Biography
John Mutter is jointly appointed in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences with a specialty in marine seismology, and in the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), and is a member of the faculty of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is Director of Graduate Studies for the PhD in Sustainable Development at SIPA. He researches the role of natural disasters in supporting and promoting the global inequality in development status and particularly in suppressing development opportunities for the poorest. He is author most recently of Climate Change Science: A primer for sustainable development, and Disasters and Development t with Somali Deraniyagala.both 2025 published by Columbia University Press.