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1380
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837

Overview

John M. Gowdy is affiliated with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the United States. Their research spans several fields within the social sciences, psychology, and economics, econometrics, and finance. The primary areas of study involve evolutionary game theory and cooperation, innovation, sustainability, human-machine systems, culture, economy, and development studies, among others.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
  • Economic Theory and Institutions
  • Political Economy and Marxism
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Gowdy's work also covers various subfields such as sociology and political science, demography, economics and econometrics, social psychology, and even astronomy and astrophysics.

Frequent co-authors include Lisi Krall, Joshua Farley, Stephen Marshall, and Peter Brown. This collaboration network indicates engagement with scholars across related interdisciplinary areas.

The scientist has contributed to a range of publications, both papers and books. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Dialectics and evolutionary materialism: Expanding methodological pluralism in ecological economics," published in 2024 in Ecological Economics
  • "Index," published in 2021 by Cambridge University Press eBooks
  • "Index," published in 2020 by Stanford University Press eBooks
  • "Dialectical and Evolutionary Materialism: The Unfinished Journey of Methodological Pluralism," published in 2024 in SSRN Electronic Journal

Gowdy's book publications include titles from prominent academic publishers:

  • Ultrasocial (2021), Cambridge University Press
  • Microeconomic Theory Old and New (2020), Stanford University Press eBooks

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Ecological Economics, Cambridge University Press eBooks, Stanford University Press eBooks, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Integrating the ecological and economic dimensions in biodiversity and ecosystem service valuation

    R.S. de Groot;B. Fisher;M. Christie;J. Aronson

  • Payments for ecosystem services and the fatal attraction of win-win solutions

    R. Muradian;M. Arsel;L. Pellegrini;F. Adaman

  • Environmental degradation and happiness

    Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell;John M. Gowdy

  • Soil “Ecosystem” Services and Natural Capital: Critical Appraisal of Research on Uncertain Ground

    Philippe C. Baveye;Jacques Baveye;John Gowdy

  • The approach of ecological economics

    John Gowdy;Jon D. Erickson

  • The Value of Biodiversity: Markets, Society, and Ecosystems

    John M. Gowdy

  • Behavioral economics and climate change policy

    John M. Gowdy

  • Strong versus weak sustainability: Economics, natural sciences, and consilience

    Robert Ayres;Jeroen van den Berrgh;John Gowdy

  • Coevolutionary Economics: The Economy, Society and the Environment

    John M. Gowdy

  • Limited Wants, Unlimited Means: A Reader On Hunter-Gatherer Economics And The Environment

    John M. Gowdy

  • The Revolution in Welfare Economics and Its Implications for Environmental Valuation and Policy

    John M. Gowdy

  • The Evolution of Georgescu-Roegen's Bioeconomics

    John Gowdy;Susan Mesner

  • Evolutionary Theories in Environmental and Resource Economics: Approaches and Applications

    J. C. J. M. van den Bergh;J. M. Gowdy

  • The economic origins of ultrasociality

    John Gowdy;Lisi Krall

  • Toward a new welfare economics for sustainability

    John Gowdy

  • The Physical Destruction of Nauru: An Example of Weak Sustainability

    John M. Gowdy;Carl N. McDaniel

  • What have economists learned about valuing nature? A review essay

    Sarah Parks;John Gowdy

  • The microfoundations of macroeconomics: an evolutionary perspective

    Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh;John M. Gowdy

  • A group selection perspective on economic behavior, institutions and organizations

    Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh;John M. Gowdy

  • Cumulative CO2 emissions: shifting international responsibilities for climate debt

    W. J.W. Botzen;J. M. Gowdy;J. C.J.M. Van Den Bergh

  • Our hunter-gatherer future: Climate change, agriculture and uncivilization

    John Gowdy

Frequent Co-Authors

David Wilson
David Wilson Binghamton University
Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh
Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh Autonomous University of Barcelona
Philippe C. Baveye
Philippe C. Baveye University of Paris-Saclay
J.C.J.M. van den Bergh
J.C.J.M. van den Bergh Autonomous University of Barcelona
Paulo A. L. D. Nunes
Paulo A. L. D. Nunes Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Karin E. Limburg
Karin E. Limburg SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Mario Giampietro
Mario Giampietro Autonomous University of Barcelona
Maria L. Loureiro
Maria L. Loureiro University of Santiago de Compostela
Ulrich Witt
Ulrich Witt Max Planck Society
Erik Gómez-Baggethun
Erik Gómez-Baggethun Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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