James Perkaus
6180 N. Lemont Avenue
Chicago, IL 60646 USA
Email: perkaus@neodot.com
Website: www.neodot.com
US Phone & Fax: 1.888.211.1600
International Phone & Fax 1.617.303.8706
EDUCATION:
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Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
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· Ph. D.
(International Relations), in progress (ABD).
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Fields: Public International Law, World Political Order, and
Global Environmental Policy.
· Master of Arts
in Law and Diplomacy, 1997.
Energy and Environment Forum, 1995-1997.
Passed General Proficiency oral and written examinations
in Spanish, 1996.
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University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.
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· Master of Business
Administration, 1990.
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Concentrations: International Business and Finance.
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Traded stocks, options, and futures 25 hours per week while
attending school.
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Loyola University Chicago, College of Liberal Arts.
Completed 90 credit-hours to a degree in Economics and
Philosophy.
GPA: 3.94. Rank 3 out of 200. 1981 to 1986.
PUBLICATIONS:
· "Sub-National Actors Participating
in International Emissions Trading?: Issues on Design and
Prospects," with Andrea Baranzini, International
Academy of the Environment Working Paper
No. 63, (Geneva, Switzerland:IAE, 1998).
· "The
Global Nitrogen Initiative," in Negotiating the Global Environment,
Eds. William
Moomaw, Lawrence Susskind, and Teresa Hill (Cambridge,
MA: PON Books, 1997).
· "Do
Global Environmental Accords Support a Planetary Life Tenancy?," Future
Generations Journal,
Foundation for International Studies in cooperation
with UNESCO and UNEP, Malta, September, 1995.
· "The
Global Commons Life Estate," Future Generations Journal, June,
1995.
EXPERIENCES:
Consultant. Environmental Financial Products Limited. October
1996 to April 1998.
· Assisted in integrating a plurilateral
carbon emissions-trading program to manage global
climate change into frameworks of international law and
politics.
· Prepared preliminary report analyzing
optimal characteristics of emissions-trading market.
· Edited manuscript for forthcoming
publications.
Self-employed Researcher. International Environmental Affairs. 1991
to 1995.
· EnvironEthics:
A Declaration of Interdependence.
Completed manuscript.
· Outlined EnvironEthics
Institute—a program that explores how an applied
social ecology affects ethics, politics,
economics, and law.
MidAmerica Commodity Exchange, Member. 1986 to 1995.
· Traded futures contracts
in various markets including Deutsche-mark, Japanese
yen, wheat, corn, US Treasury Bonds, and
Eurodollars.
· Managed hedge fund
portfolio with long/short equity and option positions.
FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:
Visiting Research Fellow. International Academy of the Environment.
Geneva, Switzerland. May-
September, 1998.
· Explore linkages between international emissions trading
and domestic policy (eg, taxes,
subsidies, and domestic emissions trading) and sub-national actors (eg,
industry and the non-
profit sector).
· Presented research with Andrea Baranzini in IAE Seminar
Series. July, 1998.
· Assisted in organizing 30-participant Policy Dialogue on
international emissions trading.
September, 1998
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
· American Society of International
Law
· International Society of Ecological
Economics
OTHER EXPERIENCE AND INTERESTS:
· President, Chicago Chapter of the
Spinal Cord Society. Raised $62,500 in 1996
to fund research to cure paralysis and related neurological
disorders.
· Member, The Economic
Club of Chicago.
· Music, books, politics,
and cycling.