Bio

My research investigates the multiple ways in which climate change is governed from the global to the local level across the public and private spheres. I am particularly interested in questions about politics and authority in global climate governance. My current projects focus on the governance and legitimacy of carbon markets, transnational climate governance, and the sub-national politics of low-carbon transitions. I am also the founder and co-leader of the Environmental Governance Working Group at CSU, where I am involved in a project on environmental governance and change related to water and forests in the Inter-mountain West. I will be on sabbatical during the 2013-14 academic year. 

Current Classes

• POLS 362 Global Environmental Politics (Fall 2012) – download syllabus
  An upper-division undergraduate course that explores the political nature of global environmental problems and different approaches to governing those problems.
• POLS 739 International Environmental Politics (Fall 2012) – download syllabus
  A research seminar for advanced graduate students on the application of international relations theories and concepts to the study of global environmental change.
• POLS 532 Governance of the World Political Economy (Spring 2013) – download syllabus
  An international relations graduate field seminar on contemporary issues and debates related to global governance.