[1] Laitner leads a team of consultants, the Economic and Human Dimensions Research Associates[2] based in Tucson, Arizona.
He is also a senior economic research fellow for the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).
His research, building on the work of Robert U. Ayres and Benjamin Warr, examines links between energy efficiency and economic productivity.
[7] In a new book chapter, Laitner provides a time series dataset that suggests the United States may be only 14 percent energy efficient, a level of inefficiency which could constrain the development of a more robust economy.
2012 to Present: Founder of Economic and Human Dimensions Research Associates, based in Tucson, Arizona, where he leads a team of consultants.
Laitner was responsible for analysis and development of policy options for a variety of energy, climate change, and air pollution problems.