Robert Kates#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1423 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.rwkates.org |
Robert Kates passed away April 21, 2018.
Positions Held
- 2008 Research Affiliate, U. of Colorado, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
- 2008 Presidential Professor of Sustainability Science, University of Maine
- 2004 Visiting Scientist, now Senior Research Associate, Center for International Development. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- 1998 - 2003 Visiting Scientist, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- 1996 - 1999 Senior Fellow, (emeritus 2000-) The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
- 1993 University Professor (emeritus), Adjunct Professor of World Hunger, Brown University
- 1993 Distinguished Scientist, George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University
- 1991 Faculty Associate, College of the Atlantic
- 1988 Affiliate Professor of Geography, Clark University
- 1986 - 1992 University Professor and Director, Alan Shawn Feinstein World Hunger Program, Brown University
- 1981 - 1987 Research Professor, Center for Technology, Environment, and Development, Clark University
- 1974 - 1980 University Professor, Clark University
- 1967 - 1969 Director, Bureau of Resource Assessment and Land Use Planning, University College, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- 1962 - 1987 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University
Fields of Scholarship
- Sustainability transition
- Global and local climate change
- Prevalence and persistence of hunger
- Long-term population dynamics
- Theory of the human environment
- Sustainability science
Honours and Awards
- 1970 - 1971 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
- 1981 - 1985 MacArthur Prize Fellowship
- 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
- 1991 U.S. National Medal of Science
- 1993 Foreign Member, Academia Europaea
- 1993 Honorary Doctor of Sciences, Clark University
- 2004 Honorary Doctor of Sciences, University of Maine
- 2005 Laureat d'Honneur, International Geographical Union
