Kristin Kuntz-Duriseti
1890 Oak Knoll Lane  Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 327-4340 home  (650) 270-1966 mobile
kristin.kuntz.duriseti@gmail.com
EDUCATION
1992-2002
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Ph.D. in Political Science, 2002
M.A. in Economics, 1995
Dissertation: The Precautionary Principle Paradigm for Managing Global Environmental Risks:
The Case of Global Climate Change.
1987-1991
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
B.A. in Political Science, 1991
EXPERIENCE
2008 to present Co-chair of business community outreach from Menlo Park Green Ribbon Citizens’ Committee
(GRCC) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
2007 to present Consultant, statistical and editorial services for academic research.
2003 to 2004
Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Environmental Science and Policy, Stanford University.
2002 to 2003
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University.
1999-2002
Research Assistant, Institute for International Studies, Stanford University.
1994-1996
Teaching Assistant, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
1995
Research Assistant, Political Science Department, University of Michigan.
AWARDS
2003-2004
2000-2001
1992-2002
1992-1995
1993
1992
1992
1992
1992
1987
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
Resources for the Future (RFF) Joseph L. Fisher Dissertation Fellow
University of Michigan Rackham Merit Fellow
Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Summer Program Scholar
University of Michigan Regents' Fellow
National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Fellow--Honorable Mention
American Political Science Association Graduate Fellow without Stipend
Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Predoctoral Fellow
National Merit Hispanic Scholar
PAPERS
Schneider, S.H., A. Rosencranz, M.D. Mastrandrea, K. Kuntz-Duriseti, eds. Climate Change Science and Policy
(forthcoming, Island Press).
Wang, N.E., O. Saynina, K. Kuntz-Duriseti, P. Mahlow, P.H. Wise. 2008. Variability in Pediatric Utilization of
Trauma Facilities in California: 1999-2005. Annals of Emergency Medicine (June 16).
Kuntz-Duriseti, K. 2004. Evaluating the Economic Value of the Precautionary Principle: Using Cost-benefit
Analysis to Place a Value on Precaution. Environmental Science and Policy 7(4): 291-301.
Schneider, S.H. and Kuntz-Duriseti, K. 2002. Uncertainty and Climate Change Policy. In: S.H. Schneider, A.
Rosencranz, J. Niles, eds., A Reader in Climate Change Policy. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 53-87.
Contributing author to: Schneider, S.H., Sarukhan, J. et al. 2001. Overview of Impacts, Adaptation, and
Vulnerability to Climate Change. In: J.J. McCarthy, O.F. Canziani, N.A. Leary, D.J. Dokken, K.S. White,
eds., Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
75-103.
Schneider, S.H. and Kuntz-Duriseti, K. 2001. Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change: Beyond a
Doubling of CO2. In: D.C. Hall and R.B. Howarth, eds., The Long-term Economics of Climate Change: Beyond
a Doubling of Greenhouse Gas Concentrations. New York: Elsevier Science, 11-64.
Kuntz-Duriseti, K. and Schneider, S.H. 2001. Facing Global Warming: Should We Care? Can We Do Anything?
World and I 16(6): 131-9.
Schneider, S.H., Kuntz-Duriseti, K. and Azar, C. 2000. Costing Nonlinearities, Surprises and Irreversible Events,
Pacific and Asian Journal of Energy 10(1): 81-106.
Kristin Kuntz-Duriseti
PRESENTATIONS
The Precautionary Principle Paradigm for Managing Global Environmental Risks: The Case of Climate Change
Policy and Economy Roundtable, Stanford University (March 2002)
Political Methodology Conference, University of California, Los Angeles (July 2000)
Formalizing the Precautionary Principle for Environmental Policy Assessment
Redefining Progress, Berkeley, CA (December 2001)
A Critique of Ricardian Analyses of Climate Change
Policy and Economy Roundtable, Stanford University (February 2001)
An Error Correction Formulation of Two Player Dynamic Optimization Nash Equilibrium: An Arms Race Model
Political Methodology Conference, Ann Arbor, MI (July 1996)
Complex Systems Political Economy Interest Group, University of Michigan (April 1996)
Ford Foundation Conference of Ford Fellows, Washington, D.C. (October 1995)
WORK IN PROGRESS
Economic Foundations for the Precautionary Principle Paradigm (PPP) to Manage the Risks of Global Climate
Change (submitted to Climatic Change).
North-South Debate on a Global Climate Policy: Balancing Equity and Efficiency (submitted to Climate Policy).
A Critique of Ricardian Analysis of Climate Change.
Climate Surprise in Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change: Incorporating the Simple Climate
Demonstrator (SCD) into the DICE Model.
Strategic Interaction in Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change: An Error Correction Process.
The CO2 “Footprint” of meat consumption.
HONORS
Received "Honors" on preliminary examination in Methodology subfield.