Ross McKitrick is a
CanadianCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
economistAn economist is an expert in the social science of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
specializing in
environmental economicsEnvironmental economics is a subfield of economics concerned with environmental issues. Quoting from the National Bureau of Economic Research Environmental Economics program:-Topics and concepts:...
and
policy analysisPolicy analysis can be defined as "determining which of various alternative policies will most achieve a given set of goals in light of the relations between the policies and the goals" . However, policy analysis can be divided into two major fields. Analysis of policy is analytical and descriptive...
. McKitrick gained his
doctorateDoctor of Philosophy, abbreviated PhD , for the Latin , meaning "teacher of philosophy", or alternatively, DPhil, for the equivalent , is an advanced academic degree awarded by universities...
in economics in 1996 from the
University of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a Canadian public research university with campuses in the Greater Vancouver area and in Kelowna, British Columbia...
, and in the same year was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the
University of GuelphThe University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a medium-sized university located in Guelph, Ontario, established in 1964. While the U of G offers degrees in many different disciplines, the university is best known for its focus on life sciences, based in part on a long-standing history of...
,
OntarioOntario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...
. In 2001 he received an Associate Professorship and has been a full Professor since December 2008. He has also been a Senior Fellow of the
Fraser InstituteThe Fraser Institute is a think tank based in Canada that espouses free market principles. Its stated mandate is to advocate for freedom and competitive markets. It generally opposes public policy solutions based on government spending, taxes, deficits, and regulation...
, a Canadian free-market public policy
think tankA think tank is an organization, institute, corporation, or group that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economy, science or technology issues, industrial or business policies, or military advice...
, since 2002.
In 2002, with Christopher Essex, McKitrick co-wrote a book
Taken By StormTaken By Storm is a book about the global warming controversyby Christopher Essex and Ross McKitrick.The authors argue that politicians and others claim far more certainty than is justified by the science:...
, which was a runner-up to the
Donner PrizeThe Donner Prize is an award given annually by the conservative Donner Canadian Foundation for books considered excellent in regard to the writing of Canadian public policy. The prize was established in 1998. The grand prize is $35,000; short-listed finalists receive $5,000 each...
of the same year as Best Canadian Book on Public Policy.
Ross McKitrick is a
CanadianCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
economistAn economist is an expert in the social science of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
specializing in
environmental economicsEnvironmental economics is a subfield of economics concerned with environmental issues. Quoting from the National Bureau of Economic Research Environmental Economics program:-Topics and concepts:...
and
policy analysisPolicy analysis can be defined as "determining which of various alternative policies will most achieve a given set of goals in light of the relations between the policies and the goals" . However, policy analysis can be divided into two major fields. Analysis of policy is analytical and descriptive...
. McKitrick gained his
doctorateDoctor of Philosophy, abbreviated PhD , for the Latin , meaning "teacher of philosophy", or alternatively, DPhil, for the equivalent , is an advanced academic degree awarded by universities...
in economics in 1996 from the
University of British ColumbiaThe University of British Columbia is a Canadian public research university with campuses in the Greater Vancouver area and in Kelowna, British Columbia...
, and in the same year was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the
University of GuelphThe University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a medium-sized university located in Guelph, Ontario, established in 1964. While the U of G offers degrees in many different disciplines, the university is best known for its focus on life sciences, based in part on a long-standing history of...
,
OntarioOntario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...
. In 2001 he received an Associate Professorship and has been a full Professor since December 2008. He has also been a Senior Fellow of the
Fraser InstituteThe Fraser Institute is a think tank based in Canada that espouses free market principles. Its stated mandate is to advocate for freedom and competitive markets. It generally opposes public policy solutions based on government spending, taxes, deficits, and regulation...
, a Canadian free-market public policy
think tankA think tank is an organization, institute, corporation, or group that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economy, science or technology issues, industrial or business policies, or military advice...
, since 2002.
In 2002, with Christopher Essex, McKitrick co-wrote a book
Taken By StormTaken By Storm is a book about the global warming controversyby Christopher Essex and Ross McKitrick.The authors argue that politicians and others claim far more certainty than is justified by the science:...
, which was a runner-up to the
Donner PrizeThe Donner Prize is an award given annually by the conservative Donner Canadian Foundation for books considered excellent in regard to the writing of Canadian public policy. The prize was established in 1998. The grand prize is $35,000; short-listed finalists receive $5,000 each...
of the same year as Best Canadian Book on Public Policy. He has since published research on
palaeoclimate reconstructionThe temperature record of the past 1,000 years describes the reconstruction of temperature for the last 1000 years on the Northern Hemisphere, later extended back to 2000 years and also to cover the southern hemisphere. A reconstruction is needed because a reliable surface temperature record...
, including co-authoring of "Corrections to the Mann et. al. (1998) Proxy Data Base and Northern Hemisphere Average Temperature Series" and "Hockey Sticks, Principal Components and Spurious Significance" with
Stephen McIntyreStephen McIntyre is the editor of Climate Audit, a blog devoted to the analysis and discussion of climate data. He is most prominent as a critic of the temperature record of the past 1000 years and the data quality of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies....
. He continues to publish research in economics, usually in the area of environmental policy.
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