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Robert I. Bell

Professor   Department: Economics   Location: 218 Whitehead Hall   Phone: 718-951-5317   Fax: 718-951-4867   Email:   Robert I. Bell's Web site

Robert Bell, professor of management and chairman of the Economics Department, is the author of The Green Bubble - Waste into Wealth: The New Energy Revolution (revised edition, New York: Abbeville Press, 2008); originally published by Editions Scali, Paris, 2006; French edition, La bulle verte (Paris: Editions Scali, 2007). He was the featured speaker at the Fast 50 awards ceremony at the Paris Bourse, November 2007; and the inaugural speaker, the HEC-Deloitte Club of Energy and Finance, La Maison des Polytechniciens, Paris, November 2007. He was a keynote speaker at Les Respirations d'Enghien-les-Bains, November 2008 and was the green keynote speaker at the international real estate congress, MIPIM, Cannes, March 2009. Bell's previous books include Beursbedrog (Amersterdam: De Arbeiderspers, 2003); Les peches capitaux de la haute technologie (Paris: Seuil, 1998); and Impure Science (New York: Wiley, 1992). Education: Ph.D., Brunel University - 1972 (Cybernetics) Areas of Expertise: Green investment, transition out of fossil fuels, role of conflicts of interest in financial markets, high-tech civilian and/or military mega-projects, science fraud. Books and Publications The Green Bubble: Waste into Wealth: The New Energy Revolution. New York: Abbeville Press. (Books and Publications: Book) 2008 La Bulle Verte: La Ruee vers l'Or des Energies Renouvelables. Paris: Scali. (Books and Publications: Book) 2007 The Green Bubble: Waste into Wealth: The New Energy Revolution. (English language version of French book). Paris: Scali. (Books and Publications: Book) 2007 Bell, R.I., H.H. Friedman and L.W. Friedman. "Conflict of Interest: The Common Thread Underlying Ethical Lapses." Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies 10.1: 4-8. http://ejbo.jyu.fi/pdf/ejbo_vol10_no1_pages_4-8.pdf. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005 Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums "About the Green Bubble." Presentation for company management of Veolia Proprete. Brussels, September 11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007 "Green Tech: Europe's High Card." Technology Fast 50 Conference and National Awards Ceremony. Paris, November 19. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007 "Investing in Renewable Energy." Club of Energy and Finance, La Maison des Polytechniciens, Paris. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007 "Is Clean Growth Possible?" International Clean Air Conference--Les Respirations. Enghien Les Bains, France, November 9-11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007 "Sources of Renewable Energy and Reductions of Greenhouse Gases." 17th Ecological Meeting of the French Senate. Paris, November 19. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007