SIPA: School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University

Faculty

The PhD in Sustainable Development is housed in the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and the degree, as all doctoral degrees at Columbia, is awarded by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The program is co-directed by Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Professor Joseph Stiglitz.

Faculty who participate in the program by advising students, teaching in required courses or serving on committees, etc. are drawn from a wide variety of schools and departments at Columbia University in addition to SIPA.  A student’s primary advisor need not be a SIPA faculty member but should be a member of the Columbia faculty. 

Program Committee
The PhD Program Committee is the primary governing body of the program and is chaired by the Director of Graduate Studies, Professor John Mutter, and includes Professor John Coatsworth, and a number of other members, including Professor Douglas Almond (SIPA and Econ), Professor Mark Cane (DEES and APAM), Professor Geoffrey Heal (Business School and SIPA), Professor Upmanu Lall  (Engineering), Professor Jeffrey Sachs (Earth Institute), Professor Wolfram Schlenker (SIPA and Econ), and Mona Khalidi, Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies, SIPA.   This committee is responsible for all program oversight and management decisions including procedures for orals, defenses and curriculum issues.  

Program faculty
In addition to the above committee the following listed faculty have indicated their interest in the program including their willingness to advise students and teach in the program. These faculty members are drawn from SIPA and other departments and schools of Columbia University in order to fulfill the interdisciplinary needs of the program

Sustainable Development PhD Program (SDEV): Faculty 2011-2012

Douglas Almond Economics Advisor
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Lisa Anderson SIPA
On public service leave
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Scott Barrett SIPA
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Guillermo Calvo SIPA
gc2286@columbia.edu | View Details

Mark Cane SIPA
mac6@columbia.edu | View Details

Pierre André Chiappori SIPA
pc2167@columbia.edu | View Details

John Coatsworth, Interim Provost, Columbia University
jhc2125@columbia.edu | View Details

Ruth DeFries E3B
rd2402@columbia.edu | View Details

Olle Folke SIPA
of2152@columbia.edu | View Details

Geoffrey Heal SIPA
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Macartan Humphreys Political Science
mh2245@columbia.edu | View Details

Patrick Kinney SIPA
plk3@columbia.edu | View Details

Klaus Lackner SIPA
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Upmanu  Lall SIPA
ula2@columbia.edu | View Details

W. Bentley MacLeod SIPA
wbm2103@columbia.edu | View Details

Vijay Modi SIPA
vm2@columbia.edu | View Details

John Mutter Director of Graduate Studies, SDEV PhD Program
jcm@ldeo.columbia.edu | View Details

Suresh Naidu SIPA
sn2430@columbia.edu | View Details

José Antonio Ocampo SIPA
jao2128@columbia.edu | View Details

Christian Pop-Eleches SIPA
cp2124@columbia.edu | View Details

Jeffrey Sachs Earth Institute; Co-Director, SDEV PhD Program
sachs@columbia.edu | View Details

Bernard Salanie SIPA
bs2237@columbia.edu | View Details

Bhaven Sampat SIPA
bns3@columbia.edu | View Details

Wolfram Schlenker SIPA
ws2162@columbia.edu | View Details

Adam H. Sobel EESC
ahs129@columbia.edu | View Details

Joseph Stiglitz Co-Director, SDEV PhD Program
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Miguel Urquiola SIPA
msu2101@columbia.edu | View Details

Ion Bogdan Vasi SIPA
bv2125@columbia.edu | View Details

Eric Verhoogen SIPA
ev2124@columbia.edu | View Details

Paige West SIPA
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