Joel Ferguson
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joelferguson.bsky.social
Joel Ferguson
@joelferguson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW Madison
Remote Sensing + Machine Learning for Ag/Dev econ questions

joelferg.github.io
First, we use over 3000 Landsat images of the SRV from 1985-2019 to classify land as cultivated or not at the 30m pixel level. This lets us answer questions like “How much does project completion increase cultivation rate?” and “What share of projects cultivate less than 1/3 of their area?”
September 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I’m super excited to share that this fall I’ll join the faculty of University of Wisconsin in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies!

Special thanks to @marcogn.bsky.social @tedmiguel.bsky.social and Sol Hsiang for all their support throughout my PhD/postdoc and the job search
March 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The last time I visited my grandparents my grandpa came in and wrote something on the calendar. Turns out he’s been measuring precipitation there since 1991! Here are his measurements against PRISM
February 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I’ve been saying Acemoglu, Johnson, Robinson for so long my friend assumed they were my pick for this year
October 14, 2024 at 2:29 PM