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GDAE
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JONATHAN
M. HARRIS
Work
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Global Development And Environment Institute
Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts 02155
tel: (617) 627 5470 or 627-3530
FAX: (617) 627-2409 e-mail: jonathan.harris@tufts.edu
http://ase.tufts.edu/gdae
Education
Ph.D., Economics, Boston University Graduate School,
1988.
M.A., Political Economy, Boston University Graduate
School, 1981.
B.A. cum laude, Economics, Harvard College,
1971.
Areas
of Concentration
Environmental and Resource Economics, Ecological Economics,
Agricultural Development, International Trade and
Institutions.
Employment
Director, Theory and Education Program, Tufts University
Global Development and Environment Institute, 2000-present.
Adjunct Associate Professor of International Studies,
Brown University, 2004-.
Adjunct Associate Professor of International Economics,
Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
1993-4, 1995-2002.
Senior Research Associate, Tufts University Global
Development and Environment Institute
1993-2000.
Faculty Member, Brown University Watson Institute
International Scholars of the Environment Program,
2001-2003.
Faculty Member, University of the Middle East Summer
Certificate Program in Sustainable Development, 2001-2003.
Lecturer, Tufts-UNEP Environmental Fellows Program,
1992-1996.
Lecturer, Tufts Environmental Management Institute,
1995.
Faculty and Steering Committee Member, Tufts Environmental
Literacy Institute, 1992-1994.
Assistant Professor of Economics, Boston University,
1987 1991.
Publications
- Jonathan Harris
Books
and Book Chapters
New Thinking in Macroeconomics: Social and Institutional
Perspectives. Edited with Neva Goodwin. Edward
Elgar, 2003.
Environmental and Resource Economics: A Contemporary
Approach. Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
“Basic Principles of Sustainable Development,”
in the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems,
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), forthcoming.
Frontier Issues in Economic Thought, Volume VI:
A Survey of Sustainable Development: Social and Economic
Dimensions. Edited volume, with Neva Goodwin,
Timothy Wise, and Kevin Gallagher. Island Press, 2001.
Rethinking Sustainability: Power, Knowledge, and
Institutions. Edited volume, University of Michigan
Press, 2000.
Frontier Issues in Economic Thought, Volume III:
Human Wellbeing and Economic Goals. Edited with
Frank Ackerman, David Kiron, Neva Goodwin, and Kevin
Gallagher. Island Press, 1997.
Essay on Consumption and the Environment, in Goodwin,
Ackerman, and Kiron eds., Frontiers in Economic
Thought, Volume II: The Consumer Society. Island
Press, 1996.
Frontier Issues in Economic Thought, Volume I:
A Survey of Ecological Economics. Edited with
Rajaram Krishnan and Neva Goodwin. Island Press, 1995.
"Global Institutions for Sustainable Development,"
in Dietz, Simonis and van der Straaten eds., Sustainability
and Environmental Policy: Restraints and Advances.
Berlin, Sigma Verlag, 1992.
World Agriculture and the Environment. Garland
Publishing, 1990.
Selected
Articles and Discussion Papers
“Sustainability and Sustainable Development,”
in the International Society for Ecological Economics
Encyclopedia of Ecological Economics, 2003.
“Reconciling Growth and Environment,”
with Neva R. Goodwin. Global Development and Environment
Institute Working Paper No. 03-03, March 2003.
“Macroeconomic Policy and Sustainability”.
Global Development and Environment Institute Working
Paper No. 01-09, July 2001.
“Better Principles: New Approaches to Teaching
Introductory Economics,” with Neva R. Goodwin.
Global Development and Environment Institute Working
Paper No. 01-05, May 2001.
"Carrying Capacity in Agriculture: Global and
Regional Issues," with Scott Kennedy. Ecological
Economics Vol. 29 No. 3, June 1999.
"World Agriculture: Regional Sustainability
and Ecological Limits." Ecological Economics,
Vol. 17 No. 2, May 1996.
Alternatives to Gross National Product: A Critical
Survey. With Richard W. England. Tufts Global
Development and Environment Institute Discussion Paper
#5, 1997.
"Toward Sustainable Trade," with Robert
Costanza et al. Environment, June 1995.
"Ecological Economics: A New Perspective."
The Good Society, Vol. 5 No. 2, Fall 1995.
"`Free' Trade and Environmental Sustainability:
An Ecological Economics Perspective." Praxis:
The Fletcher School Journal of Development Studies,
Vol. X No. 2, Summer 1993.
"Global Institutions and Ecological Crisis."
World Development Special Issue on Global Commons,
Vol. 19, No. 1, January 1991.
"World Agricultural Production: Growth Paths
and Environmental Effects." The American Economist,
Spring 1991.
Curriculum
Materials
Macroeconomics and the Environment
and Microeconomics and the Environment. With
Anne-Marie Codur. Instructional Modules, Global Development
and Environment Institute, 1998.
The Economics
of Global Climate Change and Trade and the
Environment. Instructional Modules, Global Development
and Environment Institute, 2001.
Book
Reviews
Review of David E. Lorey ed., Global Environmental
Challenges of the Twenty-First Century: Resources,
Consumption and Sustainable Solutions, in Ecological
Economics, forthcoming 2004.
Review of Brack, Duncan, International Trade and
the Montreal Protocol, in Ecological Economics,
Vol. 23 No. 3, 1997.
Review of Bond, Jack W., How EC and World Bank
Policies are Destroying Agriculture and the Environment,
in American Journal of Alternative Agriculture,
Vol. 11, Nos. 2 & 3, 1996.
Review of Brown, Lester and Hal Kane, Full House:
Reassessing the Earth's Population Carrying Capacity,
in American Journal of Alternative Agriculture,
Vol. 10 No. 1, 1995.
Review of Manne, Alan S and Richard G. Richels, Buying
Greenhouse Insurance: The Economic Costs of CO2 Emissions
Limits, in International Environmental Affairs,
Vol. 5 No. 2, Spring 1993.
Consultancies
International Society for Ecological Economics, Board
Member, 2002-2003.
Tufts Environmental Programs Council. Co-author of
report, "Tufts University: An Assessment of the
Environment-Development Area," 1995.
Second Nature: Education for a Sustainable Future,
Faculty Training Workshop, 1994.
Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management
(NESCAUM), report on "Market Based Initiatives
for Controlling Emissions from Motor Vehicles",
1993.
Teaching
Experience/Academic Committees
Economics of Food Security and the Environment, Environmental
and Resource Economics, Economic Development and the
Environment, International Trade and Finance, International
Economic Relations, Law and Economics.
Supervised Ph.D. and M.A. dissertations. Faculty
Adviser to Economics, International Relations, and
Environmental Studies Majors. Directed Undergraduate
Independent Work for Distinction.
Adviser to Praxis: The Fletcher Journal of Development
Studies issues on Environment and Development,
The Urban Environment, Trade and Development, Financing
Development.
Boston University Undergraduate Instruction Committee,
Environmental Studies Program Committee.
Honors and Awards
Survey of Ecological Economics cited as most
recommended text in Ecological Economics on Ecological
Society of America list serve, 1998.
"World Agriculture: Regional Sustainability
and Ecological Limits" nominated for Herman Daly
Award in Ecological Economics, 1997.
Course selected as an outstanding Tufts University
undergraduate class, 1994 Senior Class survey.
Nominated by Economics Department for Boston University's
Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1990 91.
Outstanding Faculty Award, Boston University Economics
Department, 1988 89.
Outstanding Ph.D. dissertation, Omicron Delta Epsilon
Honor Society in Economics, 1989.
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