Research

Work in Progress / Working Papers

Residential Solar Adoption Leaves Financially Constrained Households at Greater Risk
with Sergio Castellanos, Galen Barbose, & Erik O’Shaughnessy
Under Review

A Multimodal Causal Framework for Large-Scale Ecosystem Valuation: Application to Wetland Benefits for Flood Mitigation
with Hannah Druckenmiller, Connor Jerzak, & Georgia Gkioxari
[NeurIPS Proposal] [NeurIPS Presentation] [Working Paper]
Presented at AGU 2024 & NeurIPS 2024 Workshop on Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning

Peer-Reviewed Published Papers

Malaekeh, S., French, J., Potts, J., Castellanos, S. (2026)
Multidimensional risk and resilience score: Informing utility investments in vulnerable communities, Environmental Research Communications, 8(6), 065009.
[Link to Article]

Malaekeh, S., Castellanos, S. (2025)
Residential solar photovoltaic seeding effects and their unequal impact on diffusion across racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., Energy Policy, 206, 114782.
[Link to Article]
Presented at USAEE 2025, AGU 2023 & Macro Energy Systems 2024

Malaekeh, S., Shiva, L., Safaie, A. (2024)
Investigating the economic impact of climate change on agriculture in Iran: Spatial spillovers matter, Agricultural Economics, 55(6), pp. 433–453.
[Link to Article] [Replication Data and Methods]
Presented at EGU 2022

Danesh-e-Yazdi, M., Malaekeh, S. (2023)
Investigating water resources and agricultural economy in the Mahabad study area by hydro-economic modeling, Iran-Water Resources Research, 19(2), pp. 87–105.
[Link to Article]

Malaekeh, S., Safaie, A., Shiva, L., Tabari, H. (2022)
Spatio-temporal variation of hydro-climatic variables and extreme indices over Iran based on reanalysis data, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 36, pp. 3725–3752.
[Link to Article]
Presented at EGU 2021

Technical Reports

Bayati, M., Malaekeh, S., Azimi, F., Danesh-e-Yazdi, M. (2019)
Monitoring agricultural land-use change by combining remote sensing and machine learning algorithms over Miandoab regions, Iran, Sharif Remote Sensing Research Center.