Warren Sanderson

Guest Research Scholar

Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing Research Group

Population and Just Societies Program

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

Lutz, W. , Sanderson, W.C., & Scherbov, S. (1996). Probabilistic World Population Projections Based on Expert Opinion. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-96-017

Rinaldi, S., Sanderson, W.C., & Gragnani, A. (1996). Pollution control policies and natural resource dynamics: A theoretical analysis. Journal of Environmental Management 48 (4) 357-373. 10.1006/jema.1996.0083.

Lutz, W. , Sanderson, W.C., & Scherbov, S. (1996). Probabilistic population projections based on expert opinion. In: The Future Population of the World: What Can We Assume Today? Eds. Lutz, W. , London: Earthscan. ISBN 1853833495

Milik, A., Prskawetz, A., Feichtinger, G., & Sanderson, W.C. (1996). Slow-fast Dynamics in Wonderland. IIASA Research Report (Reprint). IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RR-96-020. Reprinted from Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 1(1-2):3-17 (March 1996).

Lutz, W. , Sanderson, W.C., Scherbov, S. , & Goujon, A. (1996). World population scenarios for the 21st century. In: The Future Population of the World: What Can We Assume Today? Eds. Lutz, W. , London: Earthscan. ISBN 1853833495