- PhD 1999 Cornell University
- Master of International Affairs 1990 Columbia University
- BS 1985 Grinnell College
The Department of Community Development and Applied Economics
BIO
Joshua Farley is an ecological economist and Professor in Community Development & Applied Economics and Public Administration. He has previously served as program director at the School for Field Studies, Centre for Rainforest Studies, as Executive Director of the University of Maryland International Institute for Ecological Economics, and as adjunct faculty and licensed examiner at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill. He recently returned from a Fulbright fellowship in Brazil, where he served as visiting professor at the Federal Universities of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and Bahia (UFBA).
His research focuses on mechanisms for allocating resources under local control and national sovereignty that generate global public goods, developing transdisciplinary case study approaches to environmental problem solving as an educational tool, ecological restoration of rainforest ecosystems, economic globalization, and the valuation and finance of restoring natural capital.
He is co-author with Herman Daly of Ecological Economics, Principles and Applications, 2nd ed. Island Press (2010).
Courses
CDAE 1610 - Principles of Community Development
CDAE 3370 - Economics of Sustainability
CDAE 6990 - From Big Bang to the Ecozoic
CDAE 6990 - Ecol Econ Applc: Urbn Agroecol
Awards and Achievements
- Fulbright Scholarship
- A.D. White Fellowship
- S.S.R.C. International Pre-dissertation Fellowship
- Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship
- Herbert H. Lehman Fellowship
- Dean's Fellowship at Columbia
Area(s) of expertise
Designing an economy to balance what is biophysically possible with what is socially, psychologically, and ethically desirable.
Bio
Joshua Farley is an ecological economist and Professor in Community Development & Applied Economics and Public Administration. He has previously served as program director at the School for Field Studies, Centre for Rainforest Studies, as Executive Director of the University of Maryland International Institute for Ecological Economics, and as adjunct faculty and licensed examiner at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill. He recently returned from a Fulbright fellowship in Brazil, where he served as visiting professor at the Federal Universities of Santa Catarina (UFSC) and Bahia (UFBA).
His research focuses on mechanisms for allocating resources under local control and national sovereignty that generate global public goods, developing transdisciplinary case study approaches to environmental problem solving as an educational tool, ecological restoration of rainforest ecosystems, economic globalization, and the valuation and finance of restoring natural capital.
He is co-author with Herman Daly of Ecological Economics, Principles and Applications, 2nd ed. Island Press (2010).
Courses
CDAE 1610 - Principles of Community Development
CDAE 3370 - Economics of Sustainability
CDAE 6990 - From Big Bang to the Ecozoic
CDAE 6990 - Ecol Econ Applc: Urbn Agroecol
Awards and Achievements
- Fulbright Scholarship
- A.D. White Fellowship
- S.S.R.C. International Pre-dissertation Fellowship
- Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship
- Herbert H. Lehman Fellowship
- Dean's Fellowship at Columbia
Areas of Expertise
Designing an economy to balance what is biophysically possible with what is socially, psychologically, and ethically desirable.