Department of Economics

Faculty of Science

Ruth Forsdyke

Department of Economics

Email: Ruth.Forsdyke@Dal.Ca
Phone: 902-494-6990
Mailing Address:

Department of Economics
Dalhousie University
6214 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2

Research Topics:

The Economics of Information: Emphasis of role of psychological factors that bias information flows particularly as relates to pro-social emotions and cognitive dissonance
Evolutionary Theory: The evolution of cooperation with a focus on pro-social emotions and biased information processing
Environmental and Ecological Economics: Biased cognitions about climate change/ Climate change and biodiversity conservation policies
History of Economic Thought and Economic Methodology

Department of Economics Award for Excellence in Teaching, Dalhousie University, 2024
Simon Fraser University President’s Stipend Spring 2001
Simon Fraser University Graduate Scholarship Summer 1997, 1998
Queens University Graduate Scholarship 1995-1996
First Class Honors, Queens University (Undergraduate degree) 1989

Forsdyke, Ruth (2004) Economic Approaches to Understanding Cultural Diversity and Policy in the Cultural Industries, in Canada-Ukraine Baltic Economic Management Training Project.
Blum, S., Forsdyke, R. E. & Forsdyke, D. R. (1990) Three human homologs of a murine gene encoding an inhibitor or stem cell proliferation, DNA Cell Biol., 9:589-602.
Siderovski, D. P., Blum, S., Forsdyke, R. E. & Forsdyke, D. R. (1990) A set of putative G0/G1 switch genes includes genes homologous to rodent cytokine and zinc finger protein-encoding genes, DNA Cell Biol., 9: 579-587.

Ph.D. Economics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia (2004)
M.A. Economics, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario (1997)
B.Ed. Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario (1992)
B.Sc.H. Biochemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario, (First Class), (1989)