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David G. Victor
Director, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development; Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Senior Fellow; Stanford Professor of Law; Woods Institute Senior Fellow by courtesy
ADDRESS
dgvictor@stanford.edu
(650) 724-1712 (phone)
(650) 724-1717 (fax)
PESD
Stanford University
Encina Hall E415
Stanford, CA 94305-6055
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Energy policy - the future role of natural gas, electric power market reform, and rural energy development; genetically modified foods/plants and related trade policy; climate change policy; role of technology, innovation and competition in development; and forest policy
David Victor is Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. The Program, launched in September 2001, focuses on power sector reform, the emerging global market for natural gas, energy services for the world's poor, the practical challenges in managing climate change, and the role of state-controlled oil and gas companies in the world's hydrocarbon markets. Much of the Program's research concentrates in Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa. He teaches energy law, regulation and political economy at Stanford Law School.

Previously, Dr. Victor directed the Science and Technology program at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, where he remains Adjunct Senior Fellow. He directed the Council's task force on energy co-chaired by Jim Schlesinger and John Deutch and is senior adviser to the task force on climate change chaired by George Pataki and Mark Warner. He also leads a study group that is examining ways to improve management of the nation's $50b strategic oil reserve. In the past, his research at the Council his research focused on the sources of technological innovation and the impact of innovation on economic growth. His research also examined global forest policy, global warming, and genetic engineering of food crops.

His Ph.D. is from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Political Science and International Relations), his B.A. from Harvard University (History and Science).

His publications include: Natural Gas and Geopolitics (Cambridge University Press, July 2006), The Collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the Struggle to Slow Global Warming (Princeton University Press, April 2001; second edition July 2004); Climate Change: Debating America's Policy Options (New York: Council on Foreign Relations); Technological Innovation and Economic Performance (Princeton University Press, January 2002, co-edited with Benn Steil and Richard Nelson); and an edited book of case studies on the implementation of international environmental agreements (MIT Press, 1998). He is author of more than 100 essays and articles in scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers, such as Climatic Change, The Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Nature, The New York Times, Science, and Scientific American, and The Washington Post.

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STANFORD DEPARTMENTS
Law; Public Policy Program; Management Science and Engineering; Political Science
Publications
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India's expanding natural gas markets

David G. Victor
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (2007) +PDF+

Can We Stop Global Warming? The only practical approach is to pursue technologies that burn coal more cleany

David G. Victor, Danny Cullenward
Boston Review vol. 32, 1 (2007) +HTML+
 

Rural Electrification in China 1950-2004: Historical processes and key driving forces

Pan Jiahua, Peng Wuyuan, Li Meng Li Meng, Wu Xiangyang Wu Xiangyang, Wan Lishuang, Rebecca J. Elias, David G. Victor, Hisham Zerriffi, Chi Zhang
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #60 (2006) +PDF+

Beyond free electricity: The costs of electric cooking in poor households and a market-friendly alternative

Mark Howells, David G. Victor, Trevor Grant, Rebecca J. Elias, Thomas Alfstad
Energy Policy vol. 34 (2006) +HTML+

India Nuclear Deal, the: Implications for Global Climate Change

David G. Victor
PESD (2006) +PDF+
Events
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23rd World Gas Congress (6/6/2006)

Conference with David G. Victor, Mark H. Hayes
+PDF+ 2 presentations available

What next for the Kyoto Protocol? New strategies for protecting the global climate (2/2/2006)

Forum with David G. Victor
 

The Commitment Problem and Governance: Insights from Natural Gas Export Projects (11/3/2004)

CDDRL Research Seminar with Mark H. Hayes, David G. Victor
+PDF+ paper available
 

Electricity Reforms in India: Firm Choices, Emerging Markets, and Externalities

Conference with Chi Zhang, David G. Victor
9/23/2004 - 9/24/2004
+PDF+ 3 presentations available
 

Climate Change: What Next for American Foreign Policy (6/14/2004)

Special Event with David G. Victor, Christine Todd Whitman
Research Programs and Projects

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD)
Research Program

Climate Change Policy
Research Platform

Energy and Development
Research Platform

 

Experience with Independent Power Projects in Developing Countries
Research Project

Five Country Study of Electricity Market Reform: Results
Research Project

Geopolitics of Gas
Research Platform

National Oil Companies
Research Platform

Political Economy of Electricity Markets
Research Platform