ISA-Environmental Studies Section

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ESS supports innovative research, theoretical diversity, interdisciplinary perspectives, and diverse methodologies in analyzing international environmental issues and global environmental governance

The Scholar Award Committee manages the nomination and award process for the Distinguished Scholar Award, the Engaged Scholar Award, and the Graduate Student Paper Award.
The Outreach Committee is responsible for getting the word out about ISA-ESS to a broader audience. In particular, the committee: seeks ensure that graduate students, junior scholars, and scholars from underrepresented populations are aware of and find benefit from becoming a part of the ESS. regularly reaches out to groups of people who might not know about or be active in ESS to provide information about the benefits of participating. creates events, activities, and services (such as special panels or other events at conferences or during the year) focused on mentoring and provision of other information or opportunities to a broad community of ESS-related scholars and teachers. solicits and considers requests for whatever ESS budget is allocated to conduct ESS events at conferences outside of the main ISA conference, with an eye toward raising the profile of ESS.
The Harold and Margaret Sprout Award Committee is responsible for selecting the annual winner of the Harold and Margaret Sprout Award for the best book in global environmental politics.
The Nominating Committee: seeks to ensure a slate representative reflecting the diversity within the section, including various disciplines, intellectual and methodological stances, ages and sexes, institutions, and geographic locations. solicits nominations for section officers runs the elections for section officers
The Executive Committee: appoints the office of secretary; appoints committees, appoints the section newsletter editor and webmaster; enacts budgets and dues; sets rules and tentative agenda for the annual meeting of members; conducts the business of the section at times between the annual meetings of members.
ESS-ISA Virtual Mentoring Week, April 22-28, 2024. We are looking for early-career scholars, mid-career/senior scholars to form mentor-mentee matches. If you are interested, please fill the Google form and register by March 1st, 2024.