{"id":3108,"date":"2018-10-02T20:56:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T00:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=3108"},"modified":"2025-04-29T11:13:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T15:13:50","slug":"power-relations-in-environmental-politics-environmental-justice-labour-low-carbon-economies","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/people\/power-relations-in-environmental-politics-environmental-justice-labour-low-carbon-economies\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Peters"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Before beginning your studies at the Institute of Political Economy where did you study and what program(s) were you enrolled in?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mount Saint Vincent University where I graduated with a BBA with a concentration in economics. From there I upgraded to an honours in economics at Saint Mary&#8217;s University (both in Halifax, NS), prior to coming to Carleton last fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to all that I obtained a diploma in music business so if you want to start a record label I can tell you all the reasons why that is a bad idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is it specifically that attracted you to study Political Economy at Carleton?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A strong critical approach to politics and a unique dedicated program that is not offered anywhere else, and the high success rate of graduates in pursuing work or continuing on to PhD programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My areas of research interest include\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Power relations in environmental politics, environmental justice, and transition for labour to low-carbon economies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What other activities have you been involved in lately?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canadian Labour Congress, assisting on research for a Just Transition for Coal Workers and Communities in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate Student Association softball league!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What advice would you give to a prospective Political Economy graduate student?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come with an open mind, be ready to read, and don&#8217;t fret when you inevitably get lost in Carleton&#8217;s tunnel system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3109,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Matthew","cu_people_last_name":"Peters","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[89],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-3108","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-alumni"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Power relations in environmental politics, environmental justice, labour, low-carbon economies","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/3108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/3108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=3108"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=3108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}