Institute of Social and Economic Research
University of Alaska Anchorage
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Institute of Social and Economic Research
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I have been
researching social science and public policy issues at the Institute of Social and Economic Research
(ISER) since 1981. I fist came to Alaska in 1978 as a Rockefeller Foundation
post-doctoral fellow. ISER is part of the College of Business and Public Policy
at the University of Alaska Anchorage
(UAA), where I have a joint appointment in the Department of Economics.
For the 2006-2007 academic year, I was visiting at the Fisheries Centre at the University
of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. My primary areas of interests include
economic organization and non-market valuation. Research interests
include:
I teach economics and interdisciplinary social science courses at UAA. Recent courses taught include industrial organization and public policy, comparative economic systems, petroleum economics and cost-benefit analysis. I also participate in a wide variety of professional service projects in the community. I previously served as president of the Alaska Chapter of the International Association for Energy Economics. When not in the office I am often found hiking or skiing in the backcountry near my home, or perhaps playing the violin.Sustainable Communities: institutions and uncertainty, rural mixed economies
Natural Resources: social-ecological systems, spatial ecosystem services, political economy and institutions
Health and Safety: alcohol policy, aviation safety
Current PositionProfessor of EconomicsEducation
Institute of Social and Economic Research
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99508Ph.D. Economics, Yale University 1977Previous Positions
M.A., M.Phil, Economics, Yale University 1974
BA. Economics (magna cum laude), Harvard College, 1972
- Associate Professor, ISER, 1986-1998
- Assistant Professor, ISER, 1981-1986
- Assistant Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, 1977-1981
- Rockefeller Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Affairs, 1978-1979
Research project websites
Sustainability of Arctic Communities
Migration in the Arctic
Heterogeneity and Resilience of Human-Rangifer Systems
Programs
Alaska EPSCoR
BOREAS
Rapid Change, Vulnerability and Adaptation (ICARP II Working Group 10)
Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH)
Publications
Teaching
The Institute of Social
and Economic Research has moved off campus to the Diplomacy Building
at 4500 Diplomacy Drive, Suite 501, near the Alaska Native Medical
Center. If you have any questions or need help finding us please call
us at 907-786-7710 or click here to
see a map of our new location.
Matthew D. Berman Home Page--Revised June 2008
