Timothy Allen
Biological theorist of complexity working in ecological economics
Professor, botany College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Work: 608-262-2692 — Home and cell phones available upon request tfallen@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Food systems, including ethics and politics of food
- Ecological economics and eventual collapse of social systems, from small Wisconsin towns to ancient empires
- Sustainability, livability and their interrelationship
Achievements
- President, International Society for the Systems Sciences 2008-09
- Five books on hierarchy theory and complexity, 1982-2003
- Emil Steiger University of Wisconsin-Madison Distinguished Teaching Award, 1987