Dear Ron, Raul and all, Ingrid Boas and Frank Biermann have coauthored superb analyses of "environmental refugees" -- e.g., "Global Adaptation Governance: The Case of Protecting Climate Refugees," in Biermann et al., eds., *Global Climate Governance Beyond 2012* (Cambridge 2010).
For my two pennies worth, last year I published *Climate Change and Migration: Security and Borders in a Warming World* (Oxford 2011). In terms of graduate schools, it's hard to think of only one place where students are being trained - in part because the issue of climate-induced migration (CIM) is quite obviously interdisciplinary -- and at the intersection of environmental studies and migration studies. (Environmental studies scholars tend to have a different take on CIM than migration specialists.) Work on international governance and protection per se tends to be more evident in Europe - although that might be changing. The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Oxford's Refugee Studies and Forced Migration Program, Sussex Center for Migration Research, the University of Amsterdam, Hamburg University, etc., and many other universities offer graduate work in this field. In North America, again, the schools that come to mind for migration studies aren't necessarily the ones for environmental studies. But that's what makes the issue - and the fields - so intriguing. For Jason Sauer, given his prior background in geosciences, I'd suggest he keep the migration studies dimension in play for graduate work. I hope this helps. Best regards, Greg On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Pacheco-Vega, Raul < [email protected]> wrote: > Ron, all > > I'm not sure anyone at Colorado State University is working on > environmental refugees, but they do have a graduate programme that is > entirely focused on environmental politics. > > Coincidentally, several of my GEP students last term wrote their term > papers on environmental refugees. This seems to be a rather interesting > (emerging and perhaps under-researched) topic of research. > > Am I just dreaming or didn't Frank Biermann write about environmental > refugees within the past 2 years? Maybe he'd have some suggestions too. > > Sorry if I can't be more helpful! > Raul > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of > Ronald Mitchell [[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 9:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gep-ed] inquiry from prospective grad student > > All, > I just got this email from a CU-Boulder student (who I don't happen > to know). If you or someone you know is working on environmental refugees > and wanted to suggest good grad programs to him, I am sure he would > appreciate it. > Best, and thanks, > Ron > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Robert Sauer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 3:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Graduate Program > > Hello Dr. Mitchell, > > I'm a student of environmental geosciences and policy at the > University of Colorado considering graduate school for 2013, and my > interests appear to align nicely with yours: I am very interested in > studying the effectiveness of international environmental agreements. In > particular, I am fascinated with the literature currently making a case for > protecting (the poorly-named) environmental refugees under the auspices of > existing agreements like the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. > My question for you: do you or anyone else at the University of Oregon do > any work in this field, or would it be feasible to pursue my research > interests with the guidance of any faculty there? > > I realize that it may not be standard convention to contact faculty > directly about this, but it seems like the quickest way to get > conversations > started. Thanks in advance for your time and consideration! > > Cheers, > Jason R. Sauer > >
