Roger E. Kasperson is Research Professor and Distinguished Scientist at The George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and has taught previously at Clark University, the University of Connecticut, and Michigan State University.

His expertise is in risk analysis, global environmental change, and environmental policy.

Dr. Kasperson is a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science and the International Society for Risk Analysis. He has served on numerous committees of the U.S. National Research Council.

He also has been honored by the Association of American Geographers for his hazards research. He chaired the International Geographical Union Commission on Critical Situations/Regions in Gflobal Environmental Change. He currently serves on EPA.s Science Advisory Board, the Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change of the U.S. National Research Council, is a trustee of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies in Japan, serves on the scientific advisory committees of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Change, the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and the START Programme of the IGBP. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Scientists. He has authored or co-edited some 18 books and monographs and more than 125 articles or chapters in scholarly journals or books. From 2000 to 2004, Kasperson served as Executive Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute in Sweden. He is a coordinating lead author of the vulnerability and synthesis chapters of the Conditions and Trends volume of the Millennium Ecosystems Assessment and a member of the core writing team for the Synthesis of the overall assessment.

Current Research: "For the past several years my research has focussed upon efforts to develop a stronger understanding of how the vulnerability of people, places, and ecosystems can be better understood. In recent years, with colleagues at Clark University, Harvard University, the Stockholm Environment Institute, and the University of South Carolina, I have tried to lay a stronger conceptual base for efforts at analysis and assessment and for management initiatives aimed at more robust approaches to reducing vulnerability and building resilience. One current project under the coordination of Harvard University involves developing strategies for bridging the gap between the worlds of science and practice. A second project involves the formulation of a conceptual framework for incorporating sustainability into several sectors of European environmental policy. A third NSF project, just beginning in 2005, involves the creation of improved methods for analyzing and managing highly uncertain risks. Included in this is a continuing interest in how adaptive management strategies can be used to improve societal anticipation and response to terrorist actions."