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Vaclav Smil – Distinguished Professor Emeritus

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Vaclav Smil does interdisciplinary research in the fields of energy, environmental and population change, food production, history of technical innovation, risk assessment, and public policy. He has published more than 40 books and about 500 papers on these topics. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Science Academy), and a Member of the Order of Canada. These books are no longer in print.

Home - Vaclav Smil Skip to content Meet Vaclav Smil Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg Meet Vaclav Smil Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg About the Author Vaclav Smil does interdisciplinary research on energy, environment, population, food and history of technical advances and on such overarching topics as growth, innovation, size, speed and efficiency. By January 2026, he published 51 books and more than 500 papers on these topics. He is a Distinguished

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