Dr. Jadwiga Ziolkowska

Before joining the Department of Economics at Benedictine College, Dr. Jad Ziolkowska was teaching and conducting research at the University of Oklahoma, University of Texas at Austin, University of California at Berkeley, and the Humboldt University of Berlin. Her research interests include environmental economics, Catholic Social Teaching, water-energy-food nexus and its relation to the Catholic faith, sustainability, optimization and decision making, environmental assessment, and natural resource management.

Dr. Ziolkowska has published articles and books about environmental protection, conservation, and efficient resource use. Recently she has expanded her research areas to analyze the Eucharistic miracles as archived by Bl. Carlo Acutis as well as the impacts of technological developments in agricultural and food production on Christian trust, faith and love for God. Currently she is working to develop an Experience Learning Index to improve students’ knowledge retention, and on a holistic system of growing in trust in Jesus Christ.

Dr. Jad is a Benedictine Oblate and consecrated to Christ as a Consecrated Virgin in the Catholic Church. She enjoys nature, reading, biking and hiking.

Classes

• Economics of Social and Public Issues
• Managerial Economics
• Environmental Economics

Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural and Environmental Economics (2007)

Habilitation in Agricultural Policy (2013)

Humboldt University of Berlin

Master of Science in Economics (2004)

University of Rzeszow

Research interests

• Environmental economics
• Catholic Social Teaching
• Water-energy-food nexus in relation to the Catholic faith
• Sustainability
• Natural resource management
• Optimization and decision making
• Environmental assessment and planning

Selected Publications

Ziolkowska, J.R.; Fiebrich, C.A.; Carlson, J.D.; Melvin, A.D.; Sutherland, A.J.; Kloesel, K.; McManus, G.D.; Illston, B.G.; Hocker, J.E.; Reyes, R. (2017): Benefits and Beneficiaries of the Oklahoma Mesonet – A Multisectoral Ripple Effect Analysis. Weather, Climate and Society 9(3): 499-519

Ziolkowska, J.R.; Peterson, J.M. (eds.) (2016): Competition for Water Resources: Experiences and Management Approaches in the US and Europe. Elsevier: Cambridge, MA

Ziolkowska, J.R. (2015): Shadow Price of Water for Irrigation – A Case of the High Plains. Agricultural Water Management 153: 20-31

Ziolkowska, J.R.; Ziolkowski, B. (2015): Energy Efficiency in the Transport Sector in the EU-27: Dynamic Dematerialization Analysis. Energy Economics 51: 21-30

Ziolkowska, J.R., Simon, L. (2014): Recent Developments and Prospects for Algae-Based Fuels in the US. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 29: 847-853

Ziolkowska, J.R. (2013): Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Evaluations in Complex Decision Systems. How to Deal with Uncertainties in Biofuels Policies – Sustainability Study for Biofuels Feedstocks in the US. Shaker Publisher: Aachen