Political Scientist Environmental Politics
Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, and award-winning author and expert on climate politics, carbon pricing and global governance.
My research examines how non-state actors – including firms and NGOs – and institutions outside the multilateral system can help solve global environmental problems. I have studied how NGOs serve as de facto rulemakers in the climate regime, and how and why they choose to partner with multinational corporations. Recent work examines why the Paris Agreement is failing, and how reforming international trade and finance institutions presents a more promising avenue for meaningful progress on decarbonization.
While trained in political science, I seek to bring a broader perspective to discussions of environmental politics, drawing on work in public policy, law and environmental studies.
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Research
Select publications on climate politics, carbon markets, non-state actors and regime complexity.
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Op-Eds & Media
Research is only important if people know about it. As such, I spend a lot of time writing and talking about my work through op-eds, podcasts, blogs and media interviews
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Books
My first book, Rethinking Private Authority, examines the role of non-state actors in global environmental politics. My second book, The Existential Politics of Climate Change, is under contract with Princeton University Press.
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