Dr. Huisingh is dedicated to interdisciplinary education and integrated approaches to defining and solving society’s problems. He addresses topics ranging from toxic substances and hazardous waste in industry and the home to the philosophical, ethical, and political implications of improper land-use management, human population growth and control, and energy use.
Dr. Huisingh’s work has focused on Pollution Prevention/Waste Reduction approaches to managing toxic substances and hazardous wastes. His primary research focus has been on developing policies, concepts, and technologies to help government and industry identify sustainable approaches to pollution prevention and waste minimization. He seeks to improve environmental quality by integrating these preventive approaches with traditional pollution-control approaches.
Dr. Huisingh is active in many national and international organizations, including UNEP, UNIDO, WHO, Asian Development Bank, and the World Bank. In addition to his position with ISSE, he continues part-time faculty positions at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (Lund University, Sweden), the University of Massachusetts (Lowell), and Monterrey Tec (Technological Institute of Monterrey, Mexico).
Dr. Huisingh also serves as editor in chief for the Journal of Cleaner Production and directs, under the auspices of Erasmus University, an international off-campus PhD program in Cleaner Production, Cleaner Products, Industrial Ecology, and Sustainable Development.
In his leisure time, Dr. Huisingh enjoys photography (still and movie), sailing, hiking, bicycling, jogging, woodworking, cooking, gardening, and public speaking.
Education
- Ph.D., Biochemistry and Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin
- B.S., University of Minnesota
Selected Publications
- Donald Huisingh, The Environmental Pressure Indices: Factors to Consider in Designing and Utilizing Them so that EU Societies Make Progress Toward Sustainability, report commissioned by the Environmental Department of the European Union, Brussels, Belgium, 2001.
- Donald Huisingh, Cleaner Production Program and Institutional Action Plan for Thailand, Kingdom of Thailand, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment Pollution Control Department with support from the Asian Development Bank, 1998.
- M. Jorgensen, S. Poyry, Donald Huisingh, M. Borup, and A. Leskinen, eds., Inventory on Cleaner Production Education and Training, published by UNEP/UETP_EEE/IACEE/TEK/DTU, 1997.
- Donald Huisingh, Overview of Activities and Initiatives on Cleaner Production and Waste Minimization & Suggestions of How Those Responsible for Implementing the Basel Convention May Synergistically Work with and through Them, a report commissioned by the UNEP/SBC, Geneva, Switzerland, 1995.
- O. Samper and Donald Huisingh, Cooperation in Education in the Field of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering IEP/Colombia/IHE/Cali, Colombia, report commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Den Haag, The Netherlands, 1995.
Donald Huisingh
