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RESEARCH


Rembrandt's Philosopher in Meditation (1632).
Research Interests
  1. Contentious Climate Policy Debates (re: Livestock, Proteins, Rail and Aviation, Oil Sands, Nuclear)
  2. Ecological Political Economy (Discourses, Growth-Environment Relationship, Just Transition)
  3. International Political Economy (Sustainable Development, Global Environmental Governance)

PUBLICATIONS 

 Books

Journal Articles
  • “ ‘Ditch Red Meat and Dairy, and Don’t Bother with Local Food’: The Problem with Universal Dietary Advice Aiming to Save the Planet (and Your Health),” Canadian Food Studies/ La Revue Canadienne des Études sur l’Alimentation, 7(2), pp. 5-19, 2020. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v7i2.413
  • Katz-Rosene, R. “A Not-So-Green Choice? The High Carbon Footprint of Long-Distance Passenger Rail Travel in Canada,” Canadian Geographer, (Digital Preprint August 2020). DOI:10.1111/cag.12649
  • [Book Review] Katz-Rosene, R. “The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths That Hinder Progress, by Mark Jaccard. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020, 308 pp., $19.95 (paperback); Free (online open access PDF), ISBN 978-1-108-47937-0 and ISBN 978-1-108-74266-5”, Environmental Politics, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2020.1757587
  • “To Build or Not to Build? Competing Narratives of High-Speed Rail Development in Canada,” Mobilities 12: 5, p. 758-777 (2017).
  • [Book Review] "Readings in Canadian Foreign Policy: Classic Debates & New Ideas [Third Edition], edited by Duane Bratt and Christopher J. Kukucha, Don Mills, Oxford University Press, 2015," Canadian Foreign Policy Journal (Spring, 2016).
  • “All Aboard the Neoliberal Bullet Train: The Environmental Political Economy of High-Speed Rail in Canada,” Studies in Political Economy, No. 92, Autumn, 2013, pp. 3-27.
  • "Capitalism, the Climate Crisis, and Canada's 'Relations of Mobility': Theoretical Interventions in Ecological Political Economy," Alternate Routes, Vol. 25 (2013), pp. 33-53.
  • Co-authored with Aaron Henry, “Withering Assets: Neoliberalism and Canada’s Diminishing Environmental Capacity,” Relay. No. 30, Summer, 2010. pp. 15-20. 

Book Chapters
  • Katz-Rosene, R. “Chapter 8: The Structural Barriers to Eco-Capitalism,” in Scott, Inara (Ed.), Sustainable Capitalism: University of Utah Press (Forthcoming 2024).
  • Co-authored with Matthew Paterson, “Imperialism and Environment,” in Ness, Immanuel and Zak Cope [Eds.]. Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism, 2nd Edition, 2019: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91206-6_129-1.

Op-Eds, Magazine Articles, Policy Papers
  • Andrée, P., B. Hunter, Meadowcroft, J., Matta, D., Wong, L., Laforge, J., Katz-Rosene, R., McLean, J. “Strategic Framework for Accelerating Sustainable Agriculture in Canada: Recommendation for Philanthrophy,” The Transition Accelerator, September 2023.
  • Katz-Rosene, R. “Tracking hotter, wetter weather (Part 1),” The Low Down to Hull and Back News, Nov. 9 – Nov. 14, 2023. 
  • Co-authored with Sarah Martin. Meat. The International Political Economy of Everyday Life, 2017. 
  • “Everyone Else’s Oil,” The Parkland Post. Volume 16, No. 1. Winter, 2010, pp. 1, 4.
  • “Mission Not Yet Accomplished: Weekend of Action as Youth Look for Climate Justice in Canada,” The Leveller. Vol. 2, No. 1. November, 2009, pp. 8-9.

Theses

Published Research Consultation

    Unpublished Research Contracts

    • Reclamation and Alberta’s Bituminous Sands: Environmental Considerations. Ottawa: The Canadian Museum of Science and Technology, 2010.

    Podcasts

    CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & INVITED TALKS

    • Keynote Address: “The Growth-Environment Debate: Introduction & Implications,” Environmental Studies Association of Canada’s Annual Meeting. June 12th, 2024.
    •  “How to be a Climate-Informed Citizen”. Keynote talk at the Adventure in Citizenship Conference, Rotary Club Ottawa. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, May 27, 2024.
    • Submitted Remarks to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Parliament of Canada, “Projects of High-Frequency Rail”. Ottawa, ON. February 8, 2024.  
    • “The Keys to the Bullet Train: Has Canada’s Window of Opportunity for Climate-Friendly High-Speed Rail Now Closed?” presented to the ‘Watpeg’ group at Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, ON. November 28th, 2023.
    • Presented with Ellen Helker-Nygren. “Who cares about GDP? A Genealogy of ‘Beyond Growth’” Panel Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association. Montréal: March 15th, 2023.
    • “Towards a Politics of Quality: Resolving the Left’s Degrowth-Modernist Schism so we can tackle the Capitalism-Ecology Crisis,” Presented at the “Class, Climate, and Transformation: Class Struggle and Climate Action” Roundtable at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association. Montréal: March 15th, 2023.
    • “Between Individual and Collective Climate Action”, presented to the Kimberley Foundation’s FOCUS Teacher’s Climate Change Collaborative. June 27th, 2022.
    • “Climate Change and the Study of Politics”, presented as part of the “Political Science and Politics in Transformative Years” Panel, Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, May 31st, 2022.
    • Presented with Peter Andrée, “Transitions Across the Agri-Food Landscape in Canada,” Canadian Association for Food Studies. May 12th, 2022. 
    • “What’s on the Menu in 20 Years? Trends and Trajectories in Sustainable Food,” Thornhill Lifelong Learning Seminar Series, October 21, 2021.
    • “Scaling Climate Action,” Canadian Association for the Club of Rome Seminar Series, October 6, 2021.
    • “Bridging Personal and Collective Climate Action: Lessons From and For the Academic Flying Less Movement,” Ottawa: Phipps Lanlois Seminar Series, September 30, 2021.
    • Presented with Terhemba Ambe-Uva. “A Plan to Achieve Just Transition in International Aviation: Green Growth, Degrowth, and CORSIA,” Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference. June 7th, 2021.
    • Presented with Ellen Helker-Nygren. “The Growth-Energy-Climate-Justice Paradox: The Socio-Spatial Implications of Ecomodernist and Degrowth Energy Futures,”. Environmental Studies Association of Canada’s Annual Conference. June 4th, 2021.
    • “Cows, Climate Change, and Global Protein Transition: A View From In-Between Two Worlds,” Global Dairy Platform Webinar Series. January 27, 2021.
    • “The Pandemic, the Global Economy and Environmental Change: Five Theses on a Trialectic,”. The COVID-19 Pandemic: Continuity and Change in the International Political Economy [Workshop]. December 18th, 2020.
    • “Pathways to Sustainable Protein”, Sustainable Food Systems 101. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, October 16, 2020.
    • “The Future of Sustainable Protein”, Food for Thought Lecture Series. Ottawa: Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, October 17, 2019.
    • “What world do we want?” in Facing the Heat: Canada and Climate Change [Invited Panel]. Ottawa: Centre for International Policy Studies, October 2nd, 2019.
    • “Climate Change and Aviation: A Global Ecological Political Economy,” Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association. Vancouver: University of British Columbia, June 5th, 2019.
    • "How do you Solve a Problem Like CORSIA? The Aviation Sector’s Lofty Dreams of a Low Carbon Future,” Environmental Studies Association of Canada’s Annual Conference. Vancouver: University of British Columbia, June 4th, 2019.
    • "Ruminants, Biogenic Methane, and Climate Change: The Politics and Unsolved Mysteries of Enteric Fermentation,” Environmental Studies Association of Canada’s Annual Conference. Regina: University of Regina, May 29th, 2018.
    • “Problematizing Academia’s Conference Carbon Footprint,” Environmental Studies Association of Canada’s Annual Conference. Regina: University of Regina, May 28th, 2018.
    • "Energizing 9.7 Billion: The Socio-Spatial Implications of Eco-Modernist and De-Growthist Energy Futures," Boston: Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, April 7th, 2017.
    • "Meatigating Climate Change? The Evidence for Carbon Farming with Livestock," ASFS/AFHVS/CAFS Conference ‘Scarborough Fare’. Scarborough: University of Toronto, June 24th, 2016.
    • “Atomic Dispute: Nuclear Energy, Climate Change and the Growth-Environment Debate,” Environmental Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference. Calgary: University of Calgary: June 1st, 2016.
    • “Clean Energy Policy in Canada: The Dawn of a New Era?” Presented at the Canada Week Clean Energy Panel. Boise, Idaho: Boise State University, March 16th, 2016.
    • “Weighing the Risks, Potential Benefits and Costs of Nuclear Power in Canada in the Context of a Rapidly Changing Climate,” International Political Economy Network Seminar Series, Ottawa: Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa, November 3rd, 2015.
    • "Integrating Sustainability into Government Decision-Making," Financial Management Institute of Canada Professional Development Week. Ottawa: Ottawa Convention Centre, November 25th, 2014. 
    • "Is High-Speed Rail Sustainable?" SSHRC Storyteller's Showcase. St. Catharines: Brock University, May 26th, 2014.
    • "High-Speed Rail: Green Infrastructure or Ecological Fix?" Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Tampa, Florida: April 8th, 2014.
    • "Questioning High-Speed Rail's Place in Canada's Green Economy," Canadian Society for Ecological Economics 2013 Biennial Conference. Toronto: York University, November 1st, 2013.
    • "The End of Ecology: Harper Conservatism and the Neoliberalization of Environmental Policy," Annual Conference of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada. Victoria: University of Victoria, June 4th, 2013.
    • "The Political Economic Context for High-Speed Rail Development in Canada," Three Minute Thesis Competition. Ottawa: Carleton University, March 27th, 2013.
    • "Alberta's Great Battle of Ideas: Constructing Environmental Common Sense in the Bituminous Sands," School of Environment Seminar Series. Kingston: Queen's University, March 7th, 2013.
    • "Writing a thesis in political economy," Panel organized for PECO 5001: Methodologies of Political Economy. Carleton University: February 26th, 2013.
    • "Materiality Informs Subjectivity Informs Materiality: An Environmental History of Alberta's Bituminous Sands," Canadian Association of Geographers' Annual Conference. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University, May 29th, 2012.
    • "Moving Environmental Studies Forward in Canada," Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Montreal: March 29th, 2012.
    • “The Concept of Environmental Transformism: A Case Study of Crisis Displacement in Alberta's Energy Sector,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. New York City: February 25th, 2012.
    • “Canada’s Missing High-speed Trains: Puzzles in Environmental Political Economy,” 2011 Conference of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada at the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Fredericton: University of New Brunswick, May 29th, 2011.
    • “Society-Nature Relations and Passenger Transportation in Canada: Forays into Environmental Political Economy,” Department of Geography and Environmental Studies Founders Seminar. Ottawa: Carleton University, April 1st, 2011.
    • “What’s In a Name? Historicizing Alberta’s Bituminous Sands,” Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium. Ottawa: Carleton University, March 3-4, 2011.
    • “The Role of a Windsor-Québec City High-Speed Rail Corridor in the Transition to Canada’s Green Economy,” Canadian Association of Geographers Ontario Division Annual Meeting. Toronto: Ryerson University, October 15th – 16th, 2010.
    • With Sarah Martin. “Towards an Environmental Political Economy for the 21st Century,” Sustainability in a Changing World: Environmental Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference. Concordia University, May 31st – June 1st, 2010.
    • With Aaron Henry. “Selling off the cards: Neoliberalism and the End of Public Planning in Canada,” Historical Materialism. York University. May 13th-16th, 2010.
    • “A Case Study in Environmental Political Economy: Capitalism and the Alberta Tar Sands,” Department of Sociology & Anthropology Graduate Student Conference: Works-In-Progress. Carleton University. Fall, 2009.
    • “The Tar Sands and Cancer: Voices to be Heard,” 14th Annual International Wanapitei History and Politics Colloquium. Wanapitei. Fall, 2009.
    • “The Political Economy of Environmental Transformism,” Continuity and Change: New Possibilities – 10th Annual Graduate Student Conference Hosted by the Institute of Political Economy. Ottawa: Carleton University. March 6th, 2009.

    ADDITIONAL ROLES AT CONFERENCES & SCHOLARLY EVENTS

    • Panel Discussant. “Perspectives about growth in the study of global environmental governance: Speed, Scale, and Contradictions,” at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association. Montréal: March 15th, 2023.
    • Invited Workshop Participant. Canadian Environmental Politics and Policy Author Contributor’s Workshop. Waterloo: University of Waterloo: May 3-5th, 2023.
    • Lead Organizer and Welcoming Remarks. “Do We Need to Scale Up Nuclear Power to Combat Climate Change? A Public Debate,” Event hosted by the Centre for International Policy Studies. Ottawa: University of Ottawa: April 25th, 2023.
    • Lead Organizer and Moderator. “Perspectives about growth in the study of global environmental governance,” two panels organized at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association. Montréal: March 15th, 2023.
    • Lead Organizer and Moderator. “Paying for a Warming World: Contemporary Challenges in Climate Finance After COP27” Panel hosted by the International Political Economy Network. University of Ottawa. March 1st, 2023.
    • Lead Organizer and Moderator. “Contextualizing the Russia Sanctions: Implications for the Global Political Economy,” Panel hosted by the International Political Economy Network. University of Ottawa. March 10th, 2022.
    • Invited Workshop Speaker. “Things I Learned After Attempting Academic Podcasting!” Academic Podcasting Workshop. University of Ottawa. Jan. 27th, 2022. 
    • Invited Workshop Speaker. “Knowledge Mobilization & Translation Training Workshop”. University of Ottawa. Nov. 10, 2021.
    • Lead Conference Organizer and Additional Roles, Environmental Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference, CFHSS Congress 2021. June 2nd – 4th, 2021. 
    • Moderator, “Application of Adsorption Processes for Carbon Capture and Thermal Energy Storage,” Institute for Science, Society and Policy ‘Food for Thought’ seminar series. University of Ottawa. May 27th, 2021.
    • Co-Presenter, “Introducing the Ecopolitics Podcast”, SOPI Show & Tell Virtual Event. University of Ottawa and Carleton University. April 29th, 2021.
    • Invited Workshop Facilitator, Roundtable of Sustainable Academic Travel: Actions Beyond the University. January 12th, 2021. 
    • Lead Conference Organizer and Additional Roles, Environmental Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference, Canadian Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences Virtual Conference Week. June 1st-2nd, 2020. Additional roles included:
      • Welcoming Address and Moderating Opening Keynote Speaker
      • Chair, Annual General Meeting
      • Co-organizer, Special Interdisciplinary Roundtable “Green Meat?”
    • Workshop Speaker, "Le réseautage professionnel pour l’avancement de ta carrière académique." University of Ottawa, January 16th, 2020.
    • Seminar Co-organizer (with Christopher Huggins), “Speculative Fiction and the Dys/U/topian Future of Political Economy,” IPEN Roundtable featuring Ummni Khan, Robert Barsky, and Nisa Malli. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, January 14th, 2020.
    • Seminar Co-organizer (with Pascale Massot), “Neoliberalism’s Quiet Failures,” IPEN Speaker Series, featuring Professor Jacqueline Best. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, November 27th, 2019.
    • Co-organizer, “The Limits of Capitalism and the Challenge of Alternatives,” Studies in Political Economy 40th Anniversary Conference. Ottawa: Carleton University, October 26th, 2019.
    • Lead Organizer and Additional Roles, Environmental Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Vancouver: University of British Columbia, June 3rd-5th, 2019. Additional roles included:
      • Welcoming Address and Moderating Opening Keynote Speaker
      • Co-chair, session on “Aquaculture, Marine Ecosystems & Environment”
      • Chair, Annual General Meeting
      • Chair, session on “Climate Change and Adaptation”
    • Lead Organizer, “Twelve Years Left to Save the World!? Climate Change and the Future of Global Governance,” Special Panel on the IPCC Special Report 15, Ottawa: Center or International Studies, University of Ottawa, February 28th, 2019
    • Seminar Co-Organizer, “Globalization, Trade and Development: Elements of a Sustainable Approach” IPEN Speaker Series, featuring Jonathan T. Fried. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, January 28th, 2019.
    • Seminar Organizer, “Beyond Carbon Dividends: The Comparative Political Economy of Carbon Pricing,” IPEN Speaker Series, featuring Leigh Raymond. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, November 15th, 2018.
    • Lead Conference Organizer, Conference Chair and Additional Roles, The Future of Protein: Challenges and Opportunities in Nourishing the World Sustainably, Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, October 25th – 26th, 2018. Additional roles included:
      • Welcoming Address
      • Moderator, Roundtable on Climate Change and Biodiversity
      • Closing Remarks
    • Seminar Co-organizer (with Jacqueline Best), “The State of the Study of the Market,” IPEN Speaker Series, featuring Pascale Massot. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, October 15th, 2018.
    • Lead Conference Organizer and Additional Roles, Environmental Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Regina: University of Regina, May 28th – May 31st. Additional roles included:
      • Welcoming Address and Moderating Opening Keynote Speaker
      • Co-organizer, Roundtable on Climate Change and Academia co-hosted with Canadian Society for Digital Humanities
      • Chair, Annual General Meeting
      • Moderator, session on Green Energy and Transition
      • Introducer, Keynote Address with Winona LaDuke
    • Roundtable Organizer and Moderator, "The return of illiberalism and the future of IPE research," IPEN Event featuring Craig N. Murphy, Juliet Johnson, Randall Germain and Jacqueline Best, University of Ottawa, March 1st, 2018.
    • Workshop Presenter and Facilitator, "Atelier sur le marché académique." University of Ottawa, February 15th, 2018.
    • Lead Organizer and Moderator, "Fracking and finance: can investor-activism reshape energy governance?" IPEN Speaker Series, featuring Kate Neville. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, January 18th, 2017.
    • Seminar Co-organizer (with Jacqueline Best), “Questioning the Policing of Financial Conduct: Suspicion and Denunciation in Canada” IPEN Speaker Series, featuring Anthony Amicelle. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, November 29th, 2017.
    • Seminar Co-organizer (with Christopher Huggins), “Who Cast the Spell? Class Struggle and Resource Curse in South America” IPEN Lunchtime Seminar, featuring Thomas Chiasson-Lebel. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, November 22nd, 2017.
    • Speaker Event Co-Organizer and Moderator (with Smart Prosperity and Centre for International Policy Studies), "Nuclear Energy Power Ousted By... Renewables?" Presentation featuring Mycle Schneider, Ralph Torrie and Catherine Abreu. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, November 1st, 2018.
    • Session Co-Organizer (with Noel Healy and Mia Renauld), "Critical Geographies of Energy (CGE)", Boston: Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, April 7th, 2017:
      • Moderator, "CGE 1: Space, Scale and Discourse in Post-Hydrocarbon Politics"
      • Co-Organizer: "CGE 2: Security and Power in Energy Infrastructure"
      • Discussant, "CGE 3: Energy Justice & Resistance"
    • Roundtable Co-Organizer (with Sarah Martin), “Green Meat: Is there an agro-ecological alternative to industrial meat?” ASFS/AFHVS/CAFS Conference ‘Scarborough Fare’. Scarborough: University of Toronto, June 24th, 2016.
    • Roundtable Co-Organizer (with Sarah Martin), “The Politics of Eco-Carnivorism: Can Meat-Eating be Sustainable?” Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, Calgary: University of Calgary, June 2nd, 2016.
    • Lead Conference Organizer and Additional Roles, Environmental Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Calgary: University of Calgary, May 31st- June 2nd. Additional roles included:
      • Moderator, “Keynote Address with Chris Turner”
      • Reader in a Performed Lecture, “Live From Alberta! A Scary Home Companion,” by Geo Takach.
    • Conference Organizer, Environmental Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference. Ottawa: University of Ottawa, June 2nd-4th, 2015.
    • Session Organizer and Chair, "Critical Geographies of Climate Fixes and Green Infrastructure: Neoliberalization, Global Warming, and Ecological Modernization," Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Tampa, Florida: April 8th, 2014.
    • Association Representative (for ESAC), Imagining Canada's Future: Annual Conference of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Ottawa: March 23rd, 2013.
    • Conference Organizer, Environmental Studies Association of Canada Annual Conference. University of Waterloo, May 30-June 1, 2012:
      • Moderator, "Oil and Gas Development: Policy, Politics, and Social Embodiment";
      • Coordinator, "Keynote Address with Bill McKibben";
      • Moderator, "Alternative Energy Systems".
    • Moderator, "Engaging (In)Visibility", Contesting Power, Envisioning Alternatives, Creating Futures: The (Missed) Connection between Research and Social Change. Institute of Political Economy 13th Annual Graduate Student Conference. Ottawa: Carleton University, March 16th, 2012.
    • Moderator, “Part 1: Oil”, Political Economy on Oil and Water, Institute of Political Economy Celebrating our Graduates Symposium. Ottawa: Carleton University, November 7th, 2011.
    • Panel Discussant, "Sustainable Development & Fossil Capitalism," at the 2011 Conference of Environmental Studies Association of Canada. Fredericton: University of New Brunswick, May 29th, 2011.
    • Conference Organizer & Panel Chair, People, Places and Sustainability: Exploring Ideas Across Communities. 2011 Conference of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada at the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Fredericton: University of New Brunswick, May 29-30, 2011.
    • Conference Organizer, Varieties of Socialism, Varieties of Approaches: 3rd Annual Conference in Critical Social Research. Ottawa: Carleton University, March 5th, 2011.
    • Conference Organizer, State of Crisis/ Crisis State: Domination and Resistance in the Wake of Neoliberalism(s). Great Lakes Graduate Conference in Political Economy. Ottawa: Carleton University, May 7-8, 2010.
    • Conference Organizer and Panel Chair, Capitalism & Confrontation: Grassroots Responses to Empire, Ecology and Political Economy. 2nd Annual Conference in Critical Social Research. Ottawa: Carleton University, March 19th, 2010.
    • Panel Discussant, “Critical Responses: Global Conversations about Crisis,” Political Economy and the Crises of Capitalism: Looking Back, Moving Forward. 11th Annual Graduate Student Conference Hosted by the Institute of Political Economy. Ottawa: Carleton University, March 12, 2010.