roger pielke

 

Roger Pielke, Jr.

Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
1333 Grandview Avenue
Campus Box 488
Boulder, CO 80309-0488

Tel: 303-735-0451
Fax: 303-735-1576
pielke@colorado.edu

Roger Pielke, Jr. has been on the faculty of the University of Colorado since 2001 and is a Professor in the Environmental Studies Program and a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). Roger's research focuses on science, innovation and politics and in 2011 began to write and research on the governance of sports organizations, including FIFA and the NCAA. Roger holds degrees in mathematics, public policy and political science, all from the University of Colorado. In 2012 Roger was awarded an honorary doctorate from Linköping University in Sweden and was also awarded the Public Service Award of the Geological Society of America. Roger also received the Eduard Brückner Prize in Munich, Germany in 2006 for outstanding achievement in interdisciplinary climate research. At CIRES, Roger served as the Director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research from 2001-2007. Before joining the faculty of the University of Colorado, from 1993-2001 Roger was a Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Roger is a Senior Fellow of the Breakthrough Institute, and holds academic appointments at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia and the London School of Economics. He is also author, co-author or co-editor of seven books, including The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics published by Cambridge University Press (2007). His most recent book is The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell you About Global Warming (2010, Basic Books). He is currently working on a book on technology, innovation and economic growth.

 

Most Recent Publications:

Providing Evidence to Policy Makers: an Integration of Expertise and Politics

Going to the moon was easy by comparison

Making Energy Access Meaningful (full version with figures)

Market-Based Mechanisms for Climate Change Adaptation

How Innovations Such as Goal-Line Technology Make Sport Better

Have the Climate Sceptics Really Won?

Overcoming the Tyranny of the Stylized Fact

Why Monbiot's attack on Walport misses the mark

No, Europe's ETS definitely doesn't work

Europe's ETS: Good branding, poor substance

Letter from America: A Memo to Sir Mark Walport (See also Guardian article: Letter from America: A Memo to Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Mark Walport)

Dear Expert, Please Cook the Books

How can FIFA be held accountable?

Mad Cows, Hurricane Sandy, and Why We Need Strong Science Assessors

Normalized Tornado Damage in the United States: 1950–2011

Technology Was the Key Factor in Saving the Ozone Layer

Hurricanes and Human Choice

 

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