Biography

David Victor, an expert in the areas of regulation, energy law, and environmental policy, came to Stanford University in 2001 to start the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI). The Program focuses on the economic and environmental consequences of energy consumption, and much of Professor Victor's work involves extensive field research in emerging markets (notably China and India) and in some of the world's poorest regions, including in Africa. Professor Victor teaches regulation at the Law School and continues his work at FSI through a joint appointment. Previously, he directed the Science and Technology program at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, where his research focused on the sources of technological innovation and the impact of innovation on economic growth; global forest policy, global warming, and genetic engineering of food crops.

Professor Victor is a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Senior Fellow (by courtesy) at the Woods Institute for the Environment.

Key Works

• David Victor, Amy M. Jaffe and Mark H. Hayes, Natural Gas and Geopolitics: From 1970 to 2040, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
• David Victor, Recovering Sustainable Development, 85 Foreign Affairs 91 (2006).
• David Victor, Joshua C. House and Sara Joy, Madisonian Approach to Climate Policy, 309 Science 1820 (2005).
• Benn Steil, David Victor and Richard R. Nelson, Technological Innovation and Economic Performance, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002.
• David Victor, Collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the Struggle to Slow Global Warming, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2001.

In the News

• EU Lessons For U.S. Lawmakers
  Carbon Control News, June 23, 2008
• The Trouble With Markets For Carbon
  The New York Times, June 20, 2008
• Rising Oil Cost Finances Turmoil
  The Baltimore Sun, June 16, 2008
• Industries Allied To Cap Carbon Differ On the Details
  The New York Times, June 02, 2008
• Credits May Not Reduce Emissions
  The Stanford Daily, May 30, 2008

Courses & Programs

Courses

• Political Economy of Energy Policy
• Regulated Industries

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications View All

• David G. Victor, Putting Rich Farmers First, Newsweek.com, July 7, 2008.
• David G. Victor, Blowhard in Chief: When it Comes to Global Warming, it Doesn't Much Matter Who is Sitting in the White House, Newsweek.com, May 1, 2008.
• Michael Wara and David G. Victor, A Realistic Policy on International Carbon Offsets, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper, No. 74 (April 2008).
• David Victor, The Energy Trap, Newsweek.com, March 3, 2008.
• David G. Victor, Asia's Achilles Heel, Newsweek.com, February 28, 2008 (also published as China: The Reform Trap, Newsweek International Edition, March 10, 2008).
• David G. Victor, The Oil Paradox, Newsweek, January 31, 2008, The Markets.
• David G. Victor, Smoke and Mirrors (in Thomas Homer-Dixon, Michael T. Klare, Sherri W. Goodman, Paul J. Kern and David G. Victor, Debating Disaster: The World is Not Enough), The National Interest (online), January 2, 2008.
• David Victor, Hot Air, Newsweek, December 2, 2007, Web Exclusive.
• David G. Victor, What Resource Wars? The National Interest, November/December 2007.
• David G. Victor and Danny Cullenward, Making Carbon Markets Work, Scientific American, September 26, 2007.

Affiliations & Honors

Professional Affiliations

• Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
• Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Director,
  Center for Environmental Science and Policy