John James Loomis

John James Loomis is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester. He previously conducted postdoctoral research at FGV EAESP on global value chains, the Amazon bioeconomy, climate change, and governance, funded by FAPESP. He is also a Visiting Researcher at the University of Manchester and was a Research Collaborator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative), where he worked on international projects focused on natural climate solutions, territorial monitoring, and decarbonization.

He holds a Ph.D. and an M.Sc. in Environmental Management from Universidade Positivo, including a doctoral exchange period and international research collaborations. He also earned an M.Eng. from Trier University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy from American University (USA). He is currently pursuing an M.S. in Forestry at Michigan State University.

He has academic and professional experience in Brazil, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, spanning research, teaching, project coordination, and international grant development. His research focuses on environmental policy, climate governance, global value chains, carbon accounting, ecosystem services, and nature-based solutions. He is the author of several peer-reviewed international articles and white papers, working interdisciplinarily at the intersection of sustainability, public policy, economics, and environmental studies.

PUBLICATIONS

• Loomis, J. J., & Puppim De Oliveira, J. A. 2024. Understanding dynamics between public policy and global value chains (GVCs): Governance for sustainability in the Brazilian Amazon beef cattle GVC. The International Journal of Logistics Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-03-2024-0139
• Loomis, J. J., Picavet, M. E. B., Puppim De Oliveira, J. A., Nadvi, K., Vieira, L. M., & Krishnan, A. 2024. Empowering Sociobioeconomic Stewardship: Integrating Local Cooperatives into Global Value Chains for Inclusive Development. G20 Task Force 2. https://t20brasil.org/media/documentos/arquivos/TF02_ST_03_Empowering_So...
• Loomis, J. J., & Dziedzic, M. 2024. Analyzing the effectiveness of environmental impact assessment in Paraná, Brazil and California, United States with fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis and the analytical hierarchy process. Environmental Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-023-01930-w
• Loomis, J. J., De Araújo E Souza, F., Angel, M., Fabbri, A., 2024. Technology-enhanced community forest management in tropical regions: A state of the art. Journal of Environmental Management 350, 119651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119651
• Buccieri, I., & Loomis, J. J. 2023. Chinese Climate Diplomacy: Chinese Investment in Renewable Energy Sources in Brazil and Its Significance for Achieving the Aims of the Paris Climate Agreement. In Sustainability in Practice: Addressing Challenges and Creating Opportunities in Latin America (pp. 565–580). Springer Nature Switzerland.
• Fernández, J. E., Rus, D., de Zegher, J. F., Angel, M., Loomis, J. J., Fabbri, A., Terrer, C., Newman, D. J., Lütjens, B., Campbell, D., Aldridge, J., Murillo-Urrutia, L. G., 2022. Protecting and Enhancing Natural Carbon Sinks: Natural Climate and Community Solutions, White Paper Series: July 2022. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Environmental Solutions Initiative, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• Loomis, J. J., de Oliveira, C. M. R., Dziedzic, M., 2021. Environmental federalism in EIA policy: A comparative case study of Paraná, Brazil and California, US. Environmental Science & Policy 122, 75–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.03.015
• Loomis, J. J., Knaus, M., Dziedzic, M., 2019. Integrated quantification of forest total economic value. Land Use Policy 84, 335–346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.03.018