Cluster:Environment and Sustainable Development
Davis, Jerome Cluster Member
Jerome Davis holds the Canada Research Chair in Oil and Natural Gas Policy at the Dalhousie Arts and Social Sciences Faculty. His current projects and areas of research focus on: a Canadian Foundation for Innovation financed study on the nature of change within the oil industry and its short and long range significance for Canada; studying newer forms of offshore project management (such as the British CRINE and the Norwegian NORSOK) and the implications these forms pose for offshore contractors and for national regulatory authorities; as well as studying the problems of regulatory coordination in the Danish context (Denmark and Greenland, Denmark and the Faeroe Islands) and will be engaged in investigating similar problems occurring in Canada (the Atlantic Accords).
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- Oil industry and its significance for Canada
- New forms of offshore project management
DeBardeleben, Joan Cluster Member
Joan DeBardeleben is Director of the Centre for European Studies, is Director of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, and is Co-Director of the East-West Project. She is the author of several books and articles dealing with Russian and East European politics, particularly relating to democratisation, public opinion and elections, labour relations, and environmental issues. In recent years, Dr. DeBardeleben has also turned her attention to the European Union, particularly to questions of multi-level governance in the EU and to the EU's relations with its eastern neighbours. Her current research projects deal with the EU-Russian interface at the regional level and the political significance of recent changes in Russian federalism. Media Experience: Dr. DeBardeleben has a great deal of experience responding to TV, Radio and Print Media inquiries
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- Russian Politics and Society
- EU-Russian Relations
- Federalism and Multi-level Governance
- European Neighbourhood Policy
- Federalism and Multi-level Governance
- Democratic Participation an ...
Hallstrom, Lars Cluster Member
Lars Hallstrom’s is Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Governance at St. Francis Xavier University. His research has traditionally focused upon environmental policy making in European and federal systems of governance and is now increasingly concerned with the political and policy implications of linking health, social,and ecological systems.
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- European Environmental Policy
- EU Public Policy
- European Civil Society Environment in the New Europe
- European Federalism
- Public Participation in Policy
Huebner, Kurt Cluster Member
Kurt Huebner is Chair for German and European Studies and Director of the Institute for European Studies, at the University of British Columbia. His research includes global and European currency regimes, international regimes of foreign direct investment, and the relations between innovation and sustainability. His latest research focuses on the economic and socio-political foundations of technical innovations in a transatlantic perspective, and the ongoing processes of currency competition and currency cooperation (Euro-Dollar-Yuan). Currently, Dr. Huebner is directing a project on EU-Canada as Global Economic Policy Actor, and recently he was part of a consortium on EU-North America-Asia relations.
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- International Political Economy
- European Integration
- Trade and Currency Regimes
- Comparative Political Economy
- Labour Market and Innovation
Jegen, Maya Cluster Member
Maya Jegen is Director of Graduate Studies at the Université de Québec à Montréal. Her main areas of research include: the politics of energy, the politics of the environment, public policy and governance, sustainable development, and social and cultural determinants of environmental protection. Currently, she leads two energy-related projects: one focuses on energy security in the European Union (with funding received from SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council)) and the other concerns the social acceptance of wind energy projects in Quebec ( funded by the FQRSC (Fonds québécois de recherches sur la société et la culture)).
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- Politics of Energy
- Politics of the Environment
- Public Policy and Governance
- Sustainable Development
- Social and Cultural Determinants of Environmental Protection
Kranakis, Eda Cluster Member
Eda Kranakis’ areas of research include: History of Technology, History of European Integration, Export Processing Zones and Intellectual Property. Her current research projects explore aspects of the role of technology in European integration and globalization, focusing on the history of aviation and European airspace as well as on the history of the globalization of production.
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- History of Technology
- History of European Integration
- Export Processing Zones
- Intellectual Property
Meadowcroft, James Cluster Member
James Meadowcroft is Chair in Governance for Sustainable Development at Carleton University, in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration. He is an expert on environment and sustainable development. Currently, Dr. Meadowcroft is working on a project analyzing how finance ministries can contribute in the search of a green and sustainable development.
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Paterson, Matthew Cluster Member
Matthew Paterson’s research looks into the relationship between the global economy and global environmental change. He has focused on climate change politics for 20 years, in particular looking at the international climate negotiations, the role of insurance companies in climate politics, and most recently at carbon markets as a means of responding to climate change. In the context of the Strategic cluster, Dr. Paterson is particularly interested in the lessons that Canada can learn from the European experience of carbon markets. Dr. Paterson is currently co-writing a book with Peter Newell (University of East Anglia, UK) provisionally entitled Climate Capitalism, as well as a series of articles on the political economy of climate change governance, especially its “market-led” character.
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- Climate change politics
- Global environmental governance
- Global environmental politics
- International Relations Theory
- International/global political economy
Rothmayr-Allison, Christine Cluster Member
Christine Rothmayr-Allison's fields of specialization are comparative public policy (North-America and Europe), courts and public policy, policy evaluation, and Swiss politics. She is currently working on two main research projects: the first is interested in explaining legal mobilization and court impact in biotechnology policy-making in Europe and North-America (Canada, USA, Switzerland and Germany); the second analyses the use of public opinion research by the Canadian government in health policy making (biotechnology, tobacco and the future of the health care system). Dr. Rothmayr-Allison is also an experienced evaluator: she recently completed an evaluation of the Federal Gender Equality program for Swiss Universities.
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- Comparative Public Policy
- Judiciary power and public policy
- Swiss Politics
Weibust, Inger Cluster Member
Inger Weibust’s research examines the interplay between governance and public policy, and particularly regulation. Is it possible to create institutions to carry out policy functions previously or usually performed by national governments? Her book Green Leviathans (Ashgate Publishers, 2009) looks at cooperation on environmental regulation between states/provinces and within federations. Dr. Weibust’s findings show that even with favourable conditions, cooperative approaches have largely been ineffective in comparison with national legislation or European Union level regulation.
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- Environmental Issues
- Regulation
- Voluntary Codes
- Governance
- Water