Highlights of Current Projects
Circular bioeconomy: Supply chain economics, waste management, and protein innovation
- Small farmers' decision-making
- Smallholder classification
School-based WASH interventions and their broader social impacts
Just and safe solutions under food–energy–water nexus in off-grid scenarios
Regulatory evolution of organophosphates and carbamates in Israel
Public perception and regulation of emerging technologies
Peer Reviewed Publications
Ma, M., Bukchin-Peles, S., Tomberlin, J. K., & Zilberman, D. The Economics of Circular Bioeconomy Supply Chains: Theory and Case Studies. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Forthcoming.
Bukchin-Peles, S., Baker Lozneva, K., Tomberlin, J. K., & Zilberman, D. (2025). From waste management to protein innovation: Black Soldier Fly as an embodiment of the circular bioeconomy. Future Foods, 11.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2025.100592
Bukchin-Peles, S. (2024). Shaping attitudes toward sustainable insect-based diets: The role of hope. Future Foods, 10, 100493.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2024.100493
Bukchin-Peles, S., & Ronen, T. (2022). Linking self-control, hope, positivity ratio, anxiety and handwashing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(14), 8859.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148859
Wuepper, D., Just, D., Bukchin-Peles, S., & Zilberman, D. (2023). Behavioral agricultural economics. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 1(1), 1–12. (Featured Article)
https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13343
Bukchin-Peles, S. (2022). Are positive farmers more productive? Investigating the relationship between positivity ratio and agricultural productivity. Outlook on Agriculture, 51(4), 470-481.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00307270221130087
Bukchin-Peles, S., & Kerret, D. (2021). Sustainable technology adoption by smallholder farmers and goal-oriented hope. Climate and Development, 1(1), 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2021.1872477
Bukchin-Peles, S., & Fishman, R. (2021). Should long-term climate change adaptation be focused on smallholders? Environmental Research Letters, 16(11), 114011.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2699
Bukchin-Peles, S., & Ronen, T. (2021). The role of adolescents' personal and social resources in achieving desired emotional and behavioral outcomes during an anxiety-provoking pandemic outbreak. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), 6280.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126280
Kerret, D., Orkibi, H., Bukchin, S., & Ronen, T. (2020). Two for one: Achieving both pro-environmental behavior and subjective well-being by implementing environmental-hope-enhancing programs in schools. Journal of Environmental Education, 51(6), 434-448.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2020.1825907
Bukchin, S., & Kerret, D. (2020). The role of self-control, hope, and information in technology adoption by smallholder farmers: A moderation model. Journal of Rural Studies, 74, 160-168.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.01.009
Bukchin, S., & Kerret, D. (2020). Character strengths and sustainable technology adoption by smallholder farmers. Heliyon, 6(8), e04694.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04694
Bukchin, S., & Kerret, D. (2019). Once you choose hope: Early adoption of green technology. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(32), 1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07251-y
Bukchin, S., & Kerret, D. (2018). Food for hope: The role of personal resources in farmers' adoption of green technology. Sustainability, 10(5), 1615.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051615
Other Publications
Michael, K., Tal, A., Lindenstrauss, G., Bukchin-Peles, S., Khenin, D., & Weis, V. (Eds.). (2021). Climate change and national security (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv, Israel: INSS Press.
Tal, A., & Bukchin, S. (Eds.). (2017). Transforming desertification as a global policy orphan: Land degradation neutrality strategies through prevention and restoration. In BMI Conference Proceedings, Malta, March 29–31, 2017.
Bukchin, S. (2020). The role of personal resources in sustainable technology adoption by smallholder farmers. Advisor: Dr. Dorit Kerret. Tel Aviv University, Israel.
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