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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

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Alexandra Mallett

  • Associate Professor — sustainable energy and climate policy; emerging economies / developing countries; low carbon technology cooperation; innovation, science and technology policies
  • alexandra.mallett@carleton.ca
  • 613-520-2600 ext 2641

Daniel Rosenbloom

  • Assistant Professor and Rosamond Ivey Research Chair in Sustainability Transitions – governance of socio-technical transitions and net-zero pathways; climate policy and politics; Canadian energy political economy; science, technology, and innovation
  • daniel.rosenbloom@carleton.ca
  • 613-520-2600 ext 2638
Graeme Auld

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
  • graeme.auld@carleton.ca
  • 613-520-2600 ext 2259
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James Meadowcroft

  • Graduate Supervisor, Sustainable Energy — Low-carbon transition; environmental policy; sustainable development; energy policy; climate change; comparative environmental politics and policy
  • james.meadowcroft@carleton.ca
  • 613-520-2600 ext 2214
Jessica Parish

Jessica Parish

  • Assistant Professor — urban and local governance; gentrification; urban sustainability; environmental justice; housing; social reproduction; financialization; settler colonialism
  • Jessica.Parish@carleton.ca
  • 613-520-2600 ext 8936
Lisa Mills

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
  • lisa.mills@carleton.ca
  • 613-520-2600 ext 2635

Recent Publications

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Carleton and Ivey Foundation Create New Research Chair in Sustainability Transitions

Enabled by a generous donation of the Ivey Foundation and Rosamond Ivey, Carleton University is proud to announce the launch…

Elisabeth Gilmore

Elisabeth Gilmore: Equitable Climate Adaptation Pathways for the Precariously Housed

Elizabeth Gilmour, Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering, Cross-Appointed to the School of Public Policy and Administration Environmental Engineering and Public…

Alexandra Mallett speaks to CBC Sudbury on climate action

SPPA Associate Professor Alexandra Mallett SPPA Associate Professor and Graduate Supervisor – MPP in Sustainable Energy and the Environment,  Alexandra…