Ronald B. Mitchell
Department of Political Science
University of Oregon
Eugene OR 97403-1284
Tel: (541) 346-4880; Fax: (541) 346-4860
Education
1992
Ph.D. Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Public Policy
1985
M.P.P. Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Govt., Public Policy
1981
B.A. Stanford University, American Studies
Employment History
1993 – present
Assistant and Associate Professor, University of Oregon, Department of Political Science
1999-2001
Visiting Associate Professor, Stanford University, Center for
Environmental Science and Policy and International Policy Studies
Program
Professional Service/Activities
Member – State of Oregon Governor’s Advisory Group on Global Warming
Member – National Research Council, Committee on the Human Dimensions of
Global Change
Chair of Working Group 5 on Socio-Economic Aspects, Climate Impacts on Oceanic TOp Predators (CLIOTOP) Project
Member – DIVERSITAS – Scientific Committee for Core Project on “bioSUSTAINABILITY: Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity,” International Council for Science
Editorial Board – International Organization
Editorial Board – Global Environmental Politics
Editorial Board – Journal of Environment and Development
Grants and Fellowships
National Science Foundation, “Fostering Cross-Disciplinary Relationships and Early-Career Development to Advance Interdisciplinary Research on Climate Change and Impacts,” January 2005 – December 2008, recommended for funding by the Geoscience Education program
National Science Foundation, “Analysis of the effects of environmental treaties,” September 2003 - August 2006 (NSF Award No. SES-0318374)
International Studies Association Workshop Grant, 2003 (with John Duffield, Georgia State University)
American Philosophical Society, Sabbatical Fellowship, 2002-2003
Faculty Summer Research Award, Graduate School, University of Oregon, 1994, 1997, 2002
Richard A. Bray Faculty Fellow, University of Oregon, 1999
Publications
Intentional Oil Pollution at Sea: Environmental Policy and Treaty Compliance, The MIT Press, 1994, 361 pages. Winner of the Harold and Margaret Sprout Award, International Studies Association, 1995, for best book on international environmental issues.
“International Environmental Agreements: A Survey of Their Features, Formation, and Effects,” Annual Review of Environment and Resources 28 (November 2003), 429-461.
“Knowledge Systems for Sustainable Development,” David W. Cash, William C. Clark, Frank Alcock, Nancy M. Dickson, Noelle Eckley, David H. Guston, Jill Jäger, and Ronald B. Mitchell. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100:14 (8 July 2003), 8086-8091.
“A Quantitative Approach to Evaluating International Environmental Regimes,” Global Environmental Politics 2:4 (November 2002), 58-83.
“Situation Structure and Institutional Design: Reciprocity, Coercion, and Exchange,” Ronald B. Mitchell and Patricia M. Keilbach. International Organization 55:4 (Autumn 2001), 891-917.
“Implementing the Climate Change Regime’s Clean Development Mechanism,” Ronald B. Mitchell and Edward A. Parson. Journal of Environment and Development 10:2 (June 2001), 125-146.
“Discourse and Sovereignty: Interests, Science, and Morality in the Regulation of Whaling,” Global Governance 4:3 (July-September 1998), 275-293.
“Sources of Transparency: Information Systems in International Regimes,” International Studies Quarterly 42:1 (March 1998), 109-130.
“Empirical Research on International Environmental Policy: Designing Qualitative Case Studies” Ronald B. Mitchell and Thomas Bernauer. Journal of Environment and Development 7:1 (March 1998), 4-31.
“Heterogeneities at Two Levels: States, Non-State Actors, and Intentional Oil Pollution” Journal of Theoretical Politics 6:4 (October 1994), 625-653.
“Regime Design Matters: Intentional Oil Pollution and Treaty Compliance,” International Organization 48:3 (Summer 1994), 425-458.
“Flexibility, Compliance and Norm Development in the Climate Regime” in Implementing the Climate Regime: International Compliance. Editors: Olav Schram Stokke, Jon Hovi, and Geir Ulfstein. Earthscan Press, 2005, 65-83.
“Institutions, Science, and Technology in the Transition to Sustainability,” Ronald B. Mitchell and Patricia Romero Lankao, in Earth System Analysis for Sustainability, Dahlem Workshop Report 91. Editors: Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Paul J. Crutzen, William C. Clark, and Martin Claussen. MIT Press, 2004, 387-407.
“A Quantitative Approach to Evaluating International Environmental Regimes” in Regime Consequences: Methodological Challenges and Research Strategies. Editors: Arild Underdal and Oran Young. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004, 121-149.
“Science, Scientists, and the Policy Process: Lessons from Global Environmental Assessments for the Northwest Forest,” Ronald B. Mitchell, William C. Clark, David W. Cash, and Frank Alcock, in Forest Futures: Science, Politics and Policy for the Next Century. Editors: Karen Arabas and Joe Bowersox. Rowman and Littlefield, 2004, 95-111.
“Beyond Story-Telling: Designing Case Study Research in International Environmental Policy,” Ronald B. Mitchell and Thomas Bernauer, in Models, Numbers, and Cases: Methods for Studying International Relations. Editors: Detlef Sprinz and Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias. University of Michigan Press, 2004, 81-106.
“International Environment,” in Handbook of International Relations. Editors: Thomas Risse, Beth Simmons, and Walter Carlsnaes. Sage Publications, 2002, 500-516.
“Institutional Aspects of Implementation, Compliance, and Effectiveness” in International Relations and Global Climate Change. Editor: Urs Luterbacher and Detlef Sprinz. MIT Press, 2001, 221-244.
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