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Dr. Andrew Price-Smith (1968–2019) was a

political scientist and academic writer best known for his work on 'health security' and 'environmental security.' An expert on the effects of Influenza pandemics and government efforts to contain them, his consilient works analyzed the complex linkages among environmental change, infectious disease, history, economics and security. He held appointments at Columbia University, the University of South Florida, and Colorado College
, where he served the chair of the Political Science Department from 2013 to 2016.

Price-Smith was the first to empirically model an index for State Capacity variables. Although Price-Smith's findings were often espoused by the

National Security (IR) theoretician who invokes elements of republicanism (see Daniel Deudney),[1] coupled with facets of political psychology (see Robert Jervis
).

Influences

Price-Smith's intellectual influences included Francis Bacon, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Hans Morgenthau, William McNeill, Alfred Crosby, E.O. Wilson, and Robert Fogel.[citation needed]

Academic background

Price-Smith earned a BA (Honours) in Political Science from

Grawemeyer Award
in 2002.

At the University of Toronto, Price-Smith initially studied under Thomas Homer-Dixon, but finished his doctorate under David A. Welch. He completed the dissertation that was published by MIT as The Health of Nations.[2] Upon graduation Price-Smith accepted a post-doctoral position at the Earth Institute of Columbia University, and concurrently taught at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Following that, he taught at the University of South Florida for several years, where he began to develop his interests in the nexus of energy/environment and health. He moved to Colorado College in the summer of 2005 to take a position in the Department of Political Science.

Teaching career

During his tenure at Colorado College, Price-Smith was named the Packard Professor of Political Science from 2018–2019 and Director of the college's Global Health Initiative. He was the Chair of the Political Science Department from 2013–2016 and also served as Chair of the Environmental Science Program from 2009–2010.

Books

Price-Smith's book, Contagion and Chaos, won a Choice Magazine Award for Best Academic Book of 2009, and Health of Nations was short listed for the Grawemeyer Award in 2002. Price-Smith's work has been cited in the Atlantic Monthly, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and the Denver Post. He lectured at the University of Oxford, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, UCLA, and in Canada, UK, France, Norway, and Switzerland, and spoken on Voice of America.

Price-Smith was an influential voice in Washington policy circles. His address to the House Science and Technology Committee was detailed in a front-page article of the Washington Post, entitled: "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Price-Smith occasionally acted as consultant for the United Nations Development Program, the World Bank, the United States Institute of Peace, the US Department of Energy, and the US Department of Homeland Security (among other institutions).

See also

  • Environmental Sustainability Index

References

  1. ^ Deudney, Bounding Power, Princeton University Press, 2007
  2. ^ A. Price-Smith, The Health of Nations: Infectious Disease, Environmental Change and National Security, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002
  3. ISSN 0025-7273
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  4. S2CID 145802835
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