Workshops

SBCA hosts several online professional development workshops each year, led by distinguished experts. Topics range from basic skills to advanced methodological issues and specific policy applications.

  

 

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Interested in volunteering to organize and lead a workshop? Applications are accepted at any time. See instructions and application form

Upcoming Professional Development Workshops

All times are U.S. Eastern.
Most workshops are held online via Zoom and will be recorded. Registrants will have access to the recordings for one (1) year.

October 16 & 17, 2025
10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. ET
Online via Zoom
Fees:

  • Members: $200
  • Nonmembers: $325

 

Animal Welfare and Benefit-Cost Analysis

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November 18 & 21, 2025
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET
Online via Zoom
Fees:

  • Members: $200
  • Nonmembers: $325

 

BCA and the Law

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Check back periodically for additional information and offerings. 

SBCA 2025 Professional Development Committee: Maddalena Ferranna (Chair), Charles Griffiths, Aaron Kearsley, Jason Price, I-Ling Elaine Shen, David Weimer, John Whitehead, and Brad Wong.

We thank our 2024 workshop organizers and instructors for their substantial volunteer contributions to the Society and to the field: Glenn C. Blomquist, University of Kentucky; David L. Weimer, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Charles Griffiths, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Tamma Carleton, University of California, Santa Barbara; Maureen Cropper, University of Maryland; Elizabeth Kopits, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Al McGartland, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Ishan Nath, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; Bryan Parthum, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Brian Prest, Resources for the Future; Lisa Rennels, Energy and Resources Group; Kevin Rennert, Resources for the Future; Marcus Sarofim, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; David Smith, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Mark Freeman, University of York; Moritz Drupp, University of Hamburg; Ben Groom, University of Exeter; Peter Howard, Institute for Policy Integrity, New York University School of Law; Deborah Lucas, MIT; Vic Adamowicz, University of Alberta; Cathy Kling, Cornell University; Nick Kuminoff, Arizona State University; Dan Phaneuf, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jennifer Baxter, IEc, Elizabeth Ashley, Office of Management and Budget; Dale Whittington, University of North Carolina; Rob Moore, Scioto Analysis; Robin Dillon-Merrill, Georgetown University; Michael Hartnett, Scioto Analysis; Lisa A. Robinson, Harvard University; Dan Acland, University of California, Berkeley; Matt Adler, Duke University; Maddalena Ferranna, University of Southern California; James K. Hammitt, Harvard University; Jim Neumann, IEc.