Robert Kaufmann
Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Director of Graduate Studies, CEES and Professor, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Department of Geography and Environment
PhD 1988, University of Pennsylvania
Research interests: My research focuses on three areas; world oil markets, development and analysis of policies to slow the emission of gases that contribute to global climate change, and ecological economics. In each area, my research makes progress by integrating theory and techniques developed in the social and natural sciences. Progress is defined by the ability to understand the issue at hand and the ability to develop effective policy.
Office: Stone Science (STO) 463
Phone: 617-353-3940
Fax: 617-353-5986
E-mail: kaufmann@bu.edu
Address: Center for Energy
and Environmental Studies
675 Commonwealth Avenue, Rm 457
Boston, MA 02215, USA
Full C.V., pdf (Citations 1,123)
Robert in the media
Robert was a guest on NPR's On Point radio show. Listen to him talk on the topic "Deep Drilling for Oil".
Video lecture from Fermi National Accelerator Lab: "Oil and the American Way of Life: Don't Ask Don't Tell" (requires RealPlayer).
Wall St. Journal blog about peak oil with Robert and James Hamilton.
World Oil Market: Living Off the Past, Planning for the Future (PowerPoint presentation)
After The Peak: When Will The World Run Out of Inexpensive Oil?
McGraw Hill publishes our textbook on Environmental Science that uses energy and material flows to integrate the physical, ecological and economics aspects of environmental science. For more information, click the image above.
Current Research Papers:
Energy
- Modeling the World Oil Market: Assessment of a Quarterly Econometric Model (pdf)
- Determinants of OPEC Production: Implications for OPEC Behavior (in press)
- Alternatives to Conventional Crude Oil: When, How Quickly and Market Driven? (pdf)
- Most Recent Project LINK Oil Price Forecast
- Casual Order in the US Oil Supply Chain (pdf)
Environmental Economics
- Valuing Ecosystem Services: A Shadow Price for Net Primary Production (pdf)
- An Interdisciplinary Model of Soybean Yield in the Amazon Basin: The Climatic, Edaphic and Economic Determinants (pdf)
Climate Change
- An Urban Precipitation Deficit: Land-Use Change in the Pearl River Delta, China (pdf)
- Attributing Climate to Human Activity or Deterministic Time Trends (pdf)
Carbon Cycle
- The Relationship Between Tree Rings and NDVI: The Effect of Location and Life History (pdf)
- The Power of Monitoring Stations and a CO2 Fertilization Effect: Evidence from Casual Relationships Between NDVI and Carbon Dioxide (pdf)
- Monthly Changes in the Interannual Cycle of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide at Mauna Loa (pdf)
Courses Taught
GG
100 Introduction to Environmental Science
EE 703 Energy
and Environmental Policy Analysis
GG 712 Regional Energy
Modeling
