"At each stage of the game you are getting feedback, and that is something that this program is designed to do," she said. "It is meant to supplement the traditional Ph.D. programs with an additional support of people."
Participants in the program have gone on to a diverse range of careers.
"We have placed many of the students at leading universities. Another group of students go to think tanks, others have gone onto organizations like the World Bank," Stavins said.
Stavins, who did not have such a framework for study during his own graduate work, is confident that EEPHU will provide a valuable connection to those affiliated with the program. "That's what was missing for me-I was not part of this larger cohort of students from the university interested in the environmental economics."