Bipartisan Policy Center

Professor in the Environmental Studies Program; Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

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 Environmental Sciences (CIRES). At CIRES, Dr. Pielke served as the Director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research from 2001-07. His research focuses on the intersection of science and technology and decision making. In 2006, Dr. Pielke received the Eduard Brückner Prize in Munich, Germany for outstanding achievement in interdisciplinary climate research. Before joining the University of Colorado, from 1993-2001, he was a Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Dr. Pielke is an Associate Fellow of the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization at Oxford University's Said Business School. He is also a 2008 Fellow of the Breakthrough Institute. He is also author, co-author or co-editor of five books. His most recent book is The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics.

Science for Policy Project, Science for Policy Project - Panel Members