Global CommonsMy work explores the successes and failures of attempts to define, utilize, and manage non-terrestrial spaces throughout history.
_____ Dissertation: "Shifting Grounds: Scientific and Technological Change and International Regimes for the Ocean and Outer Space" (defended June 2017) ___ Published papers: “The Discursive Construction of the New Arctic,” in The Social Ecology of the Anthropocene: Continuity and Change in Global Environmental Politics, 2016 "Oceans of Plastic: A Research Agenda to Propel Policy Development," in Marine Policy (2018) “The Ocean Governance Regime: International Conventions and Institutions,” in Climate Change and Ocean Governance, ed. Paul Harris (forthcoming) “Interpreting the Law of the Sea ‘Regime of Islands’: An Opportunity for Productive US Leadership,” in Marine Policy (2018) "The Once and Future Treaty: Towards a new regime for biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction," (with 3 co-authors) in Marine Policy (2018) “Protecting Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: An Earth System Governance Perspective,” (with 14 co-authors), in Earth System Governance (2019) “A soft treaty, hard to reach: The second inter-governmental conference for biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction,” (with 3 co-authors) in Marine Policy Review of Arctic Governance: Power in Cross-Border Cooperation by Elana Wilson Row, for Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions Papers Under Review: “Climate change increases risk of fisheries conflict,” (with co-authors), under review Working papers: "The False Promise of the Global Commons: the State System Beyond National Jurisdiction," draft (with co-authors) “The Significance of Arctic Territorial Disputes: Flashpoint, Opportunity, or Irrelevance?” “The False Promise of the Global Commons: The State System Beyond National Jurisdiction,” (with co-authors) 
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Environmentalism
My interest in the political content of environmentalist thought was piqued as an undergraduate, and revived in recent projects.
_____ Published papers: “Green Earth: The Emergence of Planetary Civilization,” in New Earth Politics, 2016 (with Daniel Deudney) “The Environmental Crises: Why We Need Anthropocentrism,” in Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, 2009 Review of Consensus and Global Environmental Governance by Walter F. Baber and Robert V. Bartlett, in Global Environmental Politics, 17-4 Working papers: "The Marine Plastic Problem: Where the issue stands," (with co-author) for Current History 
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Planetary Geopolitics
I focus on the interactions between technology, ecology, and geography at a planetary scale, and implications for international politics.
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“New Earths: Assessing Planetary Geographic Concepts,” in Assembling the Planet: The Politics of Globality After 1945, 2016 (with Daniel Deudney) "Seamounts as Sites for Governance in the ‘Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction’," SAIS Review of International Affairs vol. 36, no. 1, Winter-Spring 2016 "Treating Outer Space Like a Place: A Case for Rejecting Other Domain Analogies," Astropolitics (2018) “Fluid Foundations: Oceanic Opacity, Transparency Technology, and Strategic Nuclear Stability,” in Journal of Military and Strategic Studies (2018) Papers Under Review: “Restricting the Space for Nuclear Weapons: Can Nuclear Weapons Free Zones Contribute to Contemporary Arms Control?” revising for resubmission at Strategic Studies Quarterly 
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