Ted Parson holds a joint appointment with the School of Law. His interests include environmental policy, particularly its international dimensions; the political economy of regulation; the role of science and technology in public issues; and the analysis of negotiations, collective decisions, and conflicts. His recent research has included projects on scientific and technical assessment in international policy-making; the policy implications of carbon-cycle management; the design of international market-based policy instruments; and development of policy exercises, simulation-gaming, and related novel methods for assessment and policy analysis.

Awards and Grants:
2007 - 2010: NSF Human and Social Dynamics, "Market creation as a tool of social transformation" -- $180,000. 2004: Harold and Margaret Sprout Award, International Studies Association

Research Interests:
regulation and technological innovation processes and methods of scientific assessment Environmental policy and international trade

Teaching Interests:
International environmental law and policy Analytic methods for decision-making Negotiations Climate Change

Selected Publications:
(since 2006 only) E. A. Parson, “The Big One: Review Essay on Richard Posner’s Catastrophe: Risk and Response”, Journal of Economic Literature 45, pp. 147-164 (March, 2007). E. A. Parson, V. Burkett, K. Fisher-Vanden, D. Keith, L. Mearns, H. Pitcher, C. Rosenzweig, M. Webster, "Global-Change Scenarios: Their Development and Use." Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.1b, US Climate Change Science Program, 2007. A. E. Dessler and E. A. Parson, 2006. "The Science and Politics of Climate Change: a Guide to the Debate." Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. (2nd edition in prep.) E.A. Parson, “Reflections on air capture: the political economy of active intervention in the global environment”, Climatic Change 74:1-3, pp. 1-11 (January, 2006).