Matthew Burgess
Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization

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Ìýis an assistant professor in the Environmental Studies Program, a faculty affiliate in Economics, a fellow at the Cooperative Institute in Environmental Sciences (ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥), where he directs the Center for Social and Environmental Futures. His research interests are economic growth futures and their environmental impacts, natural resource management and conservation, mathematical modeling of human-environment systems, and political polarization of environmental issues. Burgess has worked extensively on promoting intellectual diversity and dialog on campus, including organizing the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥Ìý, co-chairing , serving as a ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder Faculty Fellow for Higher Education and Democracy,Ìýand developing a course (ENVS 3555) that centers these ideals in an environmental context. He received a 2020 Heterodox Academy Open Inquiry Award for teaching. Burgess has a BSc from the University of Toronto and a PhD from theÌýUniversity of Minnesota. As a faculty fellow, Burgess hosts the Free Mind podcastÌýand programs around reducing polarization of climate change and environmental issues.