Lina Moe is a graduate student at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, where her research focuses on emergent technology, energy development, and community-focused planning. She has published on policy tools that share benefits with energy host communities, agrivoltaics, as well as human-robot interaction and the gig economy.
Recent work on siting data centers has been featured at the New Jersey planning conference and supported by Rutgers Democracy Lab. Forthcoming articles focus on the effects of technology shocks in urban governance.
Selected publications include:
- L. Moe, (2026), “Compensated Centralization: Renewable Energy Permitting and Host Community Benefits in New York,” Energy Policy. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115349.
- L. Moe, “Are Cities Creatures of the State? Home Rule, State Preemption, and the Contest over Local Governance,” Journal of Planning History. https://doi.org/10.1177/15385132261434963
- Clint Andrews and L. Moe, “Accommodating Micromobility Innovations,” Technology Humanities: Essays in Honor of Ronald R. Kline, eds. Jennifer Lieberman and Anto Mohsin (Palgrave Press, 2027), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-24741-4
- L. Moe and Ben Greenberg, “From Complexity to Commercial Readiness: Industry Insights on Bridging Gaps in Human-Robot Interaction and Social Robot Navigation,” Frontiers: Robotics & AI. https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2025.1711675
- L. Moe, “The Passage of Workforce Reform in a Polarized Congress,” Journal of Policy History (accepted, forthcoming winter 2027).
- L. Moe, “Are Solar Developers Responding to Market Signals? An Empirical Test of Azimuth Optimization in U.S. Utility-Scale Solar,” EREN (forthcoming)