Jason K Hansen is Distinguished Research Economist at Nuclear Science and Technology, Idaho National Laboratory, where he practices energy economics, leads international courses on energy adoption, and consults on strategic initiatives.



With 22 years of experience in economics, Jason K Hansen possesses expertise in nuclear energy, supply chains and logistics, financial risk, and modeling and simulation. His academic background includes doctoral studies on environmental and natural resources economics and an M.A. in economic theory from the University of New Mexico, and a B.A. in economics from Idaho State University. In addition to focus on research, he has held several teaching positions such as economics professor.



Before joining Idaho National Laboratory, Jason K Hansen was on the faculty of the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey California. He serves as the co-chair of the Economic Modeling Working Group in the Generation IV International Forum.



Jason K Hansen holds a PhD in environmental and natural resource economics from the University of New Mexico. He has nearly 70 scientific publications, almost 100 invited and contributed talks, and 3 book chapters.

• Energy Economics
• Industrial Economics
• Nuclear Energy
• Economics of Innovation
• Engineering Economics
• Systems Analysis