Education & Curriculum Vitae
B.A., M.A., Carleton University
Ph.D., University of Toronto
About
Benjamin Cashore is Professor of Environmental Governance & Political Science at Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is courtesy joint appointed in Yale’s Department of Political Science and is a Senior Research Fellow, Yale MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies. He is Director of the Governance, Environment and Markets (GEM) Initiative at Yale and is the Joseph C. Fox Faculty Director of the Yale International Fox Fellows Program. Cashore’s major research interests include transnational business regulation; non-state market driven (NSMD) global governance, corporate social responsibility, the emergence of domestic and international regulatory policies; and the role of firms, non-state actors, civil society in shaping these trends. His ongoing research efforts are focused on understanding how the interaction of multiple -levels of governance, public and private, might evolve, in the global era, to produce durable global environmental governance and sustainability solutions. He pursues this approach through thematic efforts: policy change and policy learning; intervening to address “super wicked” problems; and the influence of globalization and internationalization on domestic policy processes. His substantive research interests. His substantive research interests include climate policy, land use change, and sustainable forest management/deforestation.
Courses
Course | Fall 2018 | Spring 2019 | Fall 2019 | Spring 2020 |
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522 Problem Solving in the Global Era: How Social Sciences Contribute to Forward Looking Environmental Management |
Cashore M,W - 2:30-3:50 |
Cashore TBA - TBA |
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631 Solving Super Wicked Problems: Environmental Policy Analysis for a Low Carbon World |
Cashore TBA - TBA |
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829 Global Environmental Governance |
Cashore Tu,Th - 1:00-2:20 |
Cashore TBA - TBA |