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Roger Pielke, Jr.Center for Science and Technology Policy Research Tel: 303-735-0451 |
Roger Pielke, Jr. has been on the faculty of the University of Colorado since 2001. He 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. 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. Before joining the faculty of the University of Colorado, from 1993-2001 Roger was a Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. 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) and The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell you About Global Warming (2010, Basic Books). His most recent book is Righful Place of Science Series, Disasters and Climate Change (2014, Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes). He is currently working on a book on sport in society.
Most Recent Publications:
The Future of Science Advice in Europe
High-Energy Innovation: A Climate Pragmatism Project
Can FIFA’s Corruption Be Stopped?
The top 20 teams in England pay $2.9BN in wages a year. All of MLS pays $129.5m
Dutee Chand, Science and the Spirit of Sport: Why IAAF Policy is Deeply Flawed
A Lack of Reliable Doping Data Puts the Spirit of Sport in Peril
Measuring the "Tiger Effect" - Doubling of Tour Prizes, Billions into Players' Pockets
Science Advisors Should Be Supported, Not Sacked
Fifa Must Not Be Allowed to Remain Impervious to Change
Reconciliation of Trends in Global and Regional Economic Losses from Weather Events: 1980-2008
Pure Science Ideal and Science Policy
Fifa Has Bigger Problems Than Corruption Alone
The Decline of Tornado Devastation
Our High Energy Planet: A Climate Pragmatism Project
In Retrospect: The Social Function of Science
An Obama Advisor Is Attacking Me for Testifying That Climate Change Hasn't Increased Extreme Weather
What Does It Mean to be Anti-Growth?
Climate Policy Robs the World’s Poor of Their Hopes
US Immigration Policy Negatively Impacts US Soccer
Defining Energy Access for the World’s Poor
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