Climate, Sustainability and the Environment

About this Research Theme

Environment and climate change represent some of the most difficult problems facing modern society. This research area covers the design, implementation, regulation and evaluation of policy in climate, sustainability and the environment. Some research topics include energy, governance of natural resources, climate change, environmental politics, and sustainable development.

Faculty

Alexandra Mallett

Associate Professor — sustainable energy and climate policy; emerging economies / developing countries; low carbon technology cooperation; innovation, science and technology policies
Email Alexandra
613-520-2600 ext 2641

Daniel Rosenbloom

Assistant Professor and Rosamond Ivey Research Chair in Sustainability Transitions, Graduate Supervisor (Sustainable Energy) – governance of socio-technical transitions and net-zero pathways; climate policy and politics; Canadian energy political economy; science, technology, and innovation
Email Daniel
ext 2638

Graeme Auld

Professor — comparative and global environmental politics and policy; international political economy; transnational private governance and private regulation; corporate social responsibility; climate change; natural resource governance
Email Graeme
613-520-2600 ext 2259

James Meadowcroft

Chancellor’s Professor — Low-carbon transition; environmental policy; sustainable development; energy policy; climate change; comparative environmental politics and policy
Email James
ext 2214

Jessica Parish

Assistant Professor — urban and local governance; gentrification; urban sustainability; environmental justice; housing; social reproduction; financialization; settler colonialism
Email Jessica
613-520-2600 ext 8936

Lisa Mills

Associate Professor — maternal and reproductive health policy in the developing world, particularly Mexico; social policy in Mexico; the political economy of development; theories of development
Email Lisa
613-520-2600 ext 2635