Amare Teklay — PhD economist & software developer
I study how people and systems adapt to change.
My work spans two ongoing tracks: one on the evolving risks from emerging pests and pathogens in a polycrisis world, and another exploring behavior, emotion, and AI through online experiments on sustainability and choice.
Homo Adapticus is the idea that links them—how we adapt, plan, and sometimes fail to.
Field notes & essays
Dispatches on outbreaks, behavior, and adaptation—plus working notes and previews.
Selected builds
Parallel tracks: epidemic risk work and online experiments; data and software that support both.