Geoffrey D. Dabelko
Geoffrey D. Dabelko Curriculum Vitae [PDF]
Biography
Geoffrey D. Dabelko is a Professor at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He previously served as Director of the Environmental Studies Program and Associate Dean at the Voinovich School. He teaches and conducts research on environmental peacebuilding; climate security; environmental leadership; and Age-Friendly, climate resilient communities through a Grey Green Alliance collaboration with the Age-Friendly Innovation Center.
Dabelko serves as a senior advisor to the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP), a nonpartisan policy forum at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., From 1997-2012, he served as director of ECSP, working with policymakers, practitioners, and scholars grappling with the complex connections among environment, climate, conflict, and security.
Dabelko has directed grants from a range of funders including the National Science Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the UN Environment Programme, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. He was principal investigator for USAID-funded efforts including the "Health, Environment, Livelihoods, Population and Security (HELPS) Project” and the "Resources for Peace Project.” He worked previously at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Foreign Policy and the Council on Foreign Relations. He was an adjunct professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and lecturer at the Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Dabelko is co-editor of Green Planet Blues: Critical Perspectives on Global Environmental Politics (6th ed., 2019) and Environmental Peacemaking (2002). He was a chapter lead author for the 5th Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and a chapter author on the 5th U.S. National Climate Assessment. Other publications have appeared in Global Environmental Change, Global Environmental Politics, International Affairs, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Climatic Change, Global Governance, Security Dialogue, Environment, Grist, Ensia, PARKS, Journal of Environmental Studies and Science, and The Gerontologist.
Dabelko served previously as a member of the United Nations Environment Programme's Expert Advisory Group on Environment, Conflict, and Peacebuilding and a board member for the Environmental Peacebuilding Association, the Population Reference Bureau, International Human Dimensions Programme, and Screenscope's "Journey to Planet Earth" PBS documentary series. He also has served as an editorial board member for Global Environmental Change, Environment, Case Studies in the Environment, and Environment and Security.
Dabelko was the co-recipient with Ken Conca of the Fifth Al-Moumin Award and Distinguished Lecture on Environmental Peacebuilding.
Dabelko has a Ph.D. in government and politics from the University of Maryland, College Park and an AB in political science from Duke University.
Courses Taught
- Global Environmental Politics (Ohio University & Georgetown University) (Grad & Undergrad)
- Climate Change (Ohio University) (Undergrad)
- Environmental Leadership (Ohio University) (Grad & Undergrad)
- Environment, Peacebuilding, and Security (Ohio University & Monterey Institute of International Studies) (Grad & Undergrad)
- Global Sustainability (Ohio University) (Undergrad)
- Global Sustainability and Environmental Leadership (Ohio University) (Undergrad)
- Environment and Society (Ohio University) (Grad)
- Concepts of Sustainability (Ohio University) (Grad)
- Community-based Sustainability (Ohio University) (Grad)
- Environmental Science and Public Policy (Ohio University) (Undergrad and Grad)
- Risk, Climate Security, and Community Engagement (Ohio University) (Grad)
- Study Abroad Program: Environmental Peacebuilding and Sustainability: Peace Parks in the Balkans (Ohio University) (Grad & Undergrad)
Media
- Geoff Dabelko Co-authors Chapter in the Fifth National Climate Change Assessment
- Sustainability Award Winners Announced
- Fulbright Humphrey Fellows to visit OHIO for Professional Enhancement Workshop on climate change
- "G7: Climate Change, Security and Fragility as a Foreign Policy Priority" on The Center for Climate & Security
- Hear more from Dr. Geoffrey Dabelko in an interview on WOUB Conversations from Studio B with Tom Hodson
- "New Report From Military Leaders Calls Climate Change 'Catalyst for Conflict'" on New Security Beat from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- "World Economic Forum Ranks Water Crises as Top Long-term Risk" on Circle of Blue
- "Trudeau’s White House Visit Sets Stage for U.S.-Canada Climate Cooperation" on New Security Beat from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars