CV

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Employment

University of Oxford (2019/20)

• Postdoctoral researcher in international climate policy
• Climate Econometrics, Nuffield College

Education

University of Oxford (2015--2019)

• DPhil, International Relations (completed in May 2019)
• Dissertation topic: State participation in climate governance institutions and states’ greenhouse gas mitigation targets in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
• Supervisor: Professor Duncan Snidal
• Joint graduate studentship (scholarship) in Politics and International Relations from the Department of Politics and International Relations and Christ Church (full fees and living expenses)
• QStep graduate scholar, departmental writing up award, Christ Church (college) maintenance grant, Christ Church (college) travel grant, departmental travel grant
• MPhil, International Relations, 2015

University of British Columbia (2008-2013)

• BA (Honours), Political Science and International Relations, 2013
• Goel Prize in Political Science, Dean’s List, Trek Excellence Scholarship, President’s Entrance Scholarship
• Full-year undergraduate exchange at Sciences Po Paris (2010/11)

Refereed journal publications

• Rowan, Sam S. (2019) "Pitfalls in comparing Paris pledges." Climatic Change, vol. 155, no. 4, p. 455-467.
  • Publisher's version (open access); PDF (open access); pre-print; non-technical summary; replication data

Articles under review

• "Does institutional proliferation undermine cooperation? Evidence from climate change."

Working papers

• "Informality and bias in studies of international organizations." (with Charles Roger)
• "The new terrain of global governance: Mapping membership and fragmentation across international organizations." (with Charles Roger)
• "Climate shocks and the supply and demand for climate governance.''

Conferences

• American Political Science Association (APSA): 2018
• Environmental Politics and Governance (EPG): 2019
• International Political Economy Society (IPES): 2017
• International Studies Association (ISA): 2018, 2019
• Political Economy of International Organization (PEIO): 2018, 2019
• UN Climate conference (UNFCCC COP): 2017/COP23

Teaching experience

• Statistical methods for the social sciences (graduate-level, teaching assistant), Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford (2017/18; 2018/19)
• Undergraduate politics thesis supervision (2017/18)