Dr. Elisabeth Gilmore ( She/Her )

Associate Professor

• B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (University of Toronto); Ph.D. in Public Policy and Chemical Engineering (Carnegie Mellon University)
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Associate Professor of International Affairs and Environmental Engineering
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, Climate Mobilities, Climate Security, Fiscal and Economic Impacts of Climate Change, Scenario Development, Knowledge Co-production

Elisabeth Gilmore is an Associate Professor jointly appointed in the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs and Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University, and the founder of the Climate Resilient Societies through Equitable Transformations (ReSET) Lab. She is also a Full Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and a Visiting Professor at Rutgers University. Her research bridges engineering, social sciences, and public policy to understand and address the complex challenges of climate change, with a focus on equitable pathways for adaptation and mitigation. She is particularly interested in knowledge co-production with communities, practitioners, and diverse knowledge systems to inform climate policy. Her current work examines climate mobilities, the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) and transformational adaptation, rebel governance in conflict-affected settings, and the integration of political and social dimensions into global climate and overshoot scenarios.

Dr. Gilmore has contributed to several major science-policy processes, including as a Lead Author for the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report and now as a Review Editor for the Seventh. She is a Coordinating Lead Author for the International Affairs chapter of 2nd Canada in a Changing Climate assessment process. She is also a member of the UN Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergies and serves on the Taskforce on Scenarios and Models for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). She was elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists in 2025. She holds a dual Ph.D. in Public Policy and Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.