Core Department Faculty Member
- Steven Brechin
- Professor and Graduate Program Director
- Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Email: steven.brechin@rutgers.edu
- Office: Davison Hall, 131
- Personal Website
- Curriculum Vitae
Steve is a comparative environmental sociologist with interests in organizations and politics. Current research projects center on the sociology of climate change and questions of sustainability. He is co-editor with Seungyun Lee of The Routledge Handbook on Climate Change and Society, Second Edition. The Handbook is expected to be published late 2024 or early 2025. See the link below for more details about Steve’s research projects, current and foundational. Before arriving at Rutgers, Steve taught at Princeton, Michigan, Illinois, and Syracuse. He earned his graduate degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Steve is currently chairing the dissertation project of Amanda Sie. Recent Rutgers Ph.Ds. include Robert Duffy and Maria Espinoza.
- Faculty Article(s):
- A case for further refinement for the Green Climate Fund's 50:50 ratio climate change mitigation and adaptation allocation framework: toward a more targeted approach
- Climate change mitigation and the collective action problem: Exploring country differences in greenhouse gas contributions
- Ideology, capitalism, and climate: Explaining public views about climate change in the United States
- Karl Polanyi's Environmental Sociology: A Primer
- Will Democracy Survive Climate Change?
- A case for further refinement for the Green Climate Fund's 50:50 ratio climate change mitigation and adaptation allocation framework: toward a more targeted approach
- Faculty Bookshelf:
- Contested Nature: Promoting International Biodiversity with Social Justice in the Twenty-first Century
- Planting Trees in the Developing World: A Sociology of International Organizations
- Population-Environment Dynamics: Ideas and Observations
- Resident Peoples and National Parks: Social Dilemmas and Strategies in International Conservation
- Program Areas:
- Environment and Sustainability
- Global Structures
- Organizations, Networks, and Work
- Politics and Social Movements
