David Barash

David Barash

David Barash is an evolutionary biologist, peace activist, and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington. His research focuses on understanding the underlying evolutionary factors influencing human behavior. He has written many books, most recently Through a Glass Brightly: Using Science to See Our Species as We Really Are and Strength Through Peace: Happiness and Demilitarization in Costa Rica, and What the World Can Learn from a Tiny Central American Country (with Judith Lipton). He holds a PhD in zoology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

GTI Contributions
Lessons from Evolutionary Biology
GTI Forum
Lessons from Evolutionary Biology
Contribution to GTI Forum Solidarity with Animals
February 2023

A Sisyphean Task
GTI Forum
A Sisyphean Task
Contribution to GTI Forum Can Human Solidarity Globalize?
August 2021

Roundtable contribution on Nuclear Abolition - David Barash
Roundtable
Contribution to GTI Roundtable How to Ban the Bomb
August 2018
We need to clearly and sharply debunk the common fallacy that nuclear weapons are needed for deterrence and security.