Robert W. Kates - Curriculum Vitae#


Date and Place of Birth: January 31, 1929, Brooklyn, New York

PROFESSIONAL AND CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

The sustainability transition, global and local climate change, the prevalence and persistence of hunger; long-term population dynamics, theory of the human environment, sustainability science.

EDUCATION:
  • New York University, 1946-48, Economics
  • Indiana University (Gary), 1957, Geography
  • University of Chicago M.A., Ph.D., 1958-62, Geography

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, HONORARY MEMBERSHIPS:
  • 1970-71 Honorary Research Professor, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  • 1975 Member, National Academy of Sciences
  • 1976 Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1979 Association of American Geographers, Honors Award
  • 1979 Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
  • 1980 Phi Beta Kappa, Lambda Chapter of Massachusetts, Honorary Membership
  • 1981-85 MacArthur Prize Fellowship
  • 1984-85 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Lecturer
  • 1985 Fellow, Distinguished Scholar Exchange, Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China
  • 1987 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 1988 Member, Sigma Xi
  • 1991 U.S. National Medal of Science
  • 1993 Foreign Member, Academia Europaea
  • 1993 Honorary Doctor of Sciences, Clark University
  • 1994-5 Thomas F. and William J. Gilbane Presidential Fellow, Brown University
  • 2004 Honorary Doctor of Sciences, University of Maine
  • 2005 Laureat d’Honneur, International Geographical Union
  • 2008 Presidential Professor of Sustainability Science, University of Maine

COLLEGE TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
  • 1962-65 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University
  • 1965-67 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University
  • 1966 Staff member of AAG Summer Geography Institute for Small Southern Colleges
  • 1967-68 Lecturer, Department of Geography, University College, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • 1968-87 Professor, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University
  • 1974-80 University Professor, Clark University
  • 1976 Visiting Scholar, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
  • 1984-85 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Lecturer
  • 1986-91 University Professor, Brown University
  • 1988- Affiliate Professor of Geography, Clark University
  • 1991- Faculty Associate, College of the Atlantic
  • 1992- University Professor (emeritus] Brown University

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
  • 1960-62 Research Assistant to Gilbert F. White, Department of Geography, University of Chicago in studies of agricultural flood plains and urban flood damages.
  • 1961-62 Doctoral research under Resources for the Future Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.
  • 1963-64 Consultant to C.W. Thornthwaite Associates and Co- Principal Investigator in study of the relation between storm hazard and coastal occupance on the east coast of the United States.
  • 1963-65 Principal Investigator in a study of flood damage evaluation in the Lehigh Valley under contract with Harvard Water Resources Program.
  • 1966-67 Principal Investigator in study of drought impact on the provision and planning of public water supplies in Massachusetts under a grant from Resources of the Future, Inc..
  • 1966-67 Member of the Task Group on Human Dimensions of the Atmosphere of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Principal Investigator in pilot studies related to the economic and social impacts of weather modification, under contract with the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
  • 1966-67 Associate in study of methods of environmental perception and behavior analysis under a grant to Harvard University and the American Geographical Society by Resources for the Future, Inc..
  • 1967-74 Co-Principal Investigator in Collaborative Research on Natural Hazards (with University of Chicago, later University of Colorado, and the University of Toronto) under a grant from the National Science Foundation.
  • 1967-69 Director, Bureau of Resource Assessment and Land Use Planning, University College, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  • 1970 Consultant to UNESCO, Interdisciplinary Symposium on Man's Role in Changing the Environment: Architecture and Urbanism for Growth and Change.
  • 1970-71 Honorary Research Professor, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  • 1971-73 Member, Study Group on the Societal Consequences of Weather Modification, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
  • 1972-74 Consultant, Natural Hazard Research Assessment, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
  • 1973-76 Associate Investigator, Disaster Reconstruction Policy Issues Study, under a grant from NSFRANN to the University of Colorado.
  • 1974-77 Senior Consultant, Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) Study of Environmental Risk Assessment in an International Context under a contract from the United Nations Environmental Programme and with support from the Electric Power Research Institute.
  • 1974-77 Associate Investigator, Study of Risk Assessment of Rare Events in Nuclear Power Generation under a grant to Clark University by the Ford Foundation.
  • 1974-77 Co-Principal Investigator, Study of Alternative Approaches to Rural Development in Least Developed Countries under a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation and with support from the Johnson Foundation.
  • 1975-76 Co-Principal Investigator, Study of the Perceptions of the Hydrologic Cycle by Small Children, Elm Park Center for Early Childhood Education.
  • 1975-76 Co-Principal Investigator, Review of Population, Society and Desertification under a contract from the United Nations Environmental Programme.
  • 1976-77 Principal Investigator, Workshop on Risk Assessment and Societal Management of Technological Hazards under a grant from NSF-RANN to Clark University.
  • 1977-79 Co-Principal Investigator, Study on Improving the Societal Management of Technological Hazards under a grant from NSF-RANN to Clark University.
  • 1977-80 Co-Principal Investigator, Locus and Legacy: Equity Issues in Radioactive Waste Management under a grant from the National Science Foundation to Clark University.
  • 1978-82 Co-Principal Investigator, The Effect of Climate Fluctuation on Human Populations under a grant from the National Science Foundation to Clark University.
  • 1979-80 Principal Investigator, Report on the Comparative Impact of the 1910-15 and 1968-74 Drought in the Sahelian- Sudanic Zone of West Africa under a contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development.
  • 1979-82 Co-Principal Investigator, Improving Public Policy for Technological Hazard Management under a grant from the National Science Foundation, Division of Policy Research and Analysis, to Clark University.
  • 1979-82 Consultant, Study of Environmental Hazards of Small Children under a grant from the National Library of Medicine to the Elm Park Center for Early Childhood Education, Inc..
  • 1979 Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Study of Nature, Society and Technology: Towards a Theory of the Human Environment.
  • 1980-81 Co-Principal Investigator, Assessing Vulnerability to Volcanic Ashfall in East Central Washington: Decision-making and Adjustment in the Agricultural Sector under a grant from the National Science Foundation to Clark University.
  • 1981-83 Co-Principal Investigator, Labor and Laity: Equity Issues in the Differential Exposure of Workers and Publics to Technological Hazards under a grant from the National Science Foundation to Clark University.
  • 1980-85 Review Coordinator, Project on Improving the Science of Climate Impact Assessment, International Council of Scientific Unions, Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) with support from the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences- National Research Council, and the United Nations Environment Program.
  • 1981-87 Research Professor, Center for Technology, Environment, and Development, Clark University.
  • 1982-85 Co-Principal Investigator, Industry as Hazard Manager, under a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to Clark University.
  • 1983-87 Co-Principal Investigator, Perception and Management of Pests and Pesticides, under a grant from the General Service Foundation to Clark University.
  • 1985-87 Co-Principal Investigator, Climate Impacts, Perception, and Adjustment Experiment (CLIMPAX) under a grant from the National Science Foundation to Clark University.
  • 1985-87 Co-Principal Investigator, Millennial Long Waves in Human Occupance: Exploring the Dynamics of Population Growth and Decline, under a grant from the National Science Foundation to Clark University.
  • 1985-87 Co-Principal Investigator, The Global Century Scenario of Sustainable Development of the Biosphere in cooperation with the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis.
  • 1985 Fellow, Distinguished Scholar Exchange, Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China.
  • 1986-1992 Director, Alan Shawn Feinstein World Hunger Program, Brown University, Emeritus 1993–.
  • 1993- Distinguished Scientist, George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University
  • 1995-2003 Co-Principal Investigator, Global Change in Local Places, under a grant from NASA to the Association of American Geographers
  • 1996-9 Senior Fellow, (emeritus 2000-) The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
  • 1998-2003 Associate, Visiting Scholar, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • 2000-3 Visiting Scholar, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • 2000-3 Co-Investigator, Research and Assessment Systems for Sustainability, under a grant from the National Science Foundation with contributions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Global Programs.
  • 2000-2 Member, Global Scenario Group
  • 2000-4 Co-Principal Investigator, Review of Values, Attitudes and Behavior for Sustainable Development
  • 2004-5 Visiting Scholar, Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • 2005-8 Co-Principal Investigator, Recovery in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina
  • 2006- Senior Research Associate, Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • 2007- Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Community and Regional Resilience Initiative
  • 2008- Presidential Professor of Sustainability Science, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research and Climate Change Institute, University of Maine,
  • 2009 U. Of Colorado, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research (Research Affiliate)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES:
  • Member: Academia Europaea, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association of American Geographers, National Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Tanzania Society.
  • 1962-63 Chairman, Committee on the National Inventory of Soil and Water Conservation Needs, Association of American Geographers.
  • 1963-65 Member, Committee on Utilization of Stored Data Systems; Member of Program Committee, Association of American Geographers.
  • 1963-64 Assistant Editor, Economic Geography.
  • 1964-73 Member, Committee on the Alaska Earthquake, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, and Chairman of the Geography Panel (1964-67).
  • 1965-67 Member, Committee on Geographic Information Systems, Association of American Geographers.
  • 1965 Member, Subcommittee on Spatial Behavior, Committee on Areas for Social and Economic Analysis, Social Science Research Council.
  • 1965-66 Vice-President, Clark Chapter, American Association of University Professors.
  • 1966 Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Natural Disaster Studies, U.S. Home and Housing Finance Agency.
  • 1966 Vice-President, New England Section, Regional Science Association.
  • 1966-67 President, Clark Chapter, American Association of University Professors.
  • 1970-76 Corresponding Member, Commission on Man and Environment, International Geographical Union
  • 1972-73 Member, Human Resources Task Force, State of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
  • 1972-82 Treasurer, (1972-78), Clerk (1979-82), Honorary Director (1986-), Elm Park Center for Early Childhood Education, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts
  • 1973 Member, Science Advisory Group, Connecticut River Basin Program, New England River Basin Commission
  • 1973 Member, Panel on Amplitude of Coastal Surges, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council
  • 1973-79 Vice-Chairman (1973), Chairman (1974-76), Member (1977-79), Directorate on Perception of Environmental Quality, Project 13, U.S. National Committee for the Man and Biosphere Program
  • 1973-77 Member, Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council
  • 1973-75 Member, Advisory Panel on Arid Lands of Sub-Saharan Africa, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council
  • 1974-75 Member, Energy Task Force, City of Worcester, Massachusetts
  • 1974-76 Co-Convenor, Working Group on Man-Environment Theory, Commission on Man and Environment, International Geographical Union
  • 1974-76 Member, U.S. National Committee for the Man and Biosphere Program
  • 1976-77 Member, Advisory Committee on Appropriate Technology, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1976-77 Member, Advisory Committee on Desertification, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 1976-79 Member, Committee on Atmospheric Sciences, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council
  • 1976-79 Member, Committee for International Environmental Programs, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council (U.S. National Committee for the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment/SCOPE)
  • 1976-85 Chairman, (1976-79), member (1979-85), Committee on Human Rights, National Academy of Sciences
  • 1976-78 Member, Editorial Board, Geographical Review
  • 1977-79 Member, Report Review Panel, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council
  • 1979-80 Member, Climate Research Board's Panel on Effective Use of Climate Information in Government Decision- making, National Academy of Sciences
  • 1979-82 Member, Climate Research Board, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council
  • 1979-85 Member, Committee on Climate, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 1979-81 Chairman, Governing Board Study Group on Assessment of Risk, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council
  • 1980 Member, Expert Group on Climate Impact Studies, United Nations Environmental Program.
  • 1980-82 Member, Advisory Board for Futures of New England Series, The University Press of New England
  • 1980-90 Member, Editorial Board, Climate Change
  • 1981-82 Member, Scientific Program Evaluation Committee, University Consortium on Atmospheric Research
  • 1982-88 Member, Social Science Research Council, Board of Directors, Committee on Problems and Policy
  • 1982-84 Member, Board of Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council.
  • 1982-1993 Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Committee for the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis
  • 1983-85 Member, Advisory Committee, Clark University Study of Safety and Sensitivity: Ethical Issues in Identifying and Protecting High-Risk Persons in the Workplace
  • 1983- Member, Association of American Geographers, Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility
  • 1984-85 Member, Federal Emergency Management Agency, N.E. Earthquake Organization Workshop Steering Committee
  • 1984-85 Chairman, Center for Technology, Environment and Development, Clark University
  • 1984-85 Co-chairman, National Academy of Engineering Symposium, Hazards: Technology and Fairness
  • 1985-87 Member, Governing Council, Perception and Management of Pests and Pesticides Research and Development Network
  • 1985-87 Member, Organizing Committee, Clark University, Centennial Symposium, Earth as Transformed by Human Action
  • 1985-86 Member, Social Sciences Research Council, International Peace and Security Fellowship Committee
  • 1986-90 Member, National Council, The Federation of American Scientists.
  • 1986-89 Member, Board of Science and Technology in Development, National Research Council
  • 1987 Member, United Nations Association of the U.S.A., National Steering Committee; Food on the Table: Seeking Global Solutions to Chronic Hunger
  • 1988-1993 Member, Editorial Board, Annals of Association of American Geographers
  • 1988-1992 Member, Committee of Advisors, International Geographical Congress, 1992
  • 1988 Member, Panel on Food Aid Requirements for the 1990s, National Research Council
  • 1988-1992 Member, Commitee on Global Change (U.S. National Commitee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program), National Research Council, and Chair, Working Group on Human Interactions
  • 1989-1992 Member, Advisory Committee, Clark University Study on Critical Environmental Zones
  • 1990-1992 Member, Task Force on U.S. Government Organization and Participation in Science and Technology for Development, Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government
  • 1989-1999 Coordinator (1989-91), Co-Chair (1992-) Overcoming Hunger in the 1990s
  • 1992-1995 Vice-President (1992-3), President 1993-4), Past President [1994-5 Association of American Geographers
  • 1993-2008 Executive Editor, Environment magazine
  • 1993-1995 Member, Rediscovering Geography Committee, National Research Council
  • 1994-2000 Member, Editorial Board, Food Policy
  • 1994-1996 Co-chair, AAG Committee on Global Change Research
  • 1994-1999 Member, Scientific Editorial Board, Consequences
  • 1995-1999 Member (1995) Vice-Chair (1996-9) Board on Sustainable Development, National Research Council
  • 1995-2003 Member, Science Editorial Board, Conservation Ecology
  • 1995-2000 Member, Scientific Advisory Board Human Environment
  • 1996-1999 Member, Advisory Board Forces of Change Exhibit, National Museum of Natural History
  • 1998-2001 Review editor, Working Group II, Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • 1996-1999 Member, Board of Advisory Editors, Encylopedia of Global Change
  • 1997-1999 Member, Maine Climate Change Task Force
  • 1998-1999 Member, Planning Committee, Maine Global Climate Change Conference
  • 1999-2003 Member, Advisory Committee, University of Maine, Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy
  • 1999- Member, Executive Committee, Maine Global Climate Change Inc.
  • 2000-2005 Member, Advisory Board, Society for Amateur Scientists
  • 2000- 2009 Trenton, ME representative, Acadia Disposal District
  • 2000 Chair, Coordinating Committee for a Transition to Sustainability, National Academy Of Science, National Research Council.
  • 2000 Member, Organizing Committee, Friibergh Workshop on Sustainability Science
  • 2001- Co-Convenor, Initiative for Science and Technology for Sustainability
  • 2003-4 Review Editor, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
  • 2003-4 Member, National Academies, Committee on Facilitating Interdisciplianry Research
  • 2003-6 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Ecology and Society
  • 2003-4 Co-Chair, Science and Econoomic Policy Resource Panel, Stakeholder Advisory Group, Maine Greenhouse Gas Action Plan
  • 2004- Member, Great Transition Initiative
  • 2004-7 Review Editor, Working Group II, Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • 2005- Member, Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2006- Member, Advisory Board, Social Science Research council, Task Force on Katrina
  • 2007- Member, Board of Global Institute on Sustainability, Arizona State University,
  • 2007- Member, National Advisory Board. Long Term Ecological Research Systems
  • 2008- Contributing Editor, Environment Magazine
  • 2008- Member, Trenton, ME Solid Waste Committee
  • 2009 Member, National Academies, Committee on America’s Climate Choices, Adaptation Panel
  • 2009 Chair, Advisory Board, Sustainability Solutions Initiative, University of Maine
  • 2009 Member, Planning Committee, National Climate Adaptation Summit
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