Sikina Jinnah
Gund Affiliate
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California at Santa Cruz
- PhD, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, U.C. Berkeley
- MS, Environmental Studies, University of Montana Missoula
- BA (Honors), Environmental Science, U.C. Berkeley
BIO
Dr. Sikina Jinnah is a Professor of Environmental Studies, Associate Director of the Center for Reimagining Leadership (CRL) at UC Santa Cruz, and Director of CRL's Climate Justice Scholars Program. Her research focuses on global environmental governance of climate intervention technologies, and the nexus between international trade and environmental politics. She is the author or editor of 7 books and over 50 articles and chapters. Her first book Post-treaty Politics (MIT Press) received the 2016 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award for best book in international environmental affairs from the International Studies Association, and her forthcoming book outlines strategies for engaging the publics around solar geoengineering. She is an Andrew Carnegie Fellow, serves on the Editorial Board for UC Press, and served on the U.S. National of Science, Engineering and Medicine Committee on Atmospheric Methane Removal. Dr. Jinnah’s PhD is from UC Berkeley in Environmental Science, Policy and Management.
Area(s) of expertise
Climate change governance, trade-environment politics, climate engineering governance, and environmental politics.
Bio
Dr. Sikina Jinnah is a Professor of Environmental Studies, Associate Director of the Center for Reimagining Leadership (CRL) at UC Santa Cruz, and Director of CRL's Climate Justice Scholars Program. Her research focuses on global environmental governance of climate intervention technologies, and the nexus between international trade and environmental politics. She is the author or editor of 7 books and over 50 articles and chapters. Her first book Post-treaty Politics (MIT Press) received the 2016 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award for best book in international environmental affairs from the International Studies Association, and her forthcoming book outlines strategies for engaging the publics around solar geoengineering. She is an Andrew Carnegie Fellow, serves on the Editorial Board for UC Press, and served on the U.S. National of Science, Engineering and Medicine Committee on Atmospheric Methane Removal. Dr. Jinnah’s PhD is from UC Berkeley in Environmental Science, Policy and Management.
Areas of Expertise
Climate change governance, trade-environment politics, climate engineering governance, and environmental politics.