Conservation, sustainability, climate change, carbon, water
Research Interest
Human behavior, behavioral analysis exploring how the orientation in self-interest and altruism affects natural resource choices. Further development of the "metaeconomics" framework, which posits cooperation, altruism and ethical/moral considerations (e.g. operating with empathy toward the environment, wildlife, etc.) as an essential feature of an economically efficient and viable economy.
Teaching Interest
Ecological Economics (part of the Human Dimensions in Natural Resources graduate program), Behavioral Economics
Extension Interest
Educational and informational Websites on carbon sequestration and metaeconomics (seeking new ways to think about economic justice in the use of natural resources, role of ethics/moral dimension in economy, exploring altruism and self-interest)
