Scott Barrett

Scott Barrett is a professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University. There, he holds the title of Director of the International Policy Program and Professor of Environmental Economics & International Political Economy. He is known for his game theoretical analysis of climate change treaties. His book on the subject [http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199286096 "Environment and Statecraft: The Strategy of Environmental Treaty Making"] was published in 2003. He has been involved in the discussions of the Kyoto Treaty and its comparison to the more successful Montreal Protocol [Barrett, Scott, "Montreal versus Kyoto". Global Public Goods, July 1999, pp. 192-220(29)] . More recently, he has been publishing on the institutions set up to control the regional and global spread of infectious diseases.

His latest book, [http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199211890 "Why Cooperate? The Incentive to Supply Global Public Goods"] , was published by Oxford University Press in September 2007. This book examines a wide range of issues, from nuclear proliferation to infectious disease pandemics, from over-fishing to peacekeeping, from asteroid defense to big science, from the standard for determining the time to international development.

Before acception a post at Johns Hopkins, Barret taught at the London Business School and was also affiliated with the University College London. His graduate work was at the London School of Economics.

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* [http://www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/ir/ip/Faculty/Barrett.html Johns Hopkins faculty page] with link to CV.