Roger Pielke Jr.

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Roger Pielke Jr.
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Roger Pielke Jr.
Roger Pielke Jr. is a political scientist with a "specialization fields of public policy, American politics, and quantitative methods."[1] He is a professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and the former director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research.[2] Pielke is also a Senior Fellow at The Breakthrough Institute, a think tank established by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus.[3]

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Affiliations

  • University of Colorado 2001 - present as Professor in the Environmental Studies Program;[4]
  • Director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado 2001-2007; he is currently a Fellow of CIRES;[4]
  • Board of Directors of Weatherdata, Inc., "a leading provider of weather services" 2001-2006; [2]
  • member of advisory boards of the Societal Impacts Program at National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Pacific ENSO Applications Center at the University of Hawaii - dates not specified;[2]
  • Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research 1993-2001;[4]
  • Associate Fellow of the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization at Oxford University's Said Business School 2007;[2] and
  • Senior Fellow of the Breakthrough Institute.[4]
  • as of May 2009 Pielke Jr. is a member of the editorial boards of Minerva, Darwin, Environmental Science & Policy, Global Environmental Change, Natural Hazards Review, Policy Sciences, and Water Resources Research [2].

Books

  • Daniel Sarewitz (Editor), Roger A. Pielke Jr. (Editor) and Radford Byerly Jr. (Editor), Prediction: Science, Decision Making, and the Future of Nature, Island Press, April 2000. ISBN 1559637765 ISBN 978-1559637763
  • Roger A. Pielke Jr, The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics, Cambridge University Press, May 2007. ISBN 0521694817 ISBN 978-0521694810

Contact details

Roger Pielke, Jr.
Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
University of Colorado
1333 Grandview Ave, Campus Box 488
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0488
Phone: 303-735-3940 (direct), 303-735-0451 (Policy Center)
Fax: 303-735-1576
Email: pielke AT colorado.edu
Website: http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/about_us/meet_us/roger_pielke/
Blog: http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/

Articles and resources

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References

  1. Roger Pielke Jr., "Interview with Brad Johnson, Center for American Progress", Prometheus (blog), February 25th, 2009.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Occasionally Asked Questions About Roger Pielke, Jr.", accessed May 2007.
  3. 'Senior Fellows", The Breakthrough Institute website, accessed April 2009.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Homepage", University of Colorado Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, accessed May 2009.

External resources

External articles

Opinion columns by Roger Pielke Jr.

Testimony to Congress

General Articles

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