- PhD, Economics, University of Michigan
- BA, Williams College
BIO
Dr. Stephen Polasky is a Regents Professor and the Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics at the University of Minnesota. He has a joint appointment in the Department of Applied Economics and the Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior. His research interests focus on the intersection of ecology and economics and include the impacts of land use and land management on the provision and value of ecosystem services and natural capital, biodiversity conservation, and sustainability.
He is a co-founder of the Natural Capital Project, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, Stanford University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Nature Conservancy, the Stockholm Resilience Center, and the World Wildlife Fund. He is co-chair of the Business and Biodiversity Assessment for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). He is a coordinating lead author for the 2nd IPBES Global Assessment and was a coordinating lead author for the 1st IPBES Global Assessment.
He served as Senior Staff Economist for environment and resources for the President’s Council of Economic Advisers 1998-1999, and on the Board of Directors for The Nature Conservancy, the Science Advisory Boards of the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2010. He is a fellow of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Polasky received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan in 1986.
Bio
Dr. Stephen Polasky is a Regents Professor and the Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics at the University of Minnesota. He has a joint appointment in the Department of Applied Economics and the Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior. His research interests focus on the intersection of ecology and economics and include the impacts of land use and land management on the provision and value of ecosystem services and natural capital, biodiversity conservation, and sustainability.
He is a co-founder of the Natural Capital Project, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, Stanford University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, The Nature Conservancy, the Stockholm Resilience Center, and the World Wildlife Fund. He is co-chair of the Business and Biodiversity Assessment for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). He is a coordinating lead author for the 2nd IPBES Global Assessment and was a coordinating lead author for the 1st IPBES Global Assessment.
He served as Senior Staff Economist for environment and resources for the President’s Council of Economic Advisers 1998-1999, and on the Board of Directors for The Nature Conservancy, the Science Advisory Boards of the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2010. He is a fellow of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Polasky received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan in 1986.