Dara O'Rourke

Title: 
Associate Professor
Bio: 

Education

  • Ph.D. Energy and Resources UC Berkeley, 1999
  • SB Mechanical Engineering MIT, 1989

Research Description:

My current research analyzes systems for regulating the environmental and social impacts of industrial activities. Through a range of projects, I have been examining trends in industrial development, and state, firm, and community responses to adverse impacts of industrialization. I work with NGOs and community-based organizations in the US and Asia to analyze the impacts of manufacturing on communities and workers, and to advance more effective strategies for regulating environmental and health hazards. I am currently working on projects in the US, Vietnam, China, and Indonesia.

Research interests: 

Sustainability transitions, industrial decarbonization, environmental justice, industrial ecology, labor

Contact

(510) 643-3110
130B Giannini Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720