Carl Bauer

Professor & Director, School of Geography, Development, & Environment

Carl Bauer is a Professor in the School of Geography, Development, and Environment at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, where he teaches and does research in the fields of comparative and international water law and policy.  His approach is interdisciplinary and combines law, geography, and political economy.  Bauer was a researcher at Resources for the Future in Washington, DC, and he has consulted for the United Nations, World Bank, Interamerican Development Bank, Global Water Partnership, etc.  Bauer has worked in Chile for 30 years, studying the Chilean model of water markets and governance.  He has a Ph.D. in Jurisprudence and Social Policy, University of California-Berkeley Law School; M.S. in Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and B.A. in Geology, Yale College.