Department of Government and Politics (GVPT)

3114J Tydings Hall

College Park MD 20742 USA

301-405-4125 voice

301-314-9690 fax

kconca<at>gvpt.umd.edu

Office Hours

My office hours for Spring 2010 are Tuesdays 11:00 AM -12:15 PM (drop-in, no appointment necessary); Thursdays 2:00-3:15 PM (drop-in, no appointment necessary); and by appointment. When seeking an appointment, contact me by E-mail, give me a week's advance notice if you can, and indicate all possible times when you could meet during the following week.

 

 

Dr. Ken Conca

Ken Conca

Affiliations

Professor, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland

Faculty advisor, Environmental Politics & Policy concentration, Environmental Science and Policy major

Associate editor, Global Environmental Politics (quarterly journal published by MIT Press)

Scientific Steering Committee, Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS)

Expert Advisory Group on Environment, Conflict and Peacebuilding, UN Environment Programme

Director, Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda

Research

Politics of water

Environment, peace and conflict

Environmental governance in war-torn societies

Globalization and social movements

Global environmental governance

United Nations

Bio

Curriculum vitae

Short bio

University of Maryland

Teaching

GVPT 273: Environmental Politics and Policy

GVPT 350: International Relations of the Third World

GVPT 409: The US and the UN

GVPT 419: Advanced Topics in Environmental Policy Analysis

GVPT 808 Global Environmental Politics

GVPT 808: Social Movements in World Politics

Recent books

Environmental Peacemaking

Green Planet Blues: Environmental Politics from Stockholm to Johannesburg

Governing Water: Contentious Transnational Politics & Global Institution Building

The Crisis of Global Environmental Governance: Towards a New Political Economy of Sustainability

Confronting Consumption

(click on book title or cover for a brief summary and link to publisher)
Environmental Peacemaking
Green Planet Blues
Governing Water
The Crisis of Global Environmental Governance
Confronting Consumption
 
Ken Conca & Geoff Dabelko, editors
Ken Conca & Geoff Dabelko, editors
Ken Conca
Jacob Park, Ken Conca & Matthias Finger, editors
Tom Princen, Mike Maniates, & Ken Conca, editors