Dr. Murray Rudd

Experience

• Futures Insight Research, Canada (Founder, 2026-). Independent research and advisory work on emerging technologies, institutional change, horizon scanning, and long-term adaptive capacity.
• Consulting economist (Independent practice, 2019–2026). Research design, economic analysis, survey development, and policy-focused consulting for public agencies, academic partners, and other organizations.
• Satoshi Action Education, USA (Science Advisor, 2023–2025). Research and scientific advice on Bitcoin, energy, economics, and public policy.
• World Maritime University, Sweden (Nippon Foundation Chair in Sustainable Marine Management and Ocean Governance, 2018–2019). Full Professor and endowned chair focused on sustainable marine management, ocean governance, and policy-relevant research.
• Emory University, USA (Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences, 2015–2017). Teaching, research, and supervision in environmental economics and policy.
• University of York, UK (Senior Lecturer, Environmental Economics, 2010–2015). Teaching, research, and supervision in environmental economics and policy.
• Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada (Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Ecological Economics, 2006–2009). Teaching, research, and supervision in environmental economics and policy.

Earlier roles include: Senior Economist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Adjunct Professor at Dalhousie University; & faculty and center director appointments with the School for Field Studies in British Columbia and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Selected advisory and consulting work

• Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (2021–2022): International survey to advance use of Adverse Outcome Pathways in radiation research
• Transport Canada (2019–2020): Assessment methods and benefit estimates for the economic effects of aquatic invasive species in Canada
• Baylor University and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016–2017): Survey instrument design on successful environmental health-service delivery
• Mekong River Commission (2014–2015): Socioeconomic impacts and implications of reduced capture fisheries in the Lower Mekong Basin

Publications

AI research

• Rudd, M. A. (2026). Measuring AI before its effects arrive: adaptation demand and the economic impact chain. SSRN working paper

Emerging technology, Bitcoin, and energy

• Rudd, M. A., Jones, M., Sechrest, D., Batten, D., & Porter, D. (2024). An integrated landfill-gas-to-energy and Bitcoin mining framework. Journal of Cleaner Production, 472, 143516.
• Rudd, M. A., et al. (2023). Bitcoin and its energy, environmental, and social impacts: an assessment of key research needs in the mining sector. Challenges, 14, 47.
• Carter, N., Connell, S., Jones, B., Porter, D., & Rudd, M.A. (2023). Leveraging Bitcoin miners as flexible load resources for power system stability. SSRN preprint.

Institutions and policy

• Rudd, M. A. (2026). Keeping the future visible: institutional anchors and time preference in ecosystem service appraisal. SSRN working paper.
• Rudd, M. A. (2004). An institutional framework for designing and monitoring ecosystem-based fisheries management policy experiments. Ecological Economics, 48, 109–124.
• Rudd, M. A., et al. (2018). Ocean ecosystem-based management mandates and implementation in the North Atlantic. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, 485.
• Lawton R.N., & Rudd M. A. (2013). Crossdisciplinary research contributions to the United Kingdom's national ecosystem assessment. Ecosystem Services, 5, 149-159.
• Rudd, M. A. (2015). Scientists’ framing of the ocean science–policy interface. Global Environmental Change 33, 44-60.

Horizon scanning and research priorities

• Sutherland, W. J., Fleishman, E., Mascia, M. B., Pretty, J., & Rudd, M. A. (2011). Methods for collaborative identification of policy-relevant research priorities, policy options, and emerging issues. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2, 238–247.
• Rudd, M. A. et al. (2011). Generation of priority research questions to inform conservation policy and management at a national level. Conservation Biology, 25, 476-484.
• Rudd, M. A. et al. (2018). Climate research priorities for policy-makers, practitioners, and scientists in Georgia, USA. Environmental Management, 62: 190–209.  
• Boxall, A. B. A., Rudd, M. A., et al. (2012). Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: what are the big questions? Environmental Health Perspectives, 120, 1221–1229.  
• Rudd, M. A., & Fleishman, E. (2014). Policymakers’ and scientists’ ranks of the top 40 priorities for science to inform resource-management policy in the United States. BioScience, 64, 219–228.

Environmental economics and valuation

• Rudd, M. A., Kilfoil, M., & Andres S. (2015). Species-, guild-, and ecosystem-oriented approaches for quantifying passive use values of little-known aquatic species at risk. Environmental Management, 58, 476–490.
• Rudd, M. A. (2011). An exploratory analysis of societal preferences for research-driven quality of life improvements in Canada. Social Indicators Research, 101, 127-153.
• Rudd, M. A., Pelletier N., & Tyedmers, P. (2011). Preferences for health and environmental attributes of farmed salmon amongst southern Ontario salmon consumers. Aquaculture Economics and Management, 15, 1-28.
• Rudd, M. A. (2009). National values for regional aquatic species at risk in Canada. Endangered Species Research, 6, 239-249.

Education

• PhD, Environmental Sciences — Wageningen University, Netherlands (2003)  Rural and agricultural policy; economics of consumers and households. Included one year on a Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Fellowship at Indiana University (1998–1999) for study under Nobel laureate, Elinor Ostrom. Dissertation: Institutional analysis of marine reserves and fisheries governance policy experiments: a case study of Nassau grouper conservation in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
• BSc (Agr) and MSc, Agricultural Economics — University of British Columbia (1993 & 1997, respectively)

Contact

Contact me about research, advisory, speaking, or collaboration inquiries. I am also available for a 30-minute introductory call regarding collaboration or advisory services.