The UW Center for Environmental Politics' Duck Family Colloquium Series welcomes Sikina Jinnah, Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Professor Jinnah will be presenting a talk titled, "Climate Engineering: A proposal for immediate governance" on Friday, March 6, 2020 from 12:00 to 1:30 in Gowen 1A.

Dr. Sikina Jinnah is an Associate Professor of Politics at University of California at Santa Cruz, and a 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. She holds PhD from UC Berkeley in Environmental Science, Policy and Management. Her research focuses on global environmental governance, in particular in the areas of climate change, climate engineering, and the nexus between international trade and environmental politics. Her first book (“Post-treaty Politics: Secretariat Influence in Global Environmental Governance,” MIT Press 2014) received the 2016 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award for best book in international environmental affairs from the International Studies Association. Her second monograph, ” Greening through Trade: How American Trade Policy has Impacted Environmental Protection Abroad ” is forthcoming with MIT Press (2020). Jinnah is Co-Editor of the journal Environmental Politics, is on the editorial board for the journal Global Environmental Politics, is a Senior Research Fellow with the Earth System Governance project, and sits on the board of the Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment. Dr. Jinnah’s research has also been published in several scholarly journals, including: International Studies Review, Global Environmental Politics, the Journal of Environment and Development, Environmental Research Letters, Berkeley Journal of International Law Publicist, Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, Global Governance, Climate Policy, and Science. You can learn more about Dr. Jinnah’s work at: www.sikinajinnah.com.

Please contact Christianna Parr (parr182@uw.edu) if there are any questions.