Center for Socioeconomic Research

Founded: 1985
Full Time: 6
Part Time: 0
Budget: 48,000.00

Director: Dr. Robert Gramling
P.O. Box 43530
Lafayette, LA 70504-3530

Telephone: 337/482-5375 FAX: 337/482-5374 E-Mail: gramling@louisiana.edu

Research Areas:

A. The primary mission of the Center for Socioeconomic research is to support and facilitate basic socioeconomic research, primarily in the areas of social and cultural impact assessment, occupational systems, and environmental sociology.
B. A Second mission of the Center is to disseminate and facilitate the use of new information and research techniques developed as a result of A (above) at the national, regional, and local level.
C. A third mission is to provide support for, and cooperate with research endeavors which approach problems from a multi-disciplinary perspective, based on A & B above.

Anticipating Socioeconomic Effects of Louisiana Coastal Restoration projects. Governor's Applied Coastal Research and Development Program. $116,106. 2003- 2005

Use of Science in Gulf of Mexico Decision Making Involving Climate Change $1,500,000 2001-2004, Environmental Protection Agency. 2001-2004

Areas of Expertise:

Special Capabilities and Facilities:

The Center has broad experience in socioeconomic impact assessment (assessing the impacts, or potential impacts, of projects, laws and policy), with concentrations on environmental, martime, fisheries, medical/mental health and community and organizational analysis.

Research Equipment:

State of the art PCs and Software

Keywords:

  1. Sociology 0417000
  2. Surveys & Survey Research 0404021
  3. Transport/Handling Fossil Fuels 1260150
  4. Fish & Fisheries 0201030
  5. Martime Industry 1008234
  6. Risk Factors Analysis 0411005
  7. Death & Dying 0404007
  8. Disasters 0404008
  9. Criminology 0407000
  10. Maritime Law 0801022