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

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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

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Graeme Auld

Professor, Interim Director of SPPA, — comparative and global environmental politics and policy; international political economy; transnational private governance and private regulation; corporate social responsibility; climate change; natural resource governance

James Meadowcroft

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

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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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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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613-520-2600 ext 2635

Recent News & Publications

Alexandra Mallett on the Hottest Decade on Record

The UN World Meteorological Organization says the past decade is the hottest on record, driven by rising greenhouse gas emissions. Carleton University’s Associate Professor Alexandra …

Carleton researcher co-leads international workshop on accelerating net-zero transitions

From September 8th through 10th, Carleton University’s Daniel Rosenbloom, Ivey Research Chair in Sustainability Transitions at the School of Public Policy and Administration, co-hosted an …

Professor Daniel Rosenbloom’s New Publication

Professor Daniel Rosenbloom, Ivey Research Chair in Sustainability Transitions, has published a new paper titled “Dead-end pathways: conceptualizing, assessing, avoiding” which appears in PLOS Climate …