CV
You can find a full PDF version of my CV here (August 2023)
Employment
Concordia University; Montreal, Canada (2020–)
Assistant professor, Department of Political Science
Faculty member, Loyola Sustainability Research Centre
University of Oxford; Oxford, United Kingdom (2019/2020)
Postdoctoral researcher in international climate policy
Education
University of Oxford; Oxford, United Kingdom (2013–2019)
DPhil, International Relations, 2019
Dissertation title: "Participation and cooperation in global climate governance"
Supervisor: Professor Duncan Snidal
MPhil, International Relations, 2015
University of British Columbia; Vancouver, Canada (2008–2013)
BA (Honours), Political Science and International Relations, 2013
Full-year undergraduate exchange at Sciences Po Paris (2010/11)
Refereed journal publications
Barrie, Christopher, Fleming, Thomas and Rowan, Sam S. (2023). "Does protest influence political speech? Evidence from UK climate protests, 2017--2019". British Journal of Political Science.
Rowan, Sam S. (2023). "Extreme weather and climate policy." Environmental Politics, vol. 32, no. 4, p. 684-707.
Roger, Charles B. and Rowan, Sam S. (2022). "The new terrain of global governance: Mapping membership in informal international organizations." Journal of Conflict Resolution.
Roger, Charles B. and Rowan, Sam S. (2022). "Analyzing international organizations: How the concepts we use affect the answers we get." The Review of International Organizations, vol. 13, no. 3, p. 597-625.
Rowan, Sam S. (2021) "Does institutional proliferation undermine cooperation? Theory and evidence from climate change." International Studies Quarterly, vol. 65, no. 2, p. 461-475.
Winner of the APSA International Collaboration Section 2022 Best Article Award
Rowan, Sam S. (2019) "Pitfalls in comparing Paris pledges." Climatic Change, vol. 155, no. 4, p. 455-467.
Teaching
POLI 312: Climate Politics: x3
POLI 486: International Climate Politics: x4
POLI 644: Research Design: x2
POLI 687/812: Global Environmental Politics: x4