贝丝DeSombre
Camilla Ch和ler Frost Professor of 环境研究
链接
Focuses on environmental politics, international environmental law, ocean 和 atmospheric issues, 和 protection of the global commons.
I work on international environmental politics 和 law, with a focus on issues of the global commons. Recent projects have involved the impact of flag-of-convenience shipping, the regulation of international fisheries, protection of the ozone layer, 和 global environmental institutions generally. 我的第一本书， Domestic Sources of International Environmental Policy: Industry, Environmentalists, 和 U.S. 权力 (MIT Press, 2000) won the 2001 Chadwick F. Alger Prize for the best book published in the area of international organization, 和 the 2001 Lynton Caldwell Award for the best book published on environmental policy. Other recent books include Flagging St和ards: Globalization 和 Environmental, Safety, 和 Labor Regulations at Sea (MIT Press, 2006), 和 Global Environmental Institutions (Routledge, 2006), 和 two upcoming books on the global politics of fishery conservation, Saving Global 鱼eries 和 鱼 与J合著. 撒母耳巴尔金.
At 韦尔斯利 I direct the 环境研究 Program 和 teach many of its core courses, 包括ES 214, 社会 Causes 和 Consequences of Environmental Problems (known informally as “why good people do bad environmental things") 和 ES 300, the project-based capstone course for the ES major. I also teach a seminar in environmental policy 和 a course on international environmental law, 等. I’m also involved with developing 和 teaching in the tri-campus Sustainability Certificate program (with Olin 和 Babson Colleges). I was honored in 2005 with the Pinanski Prize for Teaching Excellence at 韦尔斯利.
I am centrally involved in efforts to improve the 皇冠体育’s environmental impact. I also serve as the book review editor of the journal Global Environmental Politics, 和 have been elected to many positions in the International Studies Association, including serving as the Program Chair for the organization’s annual conference in 2010. I have served on national 和 international task forces addressing international environmental issues, 和 as an external reviewer for departments 和 programs in environmental studies, international relations, 和 political science.
My primary non-academic activity is music. I am a folk singer-songwriter who performs in New Engl和 和 elsewhere. I’ve released two CDs, 弯曲的公路 (2007年)和 在这个小镇的家 (2011), with fabulous guest musicians. 唱出! magazine called my songwriting “smart 和 uplifting . . . focusing on the quiet meaning to be found in ordinary life." My music been played on radio stations across the country.
教育
- B.A.奥伯林学院
- Ph.D.哈佛大学
Current 和 upcoming courses
For international environmental problems, widespread international cooperation is both important 和 quite difficult. Under what conditions have states been able to cooperate to solve international environmental problems? Most international efforts to address environmental problems involve international law-how does such law function? What types of issues can international environmental law address 和 what types can it not? This course addresses aspects of international environmental politics as a whole, with particular attention to the international legal structures used to deal with these environmental problems. Each student will additionally become an expert on one international environmental treaty to be researched throughout the course.
(ES 325 和 POL3 325 are cross-listed courses.)-
For international environmental problems, widespread international cooperation is both important 和 quite difficult. Under what conditions have states been able to cooperate to solve international environmental problems? Most international efforts to address environmental problems involve international law-how does such law function? What types of issues can international environmental law address 和 what types can it not? This course addresses aspects of international environmental politics as a whole, with particular attention to the international legal structures used to deal with these environmental problems. Each student will additionally become an expert on one international environmental treaty to be researched throughout the course. (ES 325 和 POL3 325 are cross-listed courses.)
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This course focuses on the social science explanations for why environmental problems are created, the impacts they have, the difficulties of addressing them, 和 the regulatory 和 other actions that succeed in mitigating them. Topics include: externalities 和 the politics of unpriced costs 和 benefits; collective action problems 和 interest-group theory; time horizons in decision-making; the politics of science, 风险, 和 uncertainty; comparative political structures; 和 cooperation theory. Also addressed are different strategies for changing environmental behavior, including comm和 和 control measures, 税, 费用, 和 other market instruments, 和 voluntary approaches. These will all be examined across multiple countries 和 levels of governance. (ES 214 和 POL2 214 are cross-listed courses.)
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This course focuses on the social science explanations for why environmental problems are created, the impacts they have, the difficulties of addressing them, 和 the regulatory 和 other actions that succeed in mitigating them. Topics include: externalities 和 the politics of unpriced costs 和 benefits; collective action problems 和 interest-group theory; time horizons in decision-making; the politics of science, 风险, 和 uncertainty; comparative political structures; 和 cooperation theory. Also addressed are different strategies for changing environmental behavior, including comm和 和 control measures, 税, 费用, 和 other market instruments, 和 voluntary approaches. These will all be examined across multiple countries 和 levels of governance. (ES 214 和 POL2 214 are cross-listed courses.)