Writing

Collaborative Academic Research Article: 'Who is going to talk about my Granddad? Who is going to talk about me?' Spatial Politics in the Advocacy of Youth from the MENA Region at COP 27 (2024)

This collaborative research article develops an intersectional perspective on the advocacy of young people from the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region in the U.N. COP 27 climate negotiations held in Egypt in 2022. We argue that scholarship on youth climate advocacy should be attentive to the 'spatial politics' that youth activists mobilize in their constructions of place, scale, and region and how these spatial politics play into political claims-making. The article is available open-access here.

Public Scholarship: "The 'Spectacle' of Youth Participation at COP 28" (2024)

This blog post, written for Engagement as part of a series of ethnographic pieces on COP 28, reflects on the nature of contemporary youth engagement in the international climate policy process. I examine this engagement through the theoretical lens of 'spectacle,' drawing on the work of geographer Cindi Katz and others. Piece available here.

Collaborative Research Article: "The Power of Protest in the Media: Examining Portrayals of Climate Activism in UK News" (2024)

New collaborative research article out now in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications with Eric Scheuch (Yale), Ganga Shreedhar (London School of Economics), & Laura Thomas-Walters (Yale). This project examined a unique dataset of British news coverage of climate activist actions over 7 months from November 2022 to May 2023 with an emphasis on the work of Extinction Rebellion (XR). We examine questions surrounding the relationship between social movements' tactical choices and extent and favorability of media coverage. Our article is available open-access here.

Policy Paper: "The Road to 2100: Unlocking the Power of Next and Future Generations" (2023)

I was honored to play a small part in contributing to the recent policy paper "The Road to 2100: Unlocking the Power of Next and Future Generations" coordinated by the Unlock the Future Coalition. The paper was released at the SDG action weekend in 2023 and offers a blueprint for meaningful youth engagement across the next several decades. The paper is available here.

Book Chapter: "The Tribunal of the Future" (2023)

New book chapter out in the 2023 edited volume Critical Geographies of Youth: Law, Policy, and Power. My chapter is entitled "The Tribunal of the Future: Youth, Responsibility, and Temporal Justice in U.S. Climate Change Litigation" and traces the youth-centered legal advocacy work of Our Children's Trust.

Public Scholarship: "Youth at COP 28: Intergenerational Engagement Remains Elusive" (2023)

This blog post for the Youth Democracy Cohort reflects on the importance, and limits, of an increasingly 'intergenerational' global climate policy process.

Policy Proposal: "Recommendations for the Operationalization of the Loss and Damage Fund" (2023)

Written with a cross-sectoral team of U.S. youth climate leaders, this policy proposal outlines our recommendations for the shape and scope of Loss and Damage finance, a key topic of the U.N. COP 28 climate negotiations in 2023. We delivered our recommendations to key policymakers and stakeholders throughout 2023, including U.S. Government officials and officials at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in the U.S. This proposal was the final product of the 2023 Emerging Leaders for Climate Action Fellowship co-sponsored by Globally and the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington, D.C. The full proposal is available here.

Collaborative Book Chapter: "Placing Peace" (2023)

New book chapter forthcoming (2024) with María Belén Noroña, Lorraine Dowler, and Josh Inwood in the edited volume Making Geographies of Peace and Conflict. Our chapter is entitled "Placing Peace: The Pedagogies of Positive Peace and Environmental Justice."

Policy Paper: "Implementing Intergenerational Equity" (2018)

In my previous role as a Project Lead for CliMates, I was the coordinating lead author of the policy paper "Implementing Intergenerational Equity" submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2018. The policy paper can be found on the UNFCCC portal here.

Public Scholarship: "Climate Influencers and the Politics of Attention" (2022)

This piece of public scholarship traces the emergence of what I call "climate influencers," discusses the politics of attention as they play out across transnational youth climate movements, and analyzes the role of social media in youth climate politics. Published by Edge Effects in 2022 and available here.

Published Interview: "Fighting Climate Change in the Global South" (2022)

My interview with four youth climate activists who organize with Fridays for Future MAPA (Most Affected Peoples and Areas) published by The Forge in 2022. We discuss transnational organizing, digital campaigning, and youth advocacy in the U.N. climate negotiations.

Collaborative Encyclopedia Entry: "Care Ethics" (2019)

Entry on care ethics written with Elizabeth Olson and Sertanya Reddy for the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 2nd Edition and released in 2020. Available here.