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Bonnie Keeler, PhD, is an associate professor at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, where she co-directs the Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy. Keeler is a McKnight Presidential Fellow, Earth Leadership Fellow, and Fellow of the Institute on the Environment. Keeler works at the intersection of sustainability science and environmental economics, with particular expertise in water management and policy.
Keeler leads the Beyond the Academy network - a coalition of university leaders seeking to reform academic models to promote actionable, engaged scholarship on sustainability. Keeler is also the co-director of the CREATE Initiative, a graduate fellowship program and community-engaged research effort at the intersection of environment and equity, and a co-PI on the Minneapolis-St. Paul Long-term Ecological Research site.
Research interests
Science and technology; water policy; energy and environment; environmental planning; cost-benefit analysis
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Interest Keywords
- science and technology
- water policy
- energy and environment
- environmental planning
- cost-benefit analysis
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Visitor perceptions of lake water quality
Keeler, B. L. (PI)
LEGISLATIVE-CITIZEN COMMISSION ON MN RES
8/1/24 → 6/30/27
Project: Research project
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NRT: Cultural Change and Social Equity as Drivers for Convergent Research in Water and Material Circularity
Novak, P. J. (PI), Arnold, B. (CoI), Keeler, B. L. (CoI), Smith, T. (CoI), Voorhees, M. H. (CoI) & Wright, N. C. (CoI)
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
7/1/22 → 6/30/27
Project: Research project
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LTER: The Changing Nature of Cities: Ecological and Social Dynamics in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Urban Ecosystem
Hobbie, S. E. (PI), Baker, L. A. (CoI), Cavender-Bares, J. M. (CoI), Chapman, J. A. (CoI), Dalbotten, D. M. (CoI), Davenport, M. A. (CoI), Derickson, K. D. (CoI), Dockry, M. (CoI), Feng, X. (CoI), Finlay, J. C. (CoI), Fleischman, F. D. (CoI), Gulliver, J. S. (CoI), Ishii, S. (CoI), Jelinski, N. A. (CoI), Karwan, D. L. (CoI), Keeler, B. L. (CoI), Knight, J. (CoI), Lonsdorf, E. V. (CoI), Menninger, H. L. (CoI), Montgomery, R. A. (CoI), Nelson, K. C. (CoI), Nieber, J. L. (CoI), Snell-Rood, E. (CoI), Twine, T. E. (CoI) & Watkins, E. (CoI)
THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
3/15/21 → 2/28/27
Project: Research project
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A Community-Centered Framework of the Value of Water in the Twin Cities
Davenport, M. A. (PI) & Keeler, B. L. (CoI)
MINNESOTA METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
11/1/20 → 12/31/26
Project: Research project
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University of Minnesota and EPA Cooperative Training Partnership - Work on Aquatic Toxicology and Ecology Research (CTP-WATER)
Branstrator, D. K. (PI), Etterson, J. R. (CoI), Karwan, D. L. (CoI), Keeler, B. L. (CoI) & Sterner, R. W. (CoI)
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
11/16/23 → 4/30/25
Project: Research project
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Different methods, different values: Policy implications of alternative valuation methods
Keeler, B., Clement, J., Mayer, T., Noe, R. & Vikeras, N., Jan 2026, In: Ecological Economics. 239, 108776.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bringing Just Green Enough Down to Earth: Limits and Possibilities for Anti-Gentrification Park Planning
Ramer, H., Walker, R., Derickson, K. & Keeler, B., 2025, In: Journal of the American Planning Association. 91, 4, p. 523-536 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Health damages of nitrate exposure in drinking water: Inclusion of non-fatal conditions increases the social costs of nitrogen
Keeler, B. L., Mayer, T. V. & Noe, R., Oct 2025, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 393, 126895.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Race and income moderate the effect of parks on housing prices in a segregated city
Castillo-Castillo, A., Walker, R., Keeler, B., Lonsdorf, E. & Ramer, H., Jul 2025, In: Landscape and Urban Planning. 259, 105340.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Redlining, greenlining: Discourses of race and nature in Home Owners Loan Corporation neighborhood appraisals
Walker, R. H., Mandal, A., Ramer, H., Keeler, B. L., Derickson, K. D. & DeBellis, R. V., 2024, In: Environment and Planning F.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dynamically downscaled CMIP5 climate projection data for Minnesota
Liess, S., Twine, T. E., Snyder, P. K., Hutchison, W. D., Konar-Steenberg, G., Keeler, B. L. & Brauman, K. A., Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, Jan 25 2022
DOI: 10.13020/YV29-JY19, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/226148
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