Princeton University, School of International and Public Affairs
Doctor of Philosophy, 2010
Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs
Master of Public Affairs, 2002
Brown University
Bachelor of Arts, 1998
University of Toronto
Professor, Political Science, April 2022-
Associate Professor, Political Science, Jul 2018-Mar 2022
Cross-appointment, School of Environment
Courtesy appointment, Munk School of Global Affairs
New York University, Jul 2015-Jun 2018
Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
(promoted to tenured Associate, June 2018)
Case Western Reserve University, Aug 2010-Jun 2015
Assistant Professor, Political Science
New York University School of Law, Sept 2012-May 2013
Visiting Scholar, Institute for International Law and Justice
The Existential Politics of Climate Change: Why global climate rules are failing and what to do about it.
Princeton University Press (Under contract)
Rethinking Private Authority: Agents and Entrepreneurs in Global Environmental Governance. 2014.
Princeton University Press
Winner, 2015 International Studies Association Harold and Margaret Sprout Award
Winner, 2015 American Political Science Association Lynton Keith Caldwell Award
Winner, 2015 International Political Science Association Levine Prize for contribution to the field of public policy and administration
Reviewed in Global Environmental Politics, Human Rights Review, International Journal of Constitutional Law, International Journal of Environmental Studies, Perspectives on Politics, Review of Policy Research
The Politics of Participation in Sustainable Development Governance.
W. Bradnee Chambers, co-editor. Tokyo, Japan: UNU Press, 2006.
Reforming International Environmental Governance: From Institutional Limits to Innovative Solutions.
W. Bradnee Chambers, co-editor. Tokyo, Japan: UNU Press, 2005.
College of New Scholars, Royal Society of Canada, 2023-2030.
Institute of Advanced Studies Fellowship, Princeton University, 2022-23 (Declined).
SSHRC, Insight Grant, The Political Economy of Deep Sea Mining, 2024-29, $203,000
SSHRC, Insight Grant, The Climate Establishment, 2022-25. $35,000
Climate Social Science Network, 2021-22. $15,000
Princeton University, Bazlan Project, 2019-22. $15,000
Fellow, Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy, Johns Hopkins University, 2018-present.
American Political Science Association, Science, Technology and Environmental Policy section, Emerging Young Scholar award, 2017.
“The Climate Establishment and the Structural Constraints of Paris Partnerships.”
2024. Climatic Change
The False Promise of Carbon Offsets.
2023. Foreign Affairs.
Hierarchy in Regime Complexes: Understanding Authority in Antarctic Governance.
2022. International Studies Quarterly.
Does Carbon Pricing Reduce Emissions? A review of ex-post analyses.
2021. Environmental Research Letters. Winner, 2021 Best Review Article in Environmental Research Letters. More than 70K downloads.
Asset Revaluation and the Existential Politics of Climate Change.
2021. International Organization. With Jeff Colgan and Thomas N. Hale.
Organizational Ecology and Institutional Change in Global Governance.
2016. International Organization. With Kenneth Abbott and Robert Keohane.
For a full listing of my publications,
you can download my CV here.