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Sam Rowan, DPhil

  • Assistant Professor, Political Science

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Biography

Sam Rowan joined the Department of Political Science at Concordia University in fall 2020 as an assistant professor. Dr. Rowan's research focuses on global environmental politics and international cooperation, particularly institutionalized cooperation to address climate change. He completed the D.Phil. (doctorate) in International Relations at the University of Oxford. He previously completed an M.Phil. in International Relations at the University of Oxford and a B.A. (Honours) in Political Science at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He was a postdoctoral researcher in international climate policy in the Climate Econometrics program at Nuffield College, University of Oxford in 2019/2020.


Education

DPhil, University of Oxford (2019)MPhil, University of Oxford (2015)BA, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (2013)

Teaching activities

POLI 312                Special Topics in International Politics: Climate PoliticsPOLI 486                Advanced Seminar in International Relations: International Climate PoliticsPOLI 644                Quantitative Research MethodsPOLI 687/812         Advanced Seminar in International Relations: Global Environmental Politics

Research

International Relations, climate change, global environmental politics, international organizations, international cooperation.

Publications

Rowan, Sam S. (2024). "Effective climate clubs require ambition, leverage and insulation: Theorizing issue linkage in climate change and trade." The Review of International Organizations. doi: 10.1007/s11558-024-09535-6Barrie, Christopher, Thomas Fleming and Sam S. Rowan. (2024). "Does protest influence political speech? Evidence from UK climate protest, 2017–2019." British Journal of Political Science. doi: 10.1017/S0007123423000376Rowan, Sam S. (2023). "Extreme weather and climate policy". Environmental Politics. doi: 10.1080/09644016.2022.2127478Roger, Charles B. and Rowan, Sam S. (2023). "The new terrain of global governance: Mapping membership in informal international organizations". Journal of Conflict Resolution. doi: 10.1177/00220027221139431Roger, Charles B. and Rowan, Sam S. (2022). "Analyzing international organizations: How the concepts we use affect the answers we get". The Review of International Organizations. doi: 10.1007/s11558-021-09432-2Rowan, Sam S. (2021). "Does institutional proliferation undermine cooperation? Theory and evidence from climate change". International Studies Quarterly. doi: 10.1093/isq/sqaa092/6105772Rowan, Sam S. (2019). "Pitfalls in comparing Paris pledges." Climatic Change. doi: 10.1007/s10584-019-02494-7

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