Jane A. Flegal

Alumna

Visiting Fellow at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University, fall 2017

Education

UC Berkeley, PhD Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (in progress)

Mount Holyoke College, B.A. Environmental Studies and Politics, 2009

Research Interests / Specializations:

Designated Emphasis in Science and Technology Studies (STS); science policy; climate and energy politics and policy.

Research Description:

The role of science and expertise in environmental policy, in particular climate engineering

US environmentalism & technological politics in the context of climate change

Science and technology policy, in particular the governance of emerging technologies and public engagement

Selected Publications

Flegal, J. and A. Gupta. “Evoking equity as a rationale for solar geoengineering research? Scrutinizing emerging expert visions of equity.” International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law, and Economics (Forthcoming).

Burns, Elizabeth T., J. A. Flegal, D. W. Keith, A. Mahajan, D. Tingley, and G. Wagner. "What do people think when they think about solar geoengineering? A review of empirical social science literature, and prospects for future research." Earth's Future (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016EF000461/full)

Burns, William C. G. and J. A. Flegal. "Climate Geoengineering and the Role of Public Deliberation: A Comment on the US National Academy of Sciences' Recommendation on Public Participation." Climate Law 5(2-4) pp. 252-294. Available at SSRN (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2710088)

Winickoff, D.E.; J. A. Flegal, and A. Asrat. "Engaging the Global South on Climate Engineering Research." Nature Climate Change. Vol 5: 627-34 (July 2015). (http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v5/n7/full/nclimate2632.html)

Honors and Awards

Recent Teaching:

Graduate Student Instructor, ESPM 102D: Climate & Energy Policy (Spring 2016)

E-mail: jflegal@berkeley.edu

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