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home peter victor top of page peter a victor home books escape from overshoot herman daly s economics for a full world managing without growth 2nd ed handbook on growth and sustainability the costs of economic growth managing without growth 1st ed energy and the quality of life economics of pollution pollution economy and environment chapters in books publications journal articles reports simulation models lowgrow sfc sankeysim other honours and awards grants consultancies activities in organizations copilot who is peter victor use tab to navigate through the menu items peter a victor b soc sc ph d econ frsc professor emeritus and senior scholar york university canada peter pvictor com welcome to my website where you will find information about my work in ecological economics spread over a long career in academia government and the private sector about peter a victor b soc sc ph d frsc professor emeritus and senior scholar york university canada email peter pvictor com peter victor has worked as an economist on environmental and energy issues for over 50 years as an academic public servant and private consultant he first became interested in the links between the economy and the environment in the 1960s in his doctoral dissertation and first book pollution economy and environment 1972 he applied the physical law of the conservation of matter to the empirical analysis of a national economy canada peter was the first economist to estimate the material flows embedded in consumption expenditures using environmentally extended input output analysis peter received formal training in economics from excellent teachers at harrow county boys school uk the university of birmingham uk and the university of british columbia canada inspired by economists such as john kenneth galbraith e j mishan kenneth boulding karl marx john maynard keynes herman daly and nicolas georgescu roegen peter became increasingly disturbed by the shortcomings of neo classical economics with its undue reliance on the concept of externalities for addressing environmental issues instead he preferred to view the economy as a sub system of the environment fully dependent on it for all materials and energy and for disposing of all its wastes the core idea of what became known as ecological economics from 1970 to 1973 peter taught economics at the university of kent at canterbury uk he then moved to the ontario ministry of the environment as its first economist a study on the ontario pulp and paper industry in 1976 which he co authored continues to attract interest from 1977 to 1991 peter worked as a private consultant establishing victor and burrell research and consulting in 1979 and then vhb consulting in 1987 where he led many influential projects from 1985 87 he was renewable energy advisor in the kenyan ministry of energy and worked closely with several national and international ngos on biomass energy and conservation in 1991 peter rejoined the ontario ministry of the environment as assistant deputy minister of the new policy division and then the environmental sciences and standards division he was responsible for several initiatives including ontario s environmental bill of rights and the municipal and industrial strategy for abatement having remained active in university teaching and research throughout the years peter was appointed dean and professor in the faculty of environmental studies at york university in toronto in 1996 he resumed his full time career as an academic in 2001 with an extensive program of teaching supervision and research peter retired in 2017 but he continues to supervise and advise graduate students and maintains an active program of research and writing he is project director of the international ecological footprint learning lab funded for seven years by the social sciences and humanities research council of canada within this framework peter in collaboration with colleagues and students in several countries continues to work on simulating alternative futures for advanced economies that will bring them into balance with the environment and improve well being for all he is also a co investigator of the centre for the understanding of sustainable prosperity uk peter s path breaking book managing without growth slower by design not disaster 2008 in which he first explored these ideas attracted national and international attention from the media researchers activists and politicians during his long career peter has published numerous academic papers professional reports and books between 2018 and 2023 he wrote a second edition of managing without growth slower by design not disaster 2019 herman daly s economics for a full world his life and ideas 2022 and escape from overshoot economics for a planet in peril 2023 over the years peter has served on many boards and committees and advised public private and non governmental organizations on a wide range of economic and environmental issues he was the founding president of the canadian society of ecological economics and president of the royal canadian institute for science he is a member of the board of the footprint data foundation and the honorary board of the david suzuki foundation his work on ecological economics has been recognized through the award of the molson prize in the social sciences by the canada council for the arts in 2011 the boulding memorial prize from the international society for ecological economics in 2014 and election to the royal society of canada in 2015 bottom of page