Steve Vanderheiden
Professor
Environmental Studies and Political Science

Steve Vanderheiden (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) is Associate Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, as well as Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) in Australia. He joined the CU-Boulder faculty in 2007, and specializes in normative political theory and environmental politics, with a particular focus on global governance and climate change. In addition to numerous published articles and book chapters on topics ranging from Rousseau's environmental thought to the politics of SUVs, and edited books on political theory approaches to climate change, energy politics, and environmental rights, his Atmospheric Justice: A Political Theory of Climate Change (Oxford, 2008) won the 2009 Harold and Margaret Sprout award from the International Studies Association for the best book on international environmental politics. He is currenty completing a book entitled Doing Our Bit: Individual Responsibility for Climate Change, along with several other current projects described elsewhere on this site.

For more information, see Professor Vanderheiden's personal website.