Feldman, Diya Ganguly, Rich Iovanna, and Julie Suhr Pierce

Back to the Source: Consumers Response to Produce Irrigated With Different Sources of Recycled Water

Water Resources Research 2023

Sean F. Ellis, Diya Ganguly, Maik Kecinski, Kent D. Messer

Applications of Behavioral Economics to Climate Change

National Academy of Sciences

Kent D. Messer, Diya Ganguly, Lusi Xie

Other Publications:

Conservation Decision Making and Agricultural Land Leasing – An Experimental Investigation of the Role of Gender, Cornhusker Economics, August 7, 2024, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Available here

Efficient Diffusion of Sustainable Environmental Practices through Green Networks, Cornhusker Economics, April 12, 2017, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Available here

Research Funding:

Walton Family Foundation. 2023-2025. “Addressing the Challenges of the New Federal Funding for Conservation: Empowering Citizen Science and Testing the Cost-Effectiveness of Financial Incentive Schemes versus Technical Assistance to Improve Sustained Conservation Outcomes for NRCS programs.” $150,000.  K.D. Messer (PI), P. Feldman and D. Ganguly (co-PIs).

Environmental Protection Agency 2024-2025. “Improving Rural Development: Addressing    Concerns of PFAS, Nitrates, and Emerging Pollutants.” $120,000. K. D. Messer (PI), D. Ganguly, M. Heintzelman, and M. Kecinski (Co-PIs).