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Education

Ph.D. Environmental Studies,听University of California, Santa Cruz (2006)
B.S. Psychology, Ohio State University

Research Interests

• Cultural politics of science, climate change, and environmental issues: This refers to ways that attitudes, intentions, beliefs, and behaviors of individuals and groups shape (and are shaped by) the perceived spectrum of possible action in the context of science-policy, climate change, and environmental issues.
• Transformations of carbon-based economies and societies (with emphasis on the interface of science and practical action). This refers to decarbonization politics, policies, and decision-making, with a particular interest in how these activities find meaning in people鈥檚 everyday lives and how they, in turn, feedback into science-policy decision-making.

Biography

Max is a Professor in the Environmental Studies Program (where he now serves as Chair) and is Adjunct faculty in the Department of Geography. Max is also a Fellow in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the 麻豆视频.

Max has ongoing interests in cultural politics and environmental governance, science and environmental communications, science-policy interactions, political economy and the environment, and climate adaptation. He has experience working in North America, Central America, South Asia, Africa, Oceania and Europe, and is a co-author and editor of seven books and edited volumes, along with over seventy articles and book chapters. Among Max's other activities, he is a Contributing Author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report, he is a part of the Independent Science Panel for the Deep South Challenge in New Zealand, he is Deputy Editor for the social sciences/history team for the Journal of Climatic Change.

Max leads the (MeCCO) while he leads the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and co-Directs ''.

Max was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin.

A Note to听Prospective Graduate Students听

Max Boykoff is not accepting new graduate students for Fall 2023.

A Note to Prospective ENVS Honors Undergraduate Students

Research focuses include cultural politics and climate change. Prospective students are asked to submit a CV/Resume and a brief description detailing their interests and availability.