Scholars
David Kay
National Extension Climate Initaitive
Based in
United States
North America
David has complemented his academic work with years of service on the boards of city, town, county and New York State not-for-profit and government organizations concerned with sustainability, conflict resolution, and municipal land use planning. Among other involvements, he currently chairs the Sustainability and Climate Justice Commission for the City of Ithaca NY and is Chair of the National Extension Climate Initiative (NECI) for Cooperative Extension. He is a Senior Fellow with the Climate Democracy Initiative and is lead advisor to the inaugural cohort of Climate and Democracy Nonresident Fellows at Cornell’s Center on Global Democracy.
Country(ies) of Specialty
United StatesFocus areas of expertise
Renewable energy Behavioral action Public opinion AgricultureHow to Connect
Publications
Articles
Vadas, Timothy M., et al. “Local-Scale Analysis of Carbon Mitigation Strategies: Tompkins County, New York, USA.” Energy Policy, vol. 35, no. 11, 2007, pp. 5515–5525.
Blair, Adam, David Kay, and Rod Howe. Transitioning to Renewable Energy: Development Opportunities and Concerns for Rural America. RUPRI Rural Futures Lab Foundation Paper No. 2, June 2011.
Blair, Adam, Rod Howe, and David Kay. “Transitioning to Renewable Energy: Development Opportunities and Concerns for Rural New York.” Government, Law and Policy Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, 2013, pp. 35–41.
Jacquet, Jeffrey, and David Kay. “The Unconventional Boomtown: Updating the Impact Model to Fit New Spatial and Temporal Scales.” Journal of Rural and Community Development, vol. 9, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1–23.
Bugden, Dylan, et al. “The Bundle Below: Understanding Unconventional Oil and Gas Development through Analysis of Lease Agreements.” Energy Policy, vol. 92, 2016, pp. 214–219.
Jacquet, Jeffrey, et al. “A Decade of Marcellus Shale: Impacts to People, Policy, and Culture from 2008 to 2018 in the Greater Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States.” The Extractive Industries and Society, vol. 5, no. 4, 2018, pp. 596–609.
Haggerty, Julia, et al. “Tradeoffs, Balancing and Adaptation in the Agriculture–Oil and Gas Nexus: Insights from Farmers and Ranchers in the United States.” Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 47, 2019, pp. 84–92.
Smith, Kristin K., et al. “Using Shared Services to Mitigate Boomtown Impacts in the Bakken Shale Play: Resourcefulness or Over-Adaptation?” Journal of Rural and Community Development, vol. 14, no. 2, 2019, pp. 66–86.
Kim, Byungdoo, David Kay, and Jonathan Schuldt. “Will I Have to Move Because of Climate Change? Perceived Likelihood of Climate-Related Migration among the U.S. Public.” Climatic Change, vol. 165, no. 9, 2021.
Sward, Jeffrey A., et al. “Integrating Social Considerations in Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Siting.” Applied Energy, vol. 288, 2021, article 116543.
Zinda, Jack, et al. “Flood Risk Perception and Responses among Urban Residents in the Northeastern United States.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, vol. 64, 2021, article 102528.
Zinda, John Aloysius, et al. “Different Responses: Assessments of Flooding and COVID-19 Risks among Upstate New York Residents.” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, vol. 8, 2022, pp. 1–20.
Zinda, John Aloysius, et al. “How Homeownership, Race, and Social Connections Influence Flood Preparedness Measures: Evidence from 2 Small U.S. Cities.” Environmental Sociology, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/23251042.2023.2173487.
Williams, Lindy, and David Kay. “Might I Have to Move Due to Climate Change? The Role of Partisanship and Exposure to Risk in Anticipation of Future Relocation.” Climatic Change, vol. 177, 2024, article 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-024-03785-4.
Foster, Kathryn, John A. Zinda, Sharon Tennyson, and David L. Kay. “Trends in Flood Insurance Take-up: Evidence from New York State.” Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, vol. 16, no. 2, 2025, article e70009.
Kay, David, and Paul Lachapelle. “Cooperative Extension’s Public Service Mission and the Challenge of Climate Change.” Climatic Change, forthcoming.
Walsh, Kathryn, Richard Stedman, and David Kay. “Landowner Perspectives on Large-Scale Solar Leasing: Decision-Making and Agricultural Implications in Rural New York State.” Rural Sociology, forthcoming.