Simon Nicholson Associate Dean for Research SIS | EDH | 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
- To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.
Partnerships & Affiliations
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The Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment
Co-founder -
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 Environmental Politics, "“Geoengineering: Governing Solar Radiation Management,” (2019) vol. 28, no. 3 (with Sikina Jinnah, eds.)
- New Earth Politics: Essays from the Anthropocene (MIT Press, 2016) (with Sikina Jinnah, eds.)
- Global Environmental Politics: From Person to Planet (Routledge, 2015) (with Paul Wapner, eds.)
- Special issue of the journal Climate Law on climate engineering law and governance (2015) vol. 5, no. 2-4, pp. 105-301 (with Wil Burns, eds.)
- “Taking Technology Seriously: Introduction to the Special Issue on New Technologies and Global Environmental Politics,” (2020) Global Environmental Politics vol. 20, no.3, pp. 1-8.
- “Anticipatory Governance of Solar Geoengineering: Conflicting Visions of the Future and their Links to Governance Proposals,” (2020) Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability vol. 45, pp. 10-19.
- “The Hidden Politics of Climate Engineering,” (2019) Nature Geoscience vol. 12, pp. 876-879.
- “Can Technology Save the Environment?: Lessons from Iain M. Banks’ Culture Series,” (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.