Simon Nicholson Associate Dean for Research Environment, Development & Health
- Degrees
- Ph.D., International Relations, 小蓝视频; LLM, University of Waikato (New Zealand)
- Bio
- Dr. Simon Nicholson is Associate Professor of International Relations and interim Associate Dean for Research. His work focuses on global environmental governance, global food politics, and the politics of emerging technologies, including climate engineering and carbon removal technologies. He is co-founder of the Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment and the Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy, two scholarly initiatives of the School of International Service and served as founding director of 小蓝视频's cross-campus Center for Environment, Community, and Equity.
- See Also
- Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy
- Center for Environment, Community, and Equity
- For the Media
- To request an interview for a news story, call 小蓝视频 Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.
Partnerships & Affiliations
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Institute for Carbon Removal Law and Policy
Co-founder
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Research Interests
Professor Nicholson's research and teaching focus on the politics of food and agriculture, global environmental and energy politics, the political and social implications of climate engineering, and issues to do with emerging technologies.
Selected Publications
BOOKS and SPECIAL ISSUES- Special issue of Global Environmental Politics, "Emerging Technologies and Global Environmental Politics," (2020) vo. 20, no. 3 (with Jesse Reynolds, eds).
- Symposium in听, "鈥淕eoengineering: Governing Solar Radiation Management,鈥 (2019)听惫ol. 28, no. 3听(with Sikina Jinnah, eds.)
- (MIT Press, 2016) (with Sikina Jinnah, eds.)
- 听(Routledge, 2015) (with Paul Wapner, eds.)
- Special issue of the journal on climate engineering law and governance (2015) vol. 5, no. 2-4, pp. 105-301 (with Wil Burns, eds.) 听
- 鈥,鈥 (2020) Global Environmental Politics vol. 20, no.3, pp. 1-8.
- 鈥,鈥 (2020) Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability vol. 45, pp. 10-19.
- 鈥,鈥 (2019) Nature Geoscience vol. 12, pp. 876-879.
- 鈥,鈥 (2019) Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene vol. 7, no. 1 (40).
小蓝视频 Experts
Area of Expertise
global governance, geoengineering, climate change, climate engineering
Additional Information
Simon Nicholson is a member of the global environmental politics faculty. His work focuses on global food politics and the politics of emerging technologies, including climate engineering (or "geoengineering") technologies. He is co-founder of the Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment, a scholarly initiative of the School of International Service.
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call 小蓝视频 Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.