Germany Valley, Pendleton County, West Virginia

Peter V Schaeffer

 2003 Commencement at West Virginia University

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​Research Interests
Economic policy, particularly (1) regional and rural economics and development; (2) international labor migration; (3) domestic job and occupational mobility; (4) natural resource management issues related to amenities, planning, and energy, and their implications for economic development. (5) Economic philosophy and history of economic thought.
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Education
Ph.D. (econ.), University of Southern California, 1981
M.A. (econ.), University of Southern California, 1979
​lic. oec. publ. (econ.), University of Zurich, Switzerland, 1975

Current Positions

• Professor Emeritus
  Division of Resource Economics and Management
  ​West Virginia University

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​Contact Information

Division of Resource Economics and Management
P.O. Box 6108
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506-6108

peter.schaeffer_at_mail.wvu.edu

Peter V. Schaeffer at ORCID

Employment History 

 West Virginia University

• Interim Director, Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, 2019-2021
• Professor of Resource Economics and Management, 1993-2021
• Faculty Research Associate, Regional Research Institute (RRI), 1993-2021
• Director, Division of Resource Management, 1993-2006
• Director, Division of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2004-2006

University of Colorado at Denver

• ​Director, Urban and Regional Planning Program, 1988-1993

• Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, 1987-1993

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, 1982-1988 (on leave of absence 1987-88)

Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, PR China

• ​Visiting Professor, 2016-2019

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Z)

• Visiting Professor, Division of Landscape and Environmental Planning,  1999-2000 (on sabbatical leave from WVU)

International Labour Office (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland

• Visiting Research Associate, June 1990

Carl Fingerhuth & Partner, ​Zurich, Switzerland [current name: PLANAR AG]

• Economist/Regional Planner, 1974-1976