Maxwell Boykoff
Environmental governance, science and policy interactions, political economy and the environment.
Assistant Professor - Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
; Assistant Professor - Environmental Studies Program
; Assistant Professor - International Collective on Environment, Culture & Politics
Ph.D. 2006 University of California-Santa Cruz
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ENVS Graduate Program - Secondary Core effective Fall 2012
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Maxwell T. Boykoff is an Environmental Studies faculty member, and Fellow in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado-Boulder. He is also Adjunct Faculty in the Geography Department. In addition, Max is a Senior Visiting Research Associate in the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford.
Before joining the Center, Max was a Research Fellow in the Environmental Change Institute as well as a Department Lecturer in the School of Geography at the Oxford University Centre for the Environment. From 2006-2008, Max was a James Martin 21st Century Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.
Max has ongoing interests in climate adaptation, cultural politics and environmental governance, science-policy interactions, and political economy and the environment. He has experience working in North America, Central America, South Asia and Europe.
He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies (with a parenthetical notation in Sociology) from the University of California-Santa Cruz (2006) and Bachelor of Sciences from The Ohio State University (1995).
Max's research has been mentioned in a range of outlets such as Science, Nature, the Guardian, the New York Times, Columbia Journalism Review, the Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, Grist, Utne Reader, La Rázon (Spain), China Meteorological Administration, and (US) National Public Radio. Max has also appeared on CNN International and France24 television.
Max was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin.
A Note for Prospective Graduate Students: If you are considering applying to the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Colorado and would like to work with me, please send an email with these three attachments:
(1) A C.V.
(2) A statement describing your research interests
(3) A description of why you’d like to enroll in the Environmental Studies program and work in my research group
I prefer to discuss research interests with potential graduate students in person, by telephone or Skype/Oovoo before making decisions. So please contact me as soon as you decide that you would like to apply.
February 01 2013
Max Boykoff Selected as a 2013 Leopold Leadership Fellow
June 29 2012
Inside the Greenhouse: Using Media to Communicate a Crisis
May 24 2012
‘Inside the Greenhouse’ students hone a message
January 27 2012
A dangerous shift in Obama’s ‘climate change’ rhetoric
January 18 2012
December 27 2011
CU-Boulder class partners artistic, science-driven students
November 20 2011
CU prof Maxwell Boykoff publishes book about how media covers climate change
November 01 2011
Book Report: Who Speaks for the Climate?
August 26 2011
Hurricane Irene Exposes Charlatans on All Sides of Climate Science
July 12 2010
Higher Education and the Green Movement: Education-Portal Speaks With Dr. Max Boykoff
March 25 2010
Maxwell T. Boykoff on understanding climate change skepticism
March 23 2010
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May 24, 2013
Have the climate sceptics really won?
May 21, 2013
Free eats across globe: CU student maps urban foraging sites