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Mark Axelrod

Mark Axelrod
  • Professor
  • James Madison College
  • Fisheries and Wildlife

WEBSITE

http://markaxelrod.weebly.com/

BIOGRAPHY

Mark Axelrod holds a joint appointment in James Madison College and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. His teaching and research center around international and comparative environmental governance, with a focus on justice outcomes. Professor Axelrod teaches International Environmental Law and Policy (MC/FW 450), Natural Resources and Environmental Governance (FW 813), Public International Law (MC 362), and Politics of International Economic Relations (MC 221), as well as 1st year and senior seminar courses. He also co-facilitated a 2011 workshop on conservation options in Malawi.

Mark's current research addresses institutional change in international environmental law, local implementation of international environmental principles in India, policy impacts of scientific uncertainty, conflict resulting from climate-induced migration, and gendered impacts of marine fisheries policy in India and elsewhere.

Some of his recent work is published in Global Environmental Politics, Ambio, and Earth System Governance, as well as The Conversation. 

Mark is a co-leader of the Michigan Chapter of Scholars Strategy Network. Beyond MSU, Mark is active with the International Studies Association Environmental Studies Section and sits on the Board of Contributors for the International Environmental Agreements Database. He is Associate Editor of the journal Global Environmental Politics.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

  • Negotiation and implementation of international law
  • International environmental agreement
  • Rising and declining global powers
  • Influence of democratic institutions on environmental protection and treaty enforcement
  • Natural Resources and Environmental Governance
  • Environmental Politics