Lawrence S. Bacow
Lawrence S. Bacow
Phone: (617) 627-3300
Office: Ballou Hall
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
Tufts University President and Professor
Education
SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
JD, Harvard Law School
MPP and PhD, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Professional Activities
Twelfth President of Tufts University; Faculty appointments in Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Economics, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health; Chancellor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1998-2001); Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies (1997-1998) and member of the faculty at MIT (1977-2001); Chairman, MIT Faculty (1995-1997); has held numerous administrative positions at MIT including Associate Director of MIT's Center for Environmental Initiatives, co-director of the Consortium on Global Environmental Challenges, and co-founder and Director of Education and Research, MIT Center for Real Estate.
Research Interests
Environmental economics and policy, regulation of the development processes, bargaining and negotiation theory, and risk assessment.
Recent Publications
The author of four books and numerous articles, including Environmental Dispute Resolution (co-author) (1984).