Biography

Michael L. Ross is a professor in the Department of Political Science and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. He has held visiting positions at Oxford University and the World Bank.

Ross has published widely on the politics of climate change, natural resources, oil-exporting countries, and democracy. He is also the founding editor of the Cambridge University Press book series, “The Politics of Climate Change,” a co-founder of the Project on Resources and Governance and the Political Economy of Climate and the Environment conference, and a member of the editorial boards of World Politics and Comparative Political Studies. Ross has served on advisory boards for the World Bank, the United Nations, the US Interior Department, the National Intelligence Council, the Social Science Research Council, the Natural Resources Governance Institute, and the Payne Institute.

Education

Princeton, 1997