Dr. Ian Keay

Biography

Professor Ian Keay completed his PhD at the University of British Columbia in 1999. After obtaining his doctorate, he worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at McGill University's Institute for the Study of Canada. He was hired as an Assistant Professor at Queen's University in 2000. Professor Keay has spent sabbaticals as a visiting professor at Yale University, the University of Colorado Boulder, and the Vancouver School of Economics at UBC. His research focuses primarily on North American economic history, environmental and ecological natural resource economics, and law economics. His publications cover diverse topics including the development of criminal justice institutions, responses to globalization, the impact of induced technological change, and the recognition of Indigenous rights in Canada. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in North American and international economic history, as well as environmental and ecological economics.

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