Warren Sanderson
Guest Research Scholar
Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
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Biography
Warren Sanderson rejoined IIASA in June 2008 as an Institute Scholar. He is also a Professor of Economics and Professor of History at Stony Brook University in New York State, USA. In addition, he is co-chair of the Department of Economics there. He holds a PhD in economics from Stanford University.Professor Sanderson first came to IIASA in 1980 and worked in the World Population Program. Since that time he has been a recurrent visitor to that Program. His research interests are in population-economic interactions. He has published in a variety of journals, including Nature, Science, Population and Development Review, Demography, Population Studies, and Population Index.
His recent research includes probabilistic population forecasting, measuring aging in ways that take life expectancy change into account, and the effects of education and other demographic changes on economic growth.
Last update: 10 JUN 2008
Publications
Sanderson, W.C., Fuller, B., Hellmuth, M., & Strzepek, K.M. (2001). Namibia's Future: Modeling Population and Sustainable Development Challenges in the Era of HIV/AIDS. Executive Summary (2001)
Lutz, W. & Sanderson, W.C. (2001). Toward a Concept of "Population Balance" Considering Age-Structure, Human Capital, and Intergenerational Equity. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-01-003
Lutz, W. , Sanderson, W.C., & Scherbov, S. (2001). The End of World Population Growth. IIASA Research Report (Reprint). IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RR-01-012. Reprinted from Nature; 412(6846):543-545 (2 August 2001)
Goujon, A. , Kohler, I., & Lutz, W. (2000). Future population and education trends: Scenarios to 2030 by socioecological region. In: Population, Development, and Environment on the Yucatan Peninsula: From Ancient Maya to 2030. Eds. Lutz, W. , Prieto, L., & Sanderson, W., pp.141-172: IIASA Research Report RR-00-014.
Lutz, W. (2000). Introduction: Understanding complex population-environment interactions. In: Population, Development, and Environment on the Yucatan Peninsula: From Ancient Maya to 2030. Eds. Lutz, W. , Prieto, L., & Sanderson, W., pp.iv-x: IIASA Research Report RR-00-014.