Matto Mildenberger

Research

The Energy and Environment Transitions (ENVENT) Lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is a hub for climate policy advocacy, climate communication, and environmental politics research, founded in 2016. The ENVENT Lab is co-directed by Prof. Leah Stokes and Prof. Matto Mildenberger. Through media, writing, policy, and research, the ENVENT Lab supports environmental and energy transitions with research and practice.

Affiliations

2035 Initiative, Director 

ENVENT Lab

Biography

Matto Mildenberger is Assistant Professor of Political Science. His research explores the political drivers of policy inaction in the face of serious social and economic threats posed by global climate change. Straddling comparative political economy and political behavior, Mildenberger's work focusses on comparative climate policymaking and the dynamics of US climate opinion. His current book project compares the politics of carbon pricing across advanced economies, with a focus on the history of climate reforms in Australia, Norway and the United States. Other ongoing work explores public environmental behaviors, political ideology, and the relationship between economic and environmental policy preferences. A previous book, Dependent America? How Mexico and Canada Construct US Power (Toronto 2011, with Stephen Clarkson), explored the political economy of North American trade and security relationships.

Education

Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Public Opinion, Methodology

Ph.D., Yale University, 2015