Environmental Politics Expert
I’m a political scientist working at the intersection of politics, policy and law. All of my research is driven by two basic questions: who wields power in world politics, and what form does that power take? My research focuses on global governance, the politics of decarbonization, carbon pricing, and non-state actors.
I hold a PhD from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, an MPA from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a BA in Public Policy from Brown University. Before coming to the University of Toronto, I held faculty positions at Case Western Reserve University (Political Science) and New York University (Environmental Studies). Currently, I’m a Professor of Political Science, with appointments at the School of Environment and the Munk School.
My work has been published in a variety of journals including Nature, Nature Climate Change, Global Environmental Politics, International Organization and International Studies Quarterly, among others. I frequently write for mainstream media outlets including the New York Times, the Globe and Mail, the Boston Review, the Toronto Star and Chronicle of Higher Education, among others.
I have received grants from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council and the Climate Social Science Network, among others. I am a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. My first book, Rethinking Private Authority, won best book awards from the American Political Science Association, the International Political Science Association and the International Studies Association. I was awarded a fellowship at Princeton’s Institute of Advanced Studies, and in 2017, I received the Emerging Young Scholar Award from the American Political Science Association’s Science, Technology and Environmental Policy division.
I’m a dual citizen of the US and Canada ,a former tap dancer and a Zumba fanatic.