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
