About
Timothy Arvan is a student in the joint Ph.D. program between the Department of Political Science and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. He also serves as Research Officer and Associate Fellow of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), based in Montreal, Canada. Tim’s research explores questions of international environmental politics, with an emphasis on the political economy of climate change. He has published on topics including international climate litigation, the politics of carbon pricing, governance of diffuse pollution, and climate-induced displacement. Tim has been involved with international climate negotiations for several years, leading U-M's observer delegation to UNFCCC COP24 in Katowice, Poland as Director of Climate Blue, and serving on the Secretariat of the UNFCCC Climate Law and Governance Initiative for COP25 in Madrid, Spain and COP26 in Glasgow, UK.
Tim's research is currently supported by CISDL and Ford School fellowships, and project funding from the U-M International Policy Center and Weiser Diplomacy Center.
Some Recent Writing...
"Climate Cooperation at COP26 Must Transcend Icy U.S.-China Relations." Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge. [Link]
“The Right to a Healthy Environment is a Powerful Sword for Climate Justice.” Health and Human Rights Journal. [PDF]
Fields of Study:
- Environmental Politics
- World Politics
- Public Policy
