Nate Hagens, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, will be speaking on human nuerobiology and sustainability oriented behavior, within the context of resource depletion.
What: Nate Hagens "The Pending Resource Crisis: Understanding Our Biophysical and Biological Constraints to Sustainability"
When: December 3rd, 1:30 to 3:00
Where: 335 Borlaug Hall, U of M St. Paul campus
Hagens posits that by acknowledging and understanding both our biophysical (resource depletion) and biological (cognitive barriers, habituation, and belief systems) constraints we will be better able to choose cultural opportunities for sustainability. He draws upon and synthesizes recent research in cognitive neuroscience, neuroeconomics, and evolutionary biology and their applications to sustainability oriented behaviors in addressing energy and environmental limits. Ultimately Hagens looks for those solutions that aligned us with not only what we have, but who we are. Discussion will follow.
Prior to coming to the Gund Institute, Nate developed trading algorithms for commodity systems and was President of Sanctuary Asset Management, Managing Director of Pension Research Institute, and Vice President at the investment firms Salomon Brothers and Lehman Brothers. Nate is an editor of The Oil Drum, an online global think tank devoted to energy and sustainability.
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