KRISTER ANDERSSON (Ph.D., Indiana University, 2002) joined the faculty in 2005. His current research focuses on the politics of environmental governance in developing countries. Andersson's research has appeared in numerous journals and he is the author of three books. The first, The Samaritans' Dilemma (Oxford University Press, 2005) examines the institutional incentive structures of development aid and is co-authored with Clark Gibson, Elinor Ostrom and Sujai Shivakumar. His second book features his dissertation work in Bolivia, published in Spanish by Plural Editores (2005) in Bolivia ( ¿Cómo Hacer Funcionar La Gestión Forestal Descentralizada?). His most recent book,  Local Governments and Rural Development (University of Arizona Press, 2009), which is co-authored with Gustavo Gordillo and Frank van Laerhoven, compares the institutional conditions for public service performance in 390 local governments in the rural areas of Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru. 

COURSES:

PSCI 3201: Environmental Public Policy
PSCI 4732: Critical Thinking in Development
PSCI 7036: The Decision Process
ENVS 5120 Quantitative Methods in Public Policy Analysis

Andersson, K. Evans, T. and Richards, K. 2009. National Forest Carbon Inventories: Policy Needs and Assessment Capacity. Climatic Change 93(2): 69-101

Andersson, Krister, Gustavo Gordillo de Anda, and Frank van Laerhoven. 2009. Local Governments and Rural Development: Comparing Lessons from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Peru. University of Arizona Press.

Kauneckis, D. and Andersson, K. 2009. Making Decentralization Work: A Cross-National Examination of Local Governments. Stud Comp. International Dev 44(1): 23-46.

Andersson, K. and Ostrom, E. 2008. Analyzing Decentralized Natural Resource Governance from a Polycentric Perspective. Policy Sciences 41(1):1-23.