Roger A. Pielke, Jr.
The relation of scientific information and public and private sector decision making, technology policy in the atmospheric and related sciences
Fellow - Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
; Professor - Environmental Studies Program
; Former Director - Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
Ph.D. 1994 University of Colorado
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On sabbatical 2007/08 at the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization.
Roger A. 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 the Environmental Sciences (CIRES). He directed the CIRES Center for Science and Technology Policy Research from its inception in 2001 until his current sabbital. Roger's current areas of interest include understanding disasters and climate change, the politicization of science, decision making under uncertainty, and policy education for scientists. In 2000, Roger received the Sigma Xi Distinguished Lectureship Award and in 2001, he received the Outstanding Graduate Advisor Award by students in the University of Colorado's Department of Political Science.
Before joining the University of Colorado, from 1993-2001 Roger was a Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Roger sits on the editorial boards of Policy Sciences, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Environmental Science and Policy, Darwin, Water Resources Research, and Natural Hazards Review. He sits on various advisory committees, is author of numerous articles and essays, and is also author, co-author or co-editor of four books. He is the author of a forthcoming book titled: The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics to be published by Cambridge University Press in early 2007.
Founding author of Prometheus, The Science Policy Weblog. Prometheus provides daily news and commentary on science policy issues.
June 21 2009
Carroll: Skeptical of climate alarmists
June 18 2009
British Climate Act ‘failed before it started’
March 31 2009
March 15 2009
A move toward bias-free science
March 08 2009
Boulder’s Kyoto goal still out of reach
February 23 2009
Politics in the Guise of Pure Science
February 11 2009
UK’s CO2 plan ‘certain to fail’
December 29 2008
Obama’s science appointees called a team of all-stars
December 19 2008
Energy policy expert to be tapped for US science adviser
December 04 2008
How American journalism is forsaking truth for balance
November 22 2008
The cure for carbon, Obama plan a good start for climate policy
September 03 2008
Why Disasters Are Getting Worse
September 26 2006
Director Of CU Center Honored In Munich Oct. 9 For Climate Work
April 13 2005
Former House Science Committee Director To Speak At CU-Boulder On April 18
February 23 2005
Science, Technology And Decisions Symposium Set For Feb. 25 At CU-Boulder
February 02 2005
Six Presidential Science Advisers To Speak At CU-Boulder In 2005
August 05 2004
NSF Awards CU-Boulder $2.4 Million For Five-year Climate Policy Study
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Wed Jul 22, 2009
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Summer Series In College Course Design
Sat Nov 07, 2009
12:00 pm
Fourth Annual Colorado Environmental Film Festival
Mon Nov 09, 2009
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Nov 04, 2009
Study gives clearer picture of how land-use changes affect U.S. climate
Nov 04, 2009
