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Ruxandra Popovici

Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2011
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementWater resources management and optimizationWater Governance and InfrastructureSustainability and Climate Change GovernanceAgricultural Innovations and Practices

Publications

17

Citations

378

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

15

Publishing since 2011

Research summary
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Ruxandra Popovici studies the social and institutional dimensions of environmental management, including how farmers and communities adopt agricultural and energy practices, how water resources are governed, and how local and Indigenous knowledge intersects with climate change adaptation. Much of the work focuses on the U.S. Midwest and Latin America (Peru, Mexico), examining topics like cover crop adoption, solar panel siting, payments for environmental services, and water governance.

Environmental governance and policyAgricultural and land-use decision-makingWater resources managementClimate change adaptation and Indigenous knowledgeRenewable energy and land use

Publication output peaked around 2020-2021 with several papers per year, but has slowed since 2022, averaging fewer than one publication per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.8/year recently
2017: 1 publication17182019: 1 publication192020: 4 publications4202021: 4 publications4212022: 1 publication222023: 2 publications23242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education×3
  • Land Use Policy×2
  • Environmental Management×2
  • Society & Natural Resources×2
  • World Development×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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