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Saleem Ali

University of Delaware

Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment, Dept. of Geography

Newark, DE 19711

United States

http://www.saleemali.net

University of Queensland, School of Politics and Sustainable Minerals Institute

Professor and Research Director

St Lucia

Brisbane, Queensland 4072

Australia

http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleem_Ali_%28academic%29

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Tokyo, 150-8925

Japan

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1.

Sustainable Minerals and Metals for a Low-Carbon Future

Science 367 (6473) (January 3, 2020), pp. 30-33
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 03 Feb 2020
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Saleem Ali, Morgan Bazilian, Ben Radley, Benoit Nemery, Julia Okatz and Dustin R Mulvaney
Science Policy Research Unit, University of Delaware, Colorado School of Mines, London School of Economics, KU Leuven, System IQ and University of California, Berkeley
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minerals, metals, energy transitions, energy, climate

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Mining and Socio-Ecological Resilience in Mineral-Rich Small States: An Integrative Approach to Phosphate Mining on Nauru

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 Jul 2017
Saleem Ali, Martin Clifford and Kazuyo Matsubae
University of Delaware, Department of Geography, University of Delaware and Tohoku University
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Nauru, Small Island Developing States, Mining, Phosphates, Resource Curse

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The Challenging Shift to a Circular Economy: The Relevance of Social Ecology in Effective Transition

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 04 Aug 2016
Saleem Ali
University of Delaware
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Circular Economy, Social Ecology, Systems Science

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The Experiential Peacebuilding Cycle: Grassroots Diplomacy, Environmental Education, and Environmental Norms

Behaviorial Processes and Systems of Peace Peter Verbeek and Benjamin A. Peters, Eds. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publishers, expected date of publication late 2016.
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2015
Saleem Ali, Todd Walters and Todd Walters
University of Delaware and Policy Center for Environment and PeaceInternational Peace Park Expeditions
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Environmental Peacebuilding; Experiential Learning; Ecology; Peace; Environmental Education; Cooperation; Balkans; Iraq; Indonesia

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Decentralization, Corporate Community Development and Resource Governance: A Comparative Analysis of Two Mining Regions in Colombia

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Apr 2016
Isabel Buitrago and Saleem Ali
University of Queensland and University of Delaware
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Colombia, Mining, Decentralization, Sustainable Livelihoods

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Renegotiating The Indus Waters Treaty: Reconciling Science and Transboundary Water Law between Nuclear-armed Rivals

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Oct 2025
Saleem Ali, Peter H. Gleick, Jahan Tagnova, Syed Mohammad Ali, Yueming Yan and Ambika Vishwanath
University of Delaware, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environments and Security, Oregon State University, Johns Hopkins University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Faculty of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Indus Waters Treaty, India, Pakistan, Nuclear P, Hydropolitics, Transboundary Water Cooperation, International Law

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A Casualty of Peace? Lessons on De-Militarizing Conservation in the Cordillera Del Condor Corridor

Todd Lookingbill and Peter Smallwood "Collateral Values of Natural Capital." Springer, 2018, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 17 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2017
Saleem Ali
University of Delaware
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Peru, Ecuador, Conservation, Peace-building

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Participatory Mapping and Geoheritage Restoration amidst Climate Change: Lessons from Greenland's Mineral Frontier

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Aug 2024
Thomas Hale, Saleem Ali, Julie Michelle Klinger and Matthew Walter
University of Delaware, University of Delaware, University of Delaware and University of Delaware, Students
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Greenland, Sustainability, Mining, Restoration, Geoheritage, Arctic, Cultural Heritage, Infrastructure, Brownfields, Extractive Industries, Ecological Restoration

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Constructive Consumption: Bridging Livelihoods and Conservation in Democratic Societies

CSR, Sustainability and Leadership (Routledge) edited by Gabriel Ewege and Ralph Bathurst (2016, Forthcoming).
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 09 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2016
Saleem Ali and Mirza Huda
University of Delaware and University of Queensland
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Consumption, Sustainability, CSR, Sustainability

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Borders as Zones of Experiential Learning: The Story of the Balkans Peace Park Initiative

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 09 Dec 2015
Todd Walters, Todd Walters and Saleem Ali
Policy Center for Environment and PeaceInternational Peace Park Expeditions and University of Delaware
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environmental peacebuilding, eastern europe, balkans, environmental education, experiential learning

11.

Systematic Data on Arctic Infrastructure Needed for Socio-ecological Restoration and Science Diplomacy

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Jun 2024
Saleem Ali, Timothy Scarlett, Kalim Shah, Roman Sidorstov, Bindu Pannikar, Erin Trochim, Mia Bennett, Thomas Hale and Panagiotis D. Oikonomou
University of Delaware, Michigan Technological University, University of Delaware, Biden School of Public Policy & Administration, Michigan Technological University, University of Vermont, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Washington, University of Delaware and University of Vermont
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Arctic, Ecological Restoration, Cultural Heritage, Alaska, Russian Arctic, Science Diplomacy, Mining, Infrastructure, Brownfields, Extractive Industries

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Trans-Boundary Data Sharing and Resilience Scenarios: Harnessing the Role of Regional Organizations for Environmental Security

Wirsing, Robert and Adeel Zafar eds. Imagining Industan. Springer - late 2016, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2016
Saleem Ali and Asim Zia
University of Delaware and University of Vermont
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Environmental Security; Science Diplomacy; Regional Cooperation; Climate Change

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Mineral Resources and Localised Development: Q-Methodology for Rapid Assessment of Socioeconomic Impacts in Rwanda

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2016
Fitsum Weldegiorgis, Saleem Ali and Rachel Chapman
University of Queensland - Center for Social Responsibility in Mining, University of Delaware and University of Western Australia - School of Earth and Environment, Centre for Regional Development
Downloads 110 (640,165)
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mining; sustainable development; impact indicators; Q-methodology; Rwanda

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Investment of Natural Resource Rents for Development in Myanmar

Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM) Working Paper, 2017
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 26 Jul 2017
Shabbir Ahmad and Saleem Ali
University of Queensland and University of Delaware
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Myanmar, Natural Resource Governance, Transparency, Development Effectiveness

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Sharing Mineral Value: Lessons from Peru's Mining Canon

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 May 2024
Adrian Garaycochea and Saleem Ali
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Delaware
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Mining, Green transition, shared value, regulatory mechanism, economic diversification

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Critical Materials and Minerals Sourcing Laws Require Scientific Interface 

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 17 Dec 2024
Saleem Ali, Thomas Hale, Vera Moutinho, Raimund Bleischwitz, Eeva Primmer, Kamila Svobodova, Patrice Christman and Joanna Kulczycka
University of Delaware, University of Delaware, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Government of the Republic of Finland - Finnish Environment Institute, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS), University College London and AGH University of Science and Technology
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critical minerals, mining, material supply, geopolitics, friendshoring, nearshoring, criticality, European Union

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Optimising the Net Value of Water to the Mining Industry Through an Adaptive and Risk-Based Decision Framework

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Dec 2015
Saleem Ali, Neil McIntyre and Chris Moran
University of Delaware, University of Queensland and University of Queensland - Sustainable Minerals Institute
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water valuation, mining, marginal utility, eco-services

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Pollution and Development: An Integrated Framework for Analyzing Empirical Evidence

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2018
Saleem Ali
University of Delaware
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The Changing Role of Minerals in Society: Managing a Shift in Supply and Demand Centres

Chapter in Routledge Handbook of Mining and Sustainable Development, June 2017 Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 Aug 2016
Saleem Ali
University of Delaware
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Mining, Minerals, Sustainability, Industrial Ecology

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Technology Gaps in Global Gold Production: A Mine-Level Carbon Dioxide Emissions Adjusted Efficiency Analysis

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Apr 2022
Shabbir Ahmad, John Steen, Rick Valenta and Saleem Ali
University of Queensland, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Delaware
Downloads 55 (1,010,164)

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gold mining, DEA, CO2 efficiency, meta frontier, technology gap

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Reconstructing Trust: Evaluating Apology, Compensation, and Communication Strategies in Economic Exchange Games

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 06 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2025
Humayoun Akram, Saleem Ali and Melinda Krokus
National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, University of Delaware and Marywood University
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Trust Building, Big Five Personality Traits, Communication, Apology and Compensation

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Carbon Adjusted Efficiency and Technology Gaps in Gold Mining

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 Oct 2022
Shabbir Ahmad, John Steen, Rick Valenta and Saleem Ali
University of Queensland, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Delaware
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gold mining, DEA, CO2 efficiency, environment, meta frontier, technology gap

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The Social Ecology of Artisanal Mining: Between Romanticism and Anathema

Ali, Saleem H. "The Social Ecology of Artisanal Mining: Between Romanticism and Anathema." in Lahiri-Dutt, Kuntala ed. "Between the Pick and the Plough: Informal Mining in the Contemporary World." Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press (open-source e-book), Forthcoming
Posted: 05 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2016
Saleem Ali
University of Delaware

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Mining, Artisanal and small-scale, social ecology, dialectics, Bookchin