Saleem Ali (academic)

Saleem H. Ali (born, 1973) is a Pakistani American Australian academic who is the Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment at the University of Delaware and also directs the university's Minerals, Materials and Society program.[1] He has also held the Chair in Sustainable Resources Development at the University of Queensland in Brisbane Australia where he retains affiliation as a Professorial Research Fellow.[2] He is also a Senior Fellow at Columbia University's Center on Sustainable Investment.[3] Previously he was Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont's Rubenstein School of Natural Resources, and the founding director of the Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security as well as a Fellow at the Gund Institute.[4] He is an advisor to the deep sea mining company DeepGreen.[5][6]

This article is about the American scientist. For the Maldivian politician, see Saleem Ali (politician).
Saleem H. Ali
Professor Ali during a field visit in Rwanda
Born1973
New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican, Pakistani, Australian
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Yale University
Tufts University
AwardsYoung Global Leader; National Geographic Society Emerging Explorer Award; Elected member of United Nations International Resource Panel;Member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility; Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
Scientific career
FieldsEnvironmental Studies, Conflict Resolution, and International Relations
InstitutionsUniversity of Delaware
University of Queensland
Columbia University
University of Vermont
Brown University
Brookings Institution

He is known for his work on environmental conflict resolution, particularly in the extractive industries and was profiled in Forbes magazine in September, 2009 as "The Alchemist." [7] His book "Treasures of the Earth: Need Greed and a Sustainable Future" (Yale University Press, October, 2009) received a cover endorsement by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus for providing a " welcome linkage between environmental behavior and poverty alleviation."[8] In May 2010, he was also chosen by National Geographic as an "emerging explorer" with a profile appearing in the June 2010 issue of National Geographic Magazine. In March 2011, he was also selected by the World Economic Forum as a "Young Global Leader."[9]

Research Work

Dr. Ali's research focuses on integrative approaches to achieving planetary sustainability through technical and social mechanisms. In particular, he has studied the causes and consequences of multiscale environmental conflicts between industry, communities and government and how ecological factors can promote peace. He has previously served on the faculty of Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies and on the visiting faculty for the United Nations University for Peace (Costa Rica).[10] Much of his empirical research has focused on environmental conflicts in the mineral sector. In September 2007, he was chosen as one of eight "revolutionary minds" by Seed magazine.[11]

Professor Ali was elected to the United Nations International Resource Panel in 2017 and to the Science Panel of the Global Environment Facility in 2018, and is also a member of the World Commission on Protected areas and the IUCN Taskforce on Transboundary Conservation.[12] He has also been involved in promoting environmental education in madrasahs and using techniques from environmental planning to study the rise of these institutions in his ethnic homeland of Pakistan, under a grant from the United States Institute of Peace.[13] In much of his research efforts, Dr. Ali involves a multi-media component, often involving his students in making video documentaries of their empirical work. From 2005 to 2008, he received two grants from the Tiffany & Co. Foundation to investigate the environmental and social impact of gemstone and gold mining.[14] He also completed a report on oil and gas pipelines as a source of cooperation that was researched while based at the Brookings Institution research center in Doha, Qatar in 2009.[15] His report on "Ecological Cooperation in South Asia" was launched in Washington at an event hosted by Peter Bergen in January 2013.[16] Subsequently, he has also contributed to science diplomacy anthologies pertaining to South Asia for the Stimson Center and The Middle East Institute.

Professor Ali's research appointments include, a Baker Foundation Research Fellowship at Harvard Business School, a Bellagio Residency with the Rockefeller Foundation and a parliamentary internship at the British House of Commons. He has taught courses on environmental planning, conflict resolution, industrial ecology, research methods and technical writing and has been is actively involved in online learning platforms such as EdX.

Prior to embarking on an academic career, Dr. Ali worked as an environmental health and safety professional at General Electric. He also served as a consultant for the Environmental Protection Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Health Canada. Yet other of his projects included a mining impact prospectus for the Crow Nation and research assistance to Cultural Survival.[17]

Since 2014, he is also an editor for the University of Chicago Press book series on environmental science, law and policy.[18]

Education

Professor Ali earned a doctorate in environmental planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his doctoral committee was chaired by Lawrence Susskind. He received a master's degree (M.E.S.) in environmental law and policy from Yale University, (thesis advisor Daniel Esty), and a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Tufts University. He did his secondary schooling at Aitchison College Lahore, Pakistan with primary schooling at the Friends Academy and the Job. S. Gidley School in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts.[19]

Bibliography
  • Mining, the environment, and indigenous development conflicts, Saleem H. Ali, University of Arizona Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0-8165-2312-2
  • Peace Parks: Conservation and Conflict Resolution, Saleem H. Ali ed. MIT Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-262-51198-8
  • Earth Matters: Indigenous People, The Extractive Industries and Corporate Social Responsibility, Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh and Saleem Ali eds. Greenleaf Publications, 2008, ISBN 978-1-906093-16-7
  • Islam and Education: Conflict and Conformity in Pakistan's Madrassahs, Saleem H. Ali, Oxford University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-19-547672-9
  • Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed and a Sustainable Future, Saleem H. Ali, Yale University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-300-14161-0
  • Environmental Diplomacy: Negotiating More Effective Global Agreements, Lawrence Susskind and Saleem H. Ali, Oxford University Press, 2014, ISBN 978-0-199-39797-6
  • Diplomacy on Ice: Energy and the Environment in the Arctic and Antarctic Rebecca Pincus and Saleem H. Ali eds., Yale University Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0-300-20516-9
  • Africa's Mineral Fortune Saleem H. Ali, Kathryn Sturman and Nina Colllins eds., Routledge, 2018 ISBN 9781138606920

References
  1. Curriculum Vitae (PDF), University of Delaware, retrieved October 31, 2019
  2. Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland, retrieved July 10, 2017
  3. Columbia Law School and Earth Institute, Columbia University, retrieved July 10, 2017
  4. Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security, University of Vermont, retrieved July 10, 2017
  5. "About Us". DeepGreen. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  6. Community, Springer Nature Sustainability (2020-06-02). "Deep sea mining: the potential convergence of science, industry and sustainable development?". Springer Nature Sustainability Community. Retrieved 2020-11-10. I have been advising Deep Green Metals and the Government of Nauru's mineral exploration company NORI, on the methodology to appropriately conduct such analyses and pursue a peer-reviewed version of this document, via my affiliate professorship role with the University of Queensland's Sustainable Minerals Institute.
  7. Eaves, Elizabeth (9 August 2009). "The Alchemist". Forbes.
  8. Treasures of the Earth, Yale University Press, retrieved July 10, 2017
  9. Young Global Leaders Network, World Economic Forum, retrieved July 10, 2017
  10. Curriculum Vitae (PDF), University of Delaware, retrieved July 10, 2017
  11. Yar Khan, Nazish (May–June 2012). "The Synthesist". Aramco World.
  12. World Commission on Protected Areas, International Union for Conservation of Nature, retrieved July 10, 2017
  13. US and Pakistan Navigating a Complex Relationship, U.S. Institute of Peace, retrieved July 10, 2017
  14. Tiffany & Co. Foundation Grant to Create Knowledge Hub on Colored Gemstones, Eureka Alert, retrieved July 10, 2017
  15. Energizing Peace, Brookings Institution, retrieved July 10, 2017
  16. Ecological Cooperation in South Asia, New America Foundation, retrieved July 10, 2017
  17. Curriculum Vitae (PDF), University of Delaware, retrieved July 10, 2017
  18. Summits Series on Environmental Science, Law and Policy, University of Chicago Press, retrieved July 10, 2017
  19. Curriculum Vitae (PDF), University of Delaware, retrieved July 10, 2017
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