Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira is affiliated to the Institute for Global Public Policy and faculty member at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV/EAESP and FGV/EBAPE) in Brazil. He has extensive experience in interdisciplinary research projects, particularly involving the developing world. He has over 25 years of experience in universities, businesses, think-tanks, and governmental and international agencies in research, teaching, training and academic management. His work is multi and interdisciplinary involving applied social sciences and their links to the natural and health sciences and engineering. His research and policy interests concentrate in themes around sustainable development studying the patterns of governance, institution building and policy implementation at different levels, looking at how global and national institutions are interlinked to governance and action. His experience comprises research, consultancy and policy work in more than 20 countries in all continents. He held positions of Senior Research Fellow and Assistant Director of UN University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) in Japan between 2009 and 2015. Previously, he worked as faculty member at the University College London (UK) and the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) as a Marie Curie Fellow, and as an instructor, consultant and researcher for several organizations. He has published more than ten books and 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is editor-in-chief of the journal Public Administration and Development (PAD, Wiley) and member of several editorial boards. He holds a degree in Engineering from the Aeronautical Technological Institute (ITA), Brazil, a Master’s Degree in Regional and Environmental Planning from Hokkaido University, Japan and a Ph.D. in Planning from MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Among top 2% of most influential researchers worldwide (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Sustainable development, Energy, Environment, Cities, Patterns of governance, institution building and policy implementation at different levels

EDUCATION

• 1995 - 2000, PhD in Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

• 1992 - 1995, Master's in Regional and Environmental Planning, Hokkaido University, Japan

• 1985 - 1989, BSC in Engineering, Technology Institute (ITA), Brazil

COURSES

Political Economy of Sustainable Development

Academic Papers

• Shamsul Haque, M., & Puppim de Oliveira, J. A. (forthcoming in 2021). Building administrative capacity under developmental states in Chile and Singapore: a comparative perspective. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 0020852320943656. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020852320943656

• Shih, W. Y., Mabon, L., & Puppim de Oliveira, J. A. (2020). Assessing governance challenges of local biodiversity and ecosystem services: Barriers identified by the expert community. Land Use Policy, 91, 104291.

• Nagano, H., Puppim de Oliveira, J. A., Barros, A. K., & Junior, A. D. S. C. (2020). The ‘Heart Kuznets Curve’? Understanding the relations between economic development and cardiac conditions. World Development, 132, 104953.

• de Souza Leão, E. B., do Nascimento, L. F. M., de Andrade, J. C. S., & de Oliveira, J. A. P. (2020). Carbon accounting approaches and reporting gaps in urban emissions: An analysis of the Greenhouse Gas inventories and climate action plans in Brazilian cities. Journal of Cleaner Production, 245, 118930.

• Puppim de Oliveira, J. A. (2019). Intergovernmental relations for environmental governance: Cases of solid waste management and climate change in two Malaysian States. Journal of Environmental Management, 233, 481-488.

• Ali, S. H., & Puppim de Oliveira, J. A. (2018). Pollution and economic development: an empirical research review. Environmental Research Letters, 13(12), 123003.

• Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2017). Breaking resilience in the urban system for improving resource efficiency: the case of the waste sector in Penang, Malaysia. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development. 9(2): 170-183. DOI: 10.1080/19463138.2016.1236027

• Roppongi, H.; Suwa, A. and Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2017). Innovating in sub-national climate policy: The mandatory emissions reduction scheme in Tokyo. Climate Policy, 17(4): 516-532.

• Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. and Doll, C.N.H  (2016). Governance and networks for health co-benefits of climate change mitigation: Lessons from two Indian cities. Environment International, 97: 146-154.

Books and Journal Special Issues

• Puppim de Oliveira, J. A. and Jing, Y. (Eds.) (2020). International Development Assistance and the BRICS. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.

• Sethi, M., and Puppim de Oliveira, J. A. (Eds.). (2018). Mainstreaming Climate Co-benefits in Indian Cities: Post-Habitat III Innovations and Reforms. Springer.

• Doll, C.N.H and Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (Eds.) (2017). Urbanization and Climate Co-Benefits: Implementation of Win-Win Interventions in Cities. Routledge.

• Dale, G.; Mathai, M. V. and Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (Eds.) (2016). Green Growth: Ideology, Political Economy and the Alternatives. London: Zed Books.

• Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (Ed.) (2012). Green Economy and Good Governance for Sustainable Development: Opportunities, Promises and Concerns (ISBN: 978-9280812169) Tokyo: United Nations University Press (released during the Rio+20 meeting).

• Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2008). Implementation of Environmental Policies in Developing Countries. Albany, NY: State University of New York - SUNY Press.

Other Research Publications

• Co-editor of the ESCAP-UNU report on Transformations for Sustainable Development: Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific.

Editor-in-Chief

• the journal Public Administration and Development (Wiley)

Editorial Board Membership

• Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration

• Asian Journal of Political Science

• Latin American Journal of Management for Sustainable Development