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Harrison, Kathryn Dr.

Contact Information
Harrison, Kathryn Dr.
Position: Professor
Faculty/Department: Department of Political Science
Institution/Organization: University of British Columbia (UBC)
Phone Number: +1-604-822-4922
Fax: +1-604-822-5540
Email: harrison@politics.ubc.ca
Website: http://www.politics.ubc.ca/index.php?id=2466
Address:
C472 - 1866 Main Mall
Vancouver
British Columbia
Canada
V6T 1Z1
  

General Information
Languages: English
Field(s) of Research:
Carbon Tax
Climate Change and Impacts
Market Dynamics and Instruments
Policy
Political Studies
Regulations

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Research Keywords

Comparing the climate policies of several jurisdictions: Canada, US, Russia, Japan, Australia, China, and the European Union, working with a team of scholars from five countries on this project; tracing the evolution of Canadian climate policy over time; employing comparison, both over time and between jurisdictions, to
better understand the politics of instrument choice; conditions under which governments embrace market-based regulatory approaches rather than traditional regulation, spending, or voluntary/hortatory programs; understand how governments can make more effective policy choices to address climate change.

Past Research: Fallen under two broad themes, both of which relate to my current work on climate policy: explaining why governments choose the policies they do (drawing on cross-national comparisons); and evaluation of the efficacy of
various environmental policy instruments, including regulation, eco-labelling,
information dissemination, and voluntary programs.

Courses Taught Related to Climate Change Solutions

Poli 351, Environmental Politics and Policy (UBC), which since 2007 has focused primarily on policies to address climate change.

Publications

Kathryn Harrison. The Path Not Taken: Climate Change Policy in Canada and the United States. Global Environmental Politics, 7 (2007) 92-117.

Kathryn Harrison and Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom. The Comparative Politics of Climate Change. Global Environmental Politics 7 (2007):1-18.

Collaborative Activities

Currently collaborating with Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom (UBC), Yves Tiberghien (UBC), Laura Henry (Bowdoin College, US), Kate Crowley (U Tasmania, Australia), Goerild Heggelund and Steinar Andresen (Fritjof Nansens Institute, Norway), and Miranda Schreurs (Free University of Berlin, Germany).

I have also collaborated in recent years with economist Werner Antweiler (Sauder School, UBC)on
various policy evaluations and cross-national comparisons of environmental policy performance.

Research and Collaboration Interests

My own background is interdisciplinary, with degrees in both chemical engineering and political science. As such, I am interested in how
scientific knowledge is translated (or not) in public policy decisions.
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