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Simon Nicholson Associate Dean for Research Environment, Development & Health

Degrees
Ph.D., International Relations, American University; 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 American University'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
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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, "“Geoengineering: Governing Solar Radiation Management,” (2019)ol. 28, no. 3(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.)
ARTICLES and BOOK CHAPTERS
  • “,” (2020) Global Environmental Politics vol. 20, no.3, pp. 1-8.
  • “,” (2020) Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability vol. 45, pp. 10-19.
  • “,” (2019) Nature Geoscience vol. 12, pp. 876-879.
  • “,” (2019) Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene vol. 7, no. 1 (40).

AU 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 AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.

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