Director of strategic analysis at the World Resources Institute

Allen Hammond is senior scientist and director of Strategic Analysis for the World Resources Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan policy research institute located in Washington, D.C. His responsibilities include institute-wide leadership in the use of analytical methods and information tools for policy research, direction of the Strategic Indicator Research Initiative on environmental and sustainable development indicators, development of web-based communication tools, and writing and research on long-term sustainability issues. He was formerly the editor-in-chief of the World Resources report series. His new book Which World?: Scenarios for the 21st Century, was published in May, 1998, by Island Press.

Dr. Hammond holds degrees from Stanford University and Harvard University in engineering and applied mathematics. Prior to joining WRI, he created the Research News section of the international journal Science and went on to found and edit several national publications, including Science 80-86 (published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science), Issues in Science and Technology (published by the National Academy of Science), and the Information Please Environmenta Almanac (published by Houghton-Mifflin). In addition, he broadcast a daily radio program for 5 years (syndicated nationally by CBS) and has written or edited 10 books. Dr. Hammond has won several national magazine awards and other journalist honors.

Dr. Hammond has published extensively in the scientific and policy research literature; has lectured widely; and has served as a consultant to the White House science office, to several U.S. federal agencies, to the United Nations, and to several private foundations. Among other pursuits, he is a skier and small boat sailor.