University of New England

Tufts economist Jonathan Harris to discuss ecological economics April 19th

Economist and author Jonathan Harris, Ph.D., will discuss the emerging field of ecological economics at noon on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at the University of New England.

Harris will address "Ecological and Economic Perspectives on Global Issues: Resolving the Contradictions" in the St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library on the University Campus in Biddeford.

His lecture, part of UNE's Core Connections Spring Lecture Series, is free and open to the public.

Ecologists and economists often disagree about the nature of global environment problems, and the appropriate response to them. These different perspectives arise from differing conceptual models and methodological approaches. Harris will discuss ecological economics and its attempts to combine insights from various disciplines to respond to such issues as global climate change, population growth and energy use in the twenty-first century.

Harris holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a doctorate from Boston University. He currently serves as director of the Theory and Education Program, part of the Tufts University Global Development and Environment Institute. He is the author of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: A Contemporary Approach, as well as co-editor of several volumes of the Frontier Issues in Economic Thought.

For more information on other Core Connection speakers at UNE, visit www.une.ed/ur/news/corespring06.asp .

(Press release issued April 3, 2006)