Introduction
Dr. Prakash Kashwan is an educator, author, and scholar, whose work cuts across the fields of climate governance, environmental and climate justice, and international affairs. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Brandeis University. Dr. Kashwan is the current Chair of the Environmental Studies Section (ESS), International Studies Association (ISA), co-founder of the Climate Justice Network, and Editor of the journal Environmental Politics. He is the author of Democracy in the Woods (OUP, 2017) and co-author of Decolonizing Environmentalism (Bloomsbury, 2025).
Expert
Dr. Kashwan is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Brandeis University. He is the current Chair of the Environmental Studies Section (ESS), International Studies Association (ISA), co-founder of the Climate Justice Network, a member of the global expert group for Scoping of Transformative Change Assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a Senior Research Fellow of the Earth System Governance (ESG) Project, and an Editor at the journal Environmental Politics. He is the author of Democracy in the Woods ( OUP 2017).
Fields of expertise: Environmental policy / climate change, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Policy design and delivery, Reduction of inequalities / equity / poverty eradication, Sustainable Development Goals