Erika S. Weinthal

About

Erika S. Weinthal is the John O. Blackburn Distinguished Professor in the Division of Environmental Social Systems at Duke University. She serves as the Director of Graduate Studies of the University Program in Environmental Policy and is a professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy. Additionally, she holds a professorship in Environmental Policy at Duke Kunshan University and is an affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society as well as the Duke Center for International Development. Her work is centered on environmental policy, with a focus on the social systems that influence environmental decision-making and policy implementation.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Law
• Sociology
• Geography
• Engineering ethics
• Public administration
• Ecology
• Environmental science
• Geology
• Soil science

Selected publications

• The past and future(s) of environmental peacebuilding

  International Affairs · 2021 · 172 citations

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  Abstract Environmental peacebuilding is a rapidly growing field of research and practice at the intersection of environment, conflict, peace and security. Focusing on these linkages is crucial in a time when the environment is a core issue of international politics and the number of armed conflicts remains high. This article introduces a special issue with a particular emphasis on environmental opportunities for building and sustaining peace. We first detail the definitions, theoretical assumpti…

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• Critical mineral mining in the energy transition: A systematic review of environmental, social, and governance risks and opportunities

  Energy Research & Social Science · 2024-07-21 · 74 citations

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• The impact of using low-saline oilfield produced water for irrigation on water and soil quality in California

  The Science of The Total Environment · 2020 · 63 citations

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• Humanitarian challenges and the targeting of civilian infrastructure in the Yemen war

  International Affairs · 2021 · 57 citations

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  Abstract Many modern conflicts, from Iraq to Yemen, have emerged as brutal wars in which state and non-state actors directly and indirectly target a wide array of civilian infrastructures, including water, energy and food systems. Similar to many twentieth-century wars, a common feature of the wars in the Middle East and North Africa in the twenty-first century has been the ‘civilianization’ of war, as civilian casualties far outnumbered battlefield deaths. We explore the targeting of civilian i…

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• What is climate security? Framing risks around water, food, and migration in the Middle East and North Africa

  Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water · 2022-02-28 · 40 citations

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  Abstract From academics to practitioners, many voices have amplified an increasingly popular narrative posing a climate–conflict–migration nexus. This essay reviews the literature on climate security, exploring the human security impacts of climate change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with particular attention to the scholarly literature on vulnerability and adaptation. It also examines the policy implications of discourses that frame water, food, and climate‐induced migration as se…

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Frequent coauthors

• Avner Vengosh

  31 shared

• Pauline Jones Luong

  State Street (United States)

  28 shared

• Jeannie L. Sowers

  University of New Hampshire at Manchester

  22 shared

• Matthew J. Hoffmann

  13 shared

• Steven J. Bernstein

  VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

  12 shared

• Marc Jeuland

  Duke University

  11 shared

• Blake Hudson

  10 shared

• Neda Zawahri

  Cleveland State University

  8 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Public Policy

  Columbia University

  2004

• M.A., Public Policy

  University of California, Berkeley

  1999

• B.A., Political Science

  University of California, Berkeley

  1995

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