The International Research Center for

Energy and Economic Development (ICEED)

850 Willowbrook Road
Boulder, CO 80302 U.S.A.

Telephone: (303) 442-4014
Fax: (303) 442-5042

The Center is an independent, tax-exempt, nonprofit body established in 1974 The ICEED's incorporation structure includes four officers who also serve on the Board of Directors and an additional director. The ICEED has been designated as a 501(c)(3) organization by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service; thus, contributions are tax deductible. The Center's federal tax identification number is 84-0723234.

Funding has come from contributions, contracts, and grants. ICEED's publications, including The Journal of Energy and Development, are largely self-financing.

Value of the ICEED's Activities

The Center's activities are of direct relevance and benefit to industry, government, and academia for a variety of reasons.

1. The international energy and area conferences have been successful due to the length of time involved, i.e., they are among the most established world-wide. To be held in April 2008 are the 35^th annual energy sessions and the 29^th annual area meetings. The ICEED offers a neutral yet viable form of sponsorship. This has allowed government and industry from the United States and abroad to meet in an informal and open atmosphere to exchange contacts, data, and policy views. Proceedings and CD-ROMs of prior conferences are available.

2. Begun in 1975, The Journal of Energy and Development is of benefit to academics, industry, and government world-wide. First, it is a respected refereed publication. Second, it also offers an information outlet to government and industry authors that reaches almost all university libraries, research bodies, and documentation centers in some 60 countries. Third, the Journal has become a strategic forum for the exchange of views, findings, and policies. Published twice yearly, it has a focus on energy resources; energy-related issues, including conservation, environment, finance, and management; domestic and international aspects; the producer-consumer relationship; and development linked to energy. Its credentials are firmly in place after more than 20 years of publication and its indexation in major bibliographies. The current table of contents, subscription information, access to the cumulative index for each volume that has been published, as well as the manuscript requirements are associated with this Web site.

3. The Center has a background in publishing, including copublishing and joint publishing in conjunction with commercial presses and other institutions. For example, the ICEED was the U.S. publisher/ distributor of the book The Oil Industry and Government Strategy in the North Sea (with Croom Helm, London), Nuclear Power at the Crossroads (Institute of Applied Energy, Tokyo), and Bahrain Oil and Development 1929-1989 (with Immel Publishing, London). We believe the ICEED can make a major contribution to the flow of information within the United States by expanding its program in co- and joint publication, which could involve editing and manuscript preparation, publishing, advertising, and order fulfillment. Again, our Center is prepared through its many years of experience to handle studies and monographs from authors overseas in a sympathetic, thorough, and professional manner to bring the final published product up to the standards prevailing within the U.S. publication trade. The ICEED would expect to serve as co- or joint publisher with agencies, institutes, and universities overseas.

4. Research has consumed much of the Center’s attention. We have developed an outstanding library and have access to considerable U.S. and foreign energy/development data. The research by the ICEED has two goals. First is to offer first-hand experience to individuals in research and second, to publish and distribute findings. The first aspect is clearly of benefit to such institutions as U.S. and foreign universities; the second facet has been valuable to industry and government both in the United States and abroad.

Staff

The founding and first Director of the Center was Dr. Ragaei El Mallakh, Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1956 until his death in 1987. The Executive Director of the Center since 1987, Dr. Dorothea El Mallakh, has had extensive experience and training in energy affairs for over 30 years. She holds a B.A. in foreign languages (Lewis and Clark College), and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Dr. El Mallakh has authored and edited a number of works and was Associate Editor of The Journal of Energy and Development from its inception until 1987 when she became the Managing Editor. In 1988, Dr. El Mallakh became Executive Vice President and Secretary of the International Association of Energy Economics; from 1990 through 1991 she served as Vice President-Elect and Vice President of International Affairs of that organization. Among the honors she has held are the Perrine Memorial Graduate Fellowship (University of Colorado), National Defense Rare Language Fellowship (1961-1962, 1963), and the Rotary International Fellowship.

Aside from the Director, the Center staff comprises part-time members, student staff assistants (usually two to four per semester), and one to two graduate or postgraduate researchers.

Recently, the Center’s Board has conducted a search for an associate director. The goal is to keep the ICEED firmly focused with its mission and the personal linkage. Ms. Helen El Mallakh has been approached to fill the position. She holds double undergraduate degrees in economics and international studies (Middle East) from the University of California, Los Angeles, a master’s from Harvard University (Middle Eastern Studies with emphasis on economics), and a M.B.A. from Rice University. Ms. El Mallakh has been Manager of Political Risk for ConocoPhillips, involved in research at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and undertaken projects with Saudi Aramco and Technip.

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Dr. Dorothea El Mallakh Ms. Helen El Mallakh