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

• Oil Prices Are Up And Politicians Are Angry. Yawn.
  The New York Times, May 11, 2008
• X Prize: $100 Million For Clean Fuels
  Business Week, April 29, 2008
• National Treasure
  Newsweek, April 17, 2008
• Hunger Is Set To Grow As Global Food Stocks Fall
  The Times Of India, March 13, 2008
• Stanford Study May Stir Debate On Limiting Costs In Climate Bill
  Carbon Control News, March 10, 2008

Courses & Programs

Courses

• Regulated Industries

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications View All

• 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.
• 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.
• David G. Victor, Fragmented Carbon Markets and Reluctant Nations: Implications for the Design of Effective Architectures, in Architectures for Agreement: Addressing Global Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto World, Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. Stavins, eds., New York: Cambridge University Press, September 2007.
• David Victor, Hot Air is Not Enough,Newsweek International, June 25, 2007.

Affiliations & Honors

Professional Affiliations

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