David A Sonnenfeld
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David A. Sonnenfeld is Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Studies, at State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
department. He is co-editor of Ecological Modernisation Around the World: Perspectives and Critical Debates. In 2006, he co-edited the book Challenging the Chip
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David Sonnenfeld is currently Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Studies, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), in Syracuse, New York. Previously, he was Associate Professor of Community and Environmental Studies at Washington State University. He is also a Research Associate and periodic Guest Professor with the Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University, in the Netherlands. He joined ESF in September 2007.
David Sonnenfield obtained his Ph.D. in Sociology in 1996 from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where his graduate studies focused on Environmental social science
, the sociology of development (Southeast Asia), and historical and field research methods. Forest policy issues led to pursuits in the late 1980s, providing further impetus for forest-industry related research. As an Intercampus Exchange Student at the University of California
, Berkeley in 1991, David joined a network of scholars studying Indonesian forestry issues, beginning his foray into the study of social and environmental transformation in Southeast Asia and elsewhere. Support for his dissertation research was received from the Fulbright Program
, the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, and the Switzer Foundation Environmental Program. In 1993-94, he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies at the Australian National University in Canberra, from where he based his field research on the adoption of environmental technologies in the pulp and paper industries of Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Professor and Chair
Dept. of Environmental Studies
107 Marshall Hall
State University of New York
College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF)
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2787
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry is an American specialized doctoral-granting institution located in the University Hill neighborhood of Syracuse, New York, immediately adjacent to Syracuse University...
department. He is co-editor of Ecological Modernisation Around the World: Perspectives and Critical Debates. In 2006, he co-edited the book Challenging the Chip
Challenging the Chip
Challenging the Chip is a 2006 book on "labor rights and environmental justice in the global electronics industry". It is published by Temple University Press, Philadelphia. In three parts, the book looks at global electronics, environmental justice and labor rights, and electronic waste and...
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David Sonnenfeld is currently Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Studies, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), in Syracuse, New York. Previously, he was Associate Professor of Community and Environmental Studies at Washington State University. He is also a Research Associate and periodic Guest Professor with the Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University, in the Netherlands. He joined ESF in September 2007.
David Sonnenfield obtained his Ph.D. in Sociology in 1996 from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where his graduate studies focused on Environmental social science
Environmental social science
Environmental social science is the broad, transdisciplinary study of interrelations between humans and the natural environment....
, the sociology of development (Southeast Asia), and historical and field research methods. Forest policy issues led to pursuits in the late 1980s, providing further impetus for forest-industry related research. As an Intercampus Exchange Student at the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, Berkeley in 1991, David joined a network of scholars studying Indonesian forestry issues, beginning his foray into the study of social and environmental transformation in Southeast Asia and elsewhere. Support for his dissertation research was received from the Fulbright Program
Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946. Under the...
, the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, and the Switzer Foundation Environmental Program. In 1993-94, he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies at the Australian National University in Canberra, from where he based his field research on the adoption of environmental technologies in the pulp and paper industries of Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Place of work
David A. Sonnenfeld, Ph.D.Professor and Chair
Dept. of Environmental Studies
107 Marshall Hall
State University of New York
College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF)
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2787
Partial book bibliography
- Challenging the ChipChallenging the ChipChallenging the Chip is a 2006 book on "labor rights and environmental justice in the global electronics industry". It is published by Temple University Press, Philadelphia. In three parts, the book looks at global electronics, environmental justice and labor rights, and electronic waste and...
: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry (Temple Univ. Press, 2006 ISBN 1-59213-330-4 pbk; ISBN 1-592133-304 ebk)
- Ecological Modernisation Around the World: Critical Perspectives and Debates (Routledge, 2000)
- Mol, Arthur P.J., David A. Sonnenfeld, and Gert Spaargaren, eds. 2009. The Ecological Modernisation Reader: Environmental Reform in Theory and Practice. London and New York: Routledge.
- Mol, Arthur P.J., and David A. Sonnenfeld, eds. 2000. Ecological Modernisation Around the World: Perspectives and Critical Debates. London and New York.
- Sonnenfeld, David A. 1996. "Greening the Tiger? Social Movements' Influence on Adoption of Environmental Technologies in the Pulp and Paper Industries of Australia, Indonesia, and Thailand." Ph.D. thesis, Sociology, University of California.