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UHERO’s Colin Moore to present to the Senate Committee on Judiciary

September 3, 2025

UHERO’s Colin Moore will be giving an informational briefing to the Senate Committee on Judiciary on September 18 at 10:00am. The presentation will be about the erosion of democratic norms in the United States and its impacts on the State of Hawai‘i.

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Work at UHERO: Assistant/Associate Professor (SSRI/UHERO) – Economic Forecasting

August 18, 2025

University of Hawai’i Economic Research Organization (UHERO), Social Science Research Institute (SSRI), College of Social Sciences, University of Hawai’i at Manoa (Honolulu, Hawai’i) invites applicants for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor. This is a 9-month, full- time, permanent, tenure-track faculty appointment to begin as soon as January 1, 2026, subject to position clearance […]

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Work at UHERO: Assistant/Associate Professor (SSRI/UHERO) – Public Finance and Taxation

University of Hawai’i Economic Research Organization (UHERO), Social Science Research Institute (SSRI), College of Social Sciences, University of Hawai’i at Manoa (Honolulu, Hawai’i) invites applicants for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor. This is a 9-month, full- time, permanent, tenure-track faculty appointment to begin as soon as January 1, 2026, subject to position clearance […]

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New MauiWES Study Published in JAMA Network Open

August 6, 2025

A new paper in JAMA Network Open, a journal of the American Medical Association, led by Dr. Ruben Juarez, Dr. Alika Maunakea, Dr. Daniela Bond-Smith, and the MauiWES team at the University of Hawai‘i, highlights both the challenges and the resilience of communities impacted by the 2023 Maui wildfires. The study, which followed over 1,100 […]

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UHERO’s Sumner La Croix published in Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

August 5, 2025

Congratulations to UHERO’s Sumner La Croix on his recent publication “Did Different Rules for Establishing Property Rights in Land Impact Development? Evidence from Colonial South Australia” with co-authors Edwyna Harris and Heidi Ing in the Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics.

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UHERO’s Sumner La Croix elected as a Fellow of the Cliometrics Society

June 24, 2025

The Trustees of the Cliometric Society (www.cliometrics.org) have elected Professor Emeritus Sumner La Croix (UHERO and Dept. of Economics, University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa) as a Fellow of the Cliometrics Society. Fellows must have published contributions to economic history that are markedly original and have significantly advanced the frontiers of knowledge. La Croix’s research focuses on the economic history […]

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UHERO’s Leah Bremer promoted to Specialist

June 12, 2025

UHERO congratulates Leah Bremer on her promotion to Specialist in the College of Social Sciences. Leah Bremer is the Associate Director for the Institute for Sustainability and Resilience and a Faculty Specialist with the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO) and Water Resources Research Center (WRRC).

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UHERO’s Carl Bonham on Spotlight Now

May 28, 2025

UHERO Executive Director Carl Bonham joined Hawai‘i News Now’s Spotlight Now to discuss the 2025 second quarter forecast and how federal policies may impact Hawai‘i’s economy later this year.

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UHERO’s Trey Gordner on the Ka Pewa podcast

April 24, 2025

UHERO’s Trey Gordner appeared on the Ka Pewa podcast to discuss key insights from UHERO’s research on Maui’s recovery from the wildfires and how data-driven research can help shape decision making and public policy.

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