Complex Systems Scientist & Economist; Director of Complexity Economics at Institute for New Economic Thinking; Author of "Making Sense of Chaos"
J. Doyne Farmer Biography
- Doyne Farmer is an American complex systems scientist and entrepreneur whose career spans physics, economics, and computer science. Farmer is recognized for his work in dynamical systems, chaos theory, complex systems, artificial life, wearable computing, time series analysis, theoretical biology, and the theory of prediction. He serves as director of the Complexity Economics program at the Institute for New Economic Thinking and Baillie Gifford Professor of Complex Systems Science at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. He is also an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute and chief scientist at Macrocosm.
Farmer began his career as part of the UC Santa Cruz Dynamical Systems Collective, a group of physics graduate students conducting early research in chaos theory. As a Hertz Fellow during graduate school, he led a team that designed and built the first wearable digital computers, which were used to beat roulette. His work in this area and experiences in Nevada casinos were later featured in the documentary series "Breaking Vegas" and "Beat the Wheel." After graduate school, Farmer was an Oppenheimer Fellow and founded the Complex Systems Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He later co-founded Prediction Company, one of the first firms to engage in fully automated quantitative trading, which was ultimately sold to United Bank of Switzerland.
Farmer played a key role in establishing complexity economics, applying complex systems science to economic activity. This approach leverages big data and advanced computing to build realistic models of the global economy. His research focuses on economics, including agent-based modeling, financial instability, and technological progress. Farmer contributed to the creation of the Oxford Institute of New Economic Thinking, motivated by the need for economic models that better capture the complexity of financial systems. His group at Oxford accurately predicted the impact of COVID-19 on the UK economy.
Farmer's research has influenced policy, particularly regarding the clean energy transition. He and his colleagues published a study demonstrating that replacing fossil fuels with clean energy by around 2050 could save trillions in energy costs. Farmer was invited to participate in a White House meeting on climate and the macroeconomy during the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF. As chief scientist at Macrocosm, he applies complexity economics to climate change and the green energy transition.
Farmer has received recognition across the scientific community, including the Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and a Hertz Fellowship. His book, "Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World," explores how scientific advances can address economic challenges. Farmer is known for bridging the fields of physics, finance, and public policy, and for communicating complex ideas to diverse audiences.
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