Biography
Dr. Heal is Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility and Professor of Economics and Finance at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, and Professor of Public and International Affairs at the School of International and Public Affairs. Heal studied Physics and Economics at Cambridge, where he obtained a First Class Honors degree and a Doctorate, and then taught at Cambridge, Stanford, Yale and Princeton, and held a Fulbright Professorship at the University of Siena. Dr. Heal has acted as Managing Editor of the Review of Economic Studies and has acted on the Editorial Boards of many other journals. In the Fall of 2001, in response to the events of 9/11/01, Dr. Heal began a research program on the economic aspects of security in highly interdependent systems. This program applies concepts from risk management and game theory to the analysis of the security of airlines, power grids, computer networks and other complex linked systems.

Recent books include "Valuing the Future," "Nature and the Marketplace," "Topological Social Choice," "Sustainability: Dynamics and Uncertainty," and "Environmental Markets." He has published eight other books and over 150 articles. Dr. Heal is married, has three daughters, and lives with his wife Ann Marie in Soho. His interests include photography, art, baroque music and birdwatching.

CRED Projects
» Interdependent Security: Toward Realistic Behavioral Models

Last Updated: June 1, 2006