Publications
The Role of Knowledge, Learning and Mental Models in Perceptions of Climate Change Related Risks.
Helgeson, J., van der Linden, S., and Chabay, I. (2012). In A. Wals & P. B. Corcoran (Eds). Learning for sustainability in times of accelerating change (pp. 329-346). Wageningen Academic … read more »
Climate change, vulnerability and human mobility: perspectives of refugees from the East and Horn of Africa
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations University for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). June 2012. Report no. 1. Surminski, S. June 2012. Future Risk: climate change and energy … read more »
Ethics, equity and the economics of climate change. Paper 2: economics and politics
Both intergenerational and intratemporal equity are central to the examination of policy towards climate change. However, many discussions of intergenerational issues have been marred by serious … read more »
Ethics, equity and the economics of climate change. Paper 1: science and philosophy
This paper examines a broad range of ethical perspectives and principles relevant to the analysis of issues raised by the science of climate change and explores … read more »
The emerging geographies of climate justice
Climate justice is a well-used concept within the international climate debate yet it has often remained little more than a static ideal. This paper brings together … read more »
A strategic approach to adaptation in Europe
Adaptation to climate change will be a permanent feature of decision making from now on. As such it is important to go about it in a strategic, rational way. … read more »
The case for and against onshore wind energy in the UK
This policy brief investigates the extent to which onshore wind can contribute to future electricity generation, whether there are technological constraints, what the economic costs are and what the … read more »
The luck of the development draw: environmental volatility and the takeoff to modern economic growth
This paper tests the implications of the model developed by Acemoglu and Zilibotti [Daron Acemoglu and Fabrizio Zilibotti, 1997. Was Prometheus unbound by chance? Risk, diversification and growth. Journal … read more »
Regional inequality in human capital formation in Europe 1790-1880
Hippe, R., and J. Baten. 2012. Scandinavian Economic History Review, v. 60, pp. 254-289 (article won a best-article prize of the SEHR).
