Geoffrey Dabelko

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Geoffrey D. Dabelko
Alma materUniversity of Maryland
Duke University
Known forEnvironmental peacebuilding

Geoffrey D. Dabelko is Professor and Associate Dean at the George V. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs at Ohio University in Athens, OH. He teaches and conducts applied research in the School's Environmental Studies Program. His recent research focuses on the conflict and cooperation potential of responses to climate change and environmental peacebuilding.

Early life and education[]

Dabelko has an AB in political science from Duke University and a Ph.D. in government and politics from the University of Maryland.[1]

Career[]

From 1997-2012, Dabelko served as director of the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.[2] He continues to work as a senior advisor to the Wilson Center.[3] From 2012-2018, he served as director of Ohio University's Environmental Studies Program.[4]

Dabelko is a member of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Expert Advisory Group on Environment, Conflict, and Peacebuilding.[5] He is a board member at Population Reference Bureau[6] and the Environmental Peacebuilding Association.[7] He is an editorial board member of the journal Case Studies in the Environment,[8] published through University of California press.

Research[]

Dabelko is known for his research in and work on environmental peacebuilding. He is co-editor, with Ken Conca of American University, of Green Planet Blues: Critical Perspectives on Global Environmental Politics and Environmental Peacemaking.[9] Dabelko and Conca were the co-recipients of the Fifth Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding in 2018 for their work on environmental peacebuilding. Erik Solheim, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme remarked, “No two individuals have shaped our institutional thinking on environmental peacebuilding more than Geoff Dabelko and Ken Conca."[10]

Personal life[]

Dabelko lives in Athens, OH with his wife and three children.

Publications[]

  • Environmental Peacemaking, Woodrow Wilson Center Press with Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-8018-7193-1
  • Green Planet Blues: Critical Perspectives on Global Environmental Politics (6th ed., 2019)[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Geoffrey D. Dabelko | Ohio University". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  2. ^ "What's Next? Celebrating 20 Years of the Environmental Change and Security Program | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  3. ^ "Geoffrey D. Dabelko | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  4. ^ "Geoffrey D. Dabelko | Ohio University". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  5. ^ "UNEP Expert Advisory Group on Environment, Conflict and Peacebuilding" (PDF). UN Environment Programme. 2009.
  6. ^ "Geoffrey D. Dabelko – Population Reference Bureau". Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  7. ^ "Environmental Peacebuilding | Profiles". www.environmentalpeacebuilding.org. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  8. ^ "Case Studies in Environment | Editorial Team". online.ucpress.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  9. ^ "Environmental Peacemaking | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  10. ^ "Environmental peacebuilding researchers receive prestigious Al-Moumin Award". UN Environment. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  11. ^ "Green Planet Blues: Critical Perspectives on Global Environmental Politics". Routledge & CRC Press.
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