Bjørn Lomborg

Bjørn Lomborg (born January 6, 1965) is a Danish political scientist and former director of the Institute for Environmental Assessment in Copenhagen. In 2001, he attained significant attention by penning The Skeptical Environmentalist, a controversial book whose main thesis is that many of the claims and dire predictions of environmentalists are exaggerated.

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January 6 - 1965 - Danish - Political scientist - Institute for Environmental Assessment - Copenhagen - 2001 - The Skeptical Environmentalist - Controversial book - Environmentalist

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Lomborg later founded and acted as director of the Copenhagen Consensus project, and served as editor of the resulting book, Global Crises, Global Solutions (2004).

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Copenhagen Consensus - Editor - Global Crises, Global Solutions - 2004

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His professional areas of interest include the simulation of strategies in collective action dilemmas, simulation of party behavior in proportional voting systems, use of surveys in public administration, and use of statistics in the environmental arena.

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Collective action - Dilemmas - Party - Proportional voting system - Public administration - Environmental arena

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Lomborg was selected as one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2004.

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