Dr. Bermann teaches courses on environmental energy systems fundamentals, resources and energy supply, and policy analysis of energy and environmental issues. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Campinas; an MSc in Production Engineering from the University of Rio de Janeiro, with a specialization in urban and regional planning; and a BA in Architecture from the University of Sao Paulo. He also received a DEA in History and Geography of Populations from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales de Paris. Dr. Bermann's most recent works include the book To Have and Have Not Resource Governance in the 21st Century (Berlin: Henrich Böll Foundation, 2008), and the journal article “Green and Sustainable Economy” (Estudos Avançados, v. 26, no. 74, Sao Paulo, 2012).