KYLA TIENHAARA
CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR IN ECONOMY & ENVIRONMENT
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY / KINGSTON ONTARIO
Office
School of Environmental Studies
Queen’s University
BioSciences Complex, Room 3134
Kingston, Ontario
Canada, K7L 3N6
kyla.tienhaara@queensu.ca
About Me
I am an interdisciplinary social scientist who studies the intersection between environmental governance and the global economy.
I am Canada Research Chair in Economy and Environment and Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Studies and Department of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University.
One area of my work has examined investor-state disputes concerning environmental regulation that are brought to international arbitration under bilateral and regional investment agreements.
Another area of my research focuses on green stimulus/green recovery programs and efforts around the world to launch a Green New Deal (see dedicated research website: www.greennewdealinfo.com)
FORTHCOMING
Routledge Handbook on the Green New Deal
In recent years, the Green New Deal has moved from relative obscurity to front and centre of policy discussions and public debates about how to respond to the climate crisis. It has been credited with radically changing the nature of the conversation on climate change and with re-energizing the environmental movement at a critical time. All Green New Deal proposals share an emphasis on the need for governments (rather than markets) to lead the energy transition. However, they differ in other respects. This Handbook analyses the fundamentals underlying all Green New Deals as well as exploring national and regional variations.
Latest Academic Publications
“Does the Green Economy Need Investory-State Dispute Settlement?” in K. Miles (ed) Research Handbook on Environment and Investment Law (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2019), 292-311.
“Risky Business? The Energy Charter Treaty, Renewable Energy, and Investor-State Disputes” (with Christian Downie) Global Governance (2018) 24(3): 451-471.
“Regulatory Chill in a Warming World: The Threat to Climate Policy Posed by Investor-State Dispute Settlement”, Transnational Environmental Law (2018) 7(2): 229-250.
Latest Opinion & Policy Work
“Green New Deal Critics Can’t See the Forest For the Tress”
The Conversation, 28 February 2019
“The Fossil Fuel Era is Coming to an End, but the Lawsuits are Just Beginning”
The Conversation, 18 December 2018
“Democracy Is The Biggest Victim In Turnbull’s War On Charities”
New Matilda, 15 March 2018 (with John Dryzek).
Teaching & Supervision
I have an open position for a PhD student to examine the ‘green recovery’ from the COVID-19 pandemic (see PDF below). Deadline for applications is 1 February 2021.
CONTACT
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