Dr. Geoffrey D. Dabelko, Ohio University |
Dr.
Geoffrey D. Dabelko is
Professor and Director of Environmental Studies at the George V. Voinovich School
of Leadership and Public Affairs at Ohio University in Athens, OH. From 1997-2012,
he served as director of the Environmental Change and
Security Program (ECSP),
a nonpartisan policy forum on environment, population, and security issues at
the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Dabelko continues to work as a senior advisor
to the Wilson Center where he helps facilitate dialogue among policymakers,
practitioners, and scholars grappling with the complex connections that link
environment, health, population, conflict, and security. Dabelko is also a member of the United
Nations Environment Programme's Expert Advisory Group on Environment, Conflict,
and Peacebuilding.
Dabelko is co-editor
of the 2002 book Environmental
Peacemaking,
that describes how environmental degradation can catalyze conflict and
violence. On the other hand, cooperation
between adversaries with shared environmental concerns can open up pathways to
peace and security, by “enhancing trust, establishing habits
of cooperation, lengthening the time horizons of decision makers, forging
cooperative trans-societal linkages, and creating shared regional norms and
identities.” Dabelko’s most recent research focuses
on climate change and security linkages as well as environmental pathways to
confidence building and peacemaking, with a special emphasis on management of
fresh water resources. He is a lead
author for the 5th assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Working Group II Chapter 12 on Human Security.
He also teaches courses on global environmental politics, environmental
leadership, climate change, and environmental peacebuilding.
This year’s Environmental
Lecture Series explores “Environmental and Human Health in Latin America,” with
perspectives from experts in human ecology, policy, and scientific study
related to specific environmental issues.
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