Jose Puppim de Oliveira
Assistant Director
- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-IAS
- OFFICE:
- UNU IAS, Yokohama
- E-MAIL:
- PHONE:
- +81 45 221 2307
- NATIONALITY:
- Brazil
Research Interests
Patterns of environmental governance
Policy implementation
Political economy of sustainable developmentEducation
Ph.D., Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.Sc., Environmental Science, Hokkaido University
Engineering, Aeronautics Technological InstituteBiographical Statement
Jose Puppim de Oliveira has been Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) since August 2009. He has academic interests in the political economy of sustainable development. He is particularly interested in researching patterns of environmental governance and policy implementation at different levels, looking at how global policies are translated into local policy implementation. At UNU-IAS, Jose coordinates the Sustainable Urban Futures programme and the master’s programme in Environmental Governance.
Previously, he worked at the University College London (UK), at the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) of the Getulio Vargas Foundation, at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) as a European Commission’s Marie Curie Fellow, and as an instructor, consultant and researcher for several organizations such as the OECD, the World Bank Institute, state and national governments, and various NGOs and small and large firms in the private sector. His experience includes research and teaching activities in Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay, USA, Japan, Germany, Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom, Ghana and Angola. He has published seven books and a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is editor of the journal Public Administration and Development (PAD, Wiley-Blackwell).
Peer-reviewed Books
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (Ed.) (2009). Small Firms, Clusters and Sustainability (Pequenas Empresas, Arranjos Produtivos Locais e Sustentabilidade) Rio de Janeiro: Editora FGV (In Portuguese).
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (Ed.) (2008). Upgrading Clusters and Small Enterprises in Developing Countries: Environmental, Labour, Innovation and Social Issues. Hampshire, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2008). Implementation of Environmental Policies in Developing Countries. Albany, NY: State University of New York – SUNY Press.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2008). Business in Society: Sustainability and Social Responsibility. (Empresas na Sociedade: Sustentabilidade e Responsabilidade Social). Rio de Janeiro: Elsevier Press (Campus). (in Portuguese). Won the 2009 Prize Jabuti (3º best book of 2008 on Management and Economics)
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2003). Economic Instruments for Environmental Management: Lessons from National and International Experiences. Salvador: Center for Advanced Studies in Environmental Issues (in Portuguese).
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A., with Camargo, Aspásia and Capobianco, João Paulo (Eds.) (2002). The State of the Brazilian Environment: A View from Civil Society. (Portuguese with a summarized version in English presented in the UN WSSD Rio+10 in Johannesburg). São Paulo: Editora Estação Liberdade.
Peer-reviewed Book Chapters
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. with Andrade, Célio and Nascimento, Luis Felipe (2010). Has CDM delivered what it promised? An analysis of CDM projects in Brazil. In: Greenhouse Gas Market Report 2010. Post Copenhagen and Climate Policy: Where Global Emissions Trading Goes from Here, Ed. International Emissions Trading Association (IETA). IETA: Geneva, Switzerland.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. and Pinto, Rogerio R. (2010). Institutional and Policy Implications of International Public Goods: the case of Global Commons. In: Power Shifts and Global Governance: Challenges from South and North, Eds. Kumar, A. and Messner, D. London, UK: Anthem Press.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. Understanding the Dynamics of Sustainable Investments in Small Firms of Developing Countries. In: Sustainability Management Issues in Latin America and Europe: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective. Ed. Olivier Delbard. ESCP-EAP (Paris) ISBN: 2-914844-37-9 (2007).
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. and Ali, Saleem H. (2006). New Oil in Africa: Can Corporate Power Positively Transform Angola and Equatorial Guinea? In: Corporate Citizenship in Africa: Lessons from the Past, Paths to the Future. Edited by Wayne Visser, Malcolm MCIntosh and Charlotte Middleton. Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2005) Networks for Environmental Management: Involving Public and Quasi-Public Organizations for Market Development Towards Sustainability in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In: Corporate Social responsibility, accountability and Governance. Edited by Istemi Demirag. Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing.
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose Antonio (in press, 2011). Why an air pollution achiever lags on climate policy? The case of local policy implementation in Mie, Japan, Environment & Planning A (Pion).
- Puppim de Oliveira, J.A. (in press) Bridging the gap between small firms and investors to promote investments for green innovation in developing countries: two cases in Brazil Int. J. Technological Learning, Innovation and Development (Inderscience).
- Puppim de Oliveira, J.A.; Balaban, O.; Doll, C.N.H.; Moreno-Penaranda, R.; Gasparatos, A.; Iossifova, D.; Suwa, A. (2011). Cities, Biodiversity and Governance: Perspectives and Governance Challenges for the Convention on Biological Diversity at the City Level, Biological Conservation, 144(5), 1302-1313.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose Antonio and Ali, Saleem (2011) Gemstone Mining as a Development Cluster: A Study of Brazil’s Emerald Mines. Resources Policy (Elsevier), 36(2), 132-141.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose Antonio with Do Carmo, Maria Scarlet and (2010). The Semantics of Garbage and the organization of the recyclers: Implementation challenges for establishing recycling cooperatives in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Resources, Conservation and Recycling (Elsevier Science, ISSN: 0921-3449). 54(12), 1261-68.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. with Onega, Francisco and Crecente, Rafael (2010). Planning Innovations in Land Management and Governance in Fragmented Rural Areas: Two Examples from Galicia (Spain), European Planning Studies (Routledge, ISSN: 0965-4313, 18(5), pp. 755 — 773.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. et al. (2009). Managing the health effects of climate change, The Lancet (ISSN 0140-6736, The Lancet), 373, 1693–733. (co-author in all sections on shelter and human settlements).
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2009). The implementation of climate change related policies at the subnational level: An analysis of three countries. Habitat International (ISSN: 0197-3975, Elsevier), 33(3), 253-259.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. with Pinto, Rogerio R. (2008). Implementation Challenges in Protecting the Global Environmental Commons: The Case of Climate Change Policies in Brazil. Public Administration and Development (ISSN: 0271-2075, Wiley-Blackwell), 28(5), 340-350.
- Puppim de Oliveira, José Antonio and Rotulo Decuadra, Daniel E. (2008). Learning from the Implementation of International Environmental Agreements between Developing Countries Only: The Case Brazil-Uruguay over the Acid Rain from UTPM Termo Power Plant, International Environmental Agreements (ISSN: 1567-9764, Springer),8(4), 389-408.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2008). Property Rights, Land Conflicts and Deforestation in the Eastern Amazon. Forest Policy and Economics (ISSN: 1389-9341, Elsevier Science), 10(5), 303-315.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A (2006). Corporate Citizenship in Latin America, Introduction to the Special Issue, Journal of Corporate Citizenship (ISSN 1470-5001, Greenleaf Publishing), Issue 21, pp. 17-20.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2006). Implementation of Environmental Policies in Yokkaichi, Japan: What Are the Lessons to the Development Literature? Forum of International Development Studies, (ISSN 1341-3732, Nagoya University) Issue 31, March, pp.23-45.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2005). Enforcing Protected Area Guidelines in Brazil: What Explains Participation in the Implementation Process? Journal of Planning Education and Research – JPER (ISSN: 0739-456X, Sage Publications), 24(4), pp. 420-436, June.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2005). Tourism as a Force for Establishing Protected Areas: The Case of Bahia, Brazil, Journal of Sustainable Tourism (ISSN 0966-9582, Channel View Publications), 13(1), pp. 24-49, January.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2003). Understanding Organizational and Institutional Changes for Management of Environmental Affairs in the Brazilian Petroleum Sector, Utilities Policy (Elsevier Science, ISSN: 0957-1787), 11(2), pp 113-121, June.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2003). Governmental Responses to Tourism Development: Three Brazilian Case Studies, Tourism Management (Elsevier Science, ISSN: 0261-5177), 24(1), pp 97-110, January.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2003). Tourism, the Environment and the Role of Governments: A New Research Agenda for Action in Developing Countries, Recent Advances and Research Updates (ISSN-0972-4699), Vol. 4, No.2, July 2003, pp. 221-232.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2002). Implementing Environmental Policies in Developing Countries through Decentralization: The Case of Protected Areas in Bahia, Brazil, World Development (Elsevier Science, ISSN: 0305-750X), 30(10), pp. 1713-1736.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2002). The Policymaking Process for Creating Competitive Assets for the Use of Biomass Energy: the Brazilian Alcohol Programme, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier Science, ISNN: 1364-0321), 6(1-2), pp. 127-138.
- Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A. (2001). Command Control versus Economic Mechanisms: What Is the Evidence for Efficiency and Effectiveness in Environmental Management? International Journal of Environmental Creation (ISSN: 1343-9863), 4(1), pp. 27-33.
