Pielke, Roger A., Jr., 1968-

Roger A. Pielke Jr. (born November 2, 1968) is an American political scientist and a nonresident senior fellow at the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute. Before he was a professor of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), and was the director of the Sports Governance Center within the Department of Athletics at the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado Boulder. He previously served in the Environmental Studies Program and was a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) where he served as director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado Boulder from 2001 to 2007. Pielke was a visiting scholar at Oxford University's Saïd Business School in the 2007–2008 academic year. Pielke's research and views on climate change have been a subject of controversy. Climate publications and scientists have accused him of spreading climate denial talking points and misinformation. Climate blog DeSmog lists Pielke in its Climate Disinformation Database. Climate science blog Skeptical Science has accused him of spreading misinformation and misrepresenting scientific findings. In a book review for Science Magazine, Kevin E. Trenberth criticized Pielke's work for mischaracterizing and "politicizing climate change science." A prolific writer, his interests include understanding the politicization of science; decision making under uncertainty; policy education for scientists in areas such as climate change, disaster mitigation, and world trade; and research on the governance of sports organizations, including FIFA and the NCAA.