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Simon Nicholson

Degrees
Ph.D., International Relations, 海角换妻; 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 海角换妻's cross-campus Center for Environment, Community, and Equity.

Partnerships & Affiliations

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.)
  • (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
ARTICLES and BOOK CHAPTERS
  • 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).