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

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

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Vivian Hoffmann

Associate Professor -- agricultural extension; science, technology and innovation; health

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Alexandra Mallett

Associate Professor, Graduate Supervisor (MA in Sustainable Energy) -- sustainable energy and climate policy; emerging economies / developing countries; low carbon technology cooperation; innovation, science and technology policies

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James Meadowcroft

Low-carbon transition; environmental policy; sustainable development; energy policy; climate change; comparative environmental politics and policy

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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

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Jessica Parish

Assistant Professor -- urban and local governance; gentrification; urban sustainability; environmental justice; housing; social reproduction; financialization; settler colonialism

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Stephan Schott

Professor -- natural resource management; air quality control policy; northern development; common pool resources; experimental economics; energy policy and strategies

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Recent Publications

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Learning from positive deviants in fisheries

SPPA's Dr. Laurenne Schiller and Professor Graeme Auld, along with co-authors Gregory Britten and Boris Worm use "bright spot" analysis to better understand successful governance of fish populations in their newly published... More

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Innovative Solar-Powered Heating Technology Holds Promise for Remote Northern Communities

SPPA Professor Stephan Schott is part of an interdisciplinary group of researchers at Carleton University who are working to harness the... More

Monday, January 8, 2024

Environmental Impact Assessments in Global South: Lessons from a Brazilian Mining Case

As part of our celebration of 80 years of Public Administration, we will be sharing Research Summaries each month highlighting some of... More

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