Harrison, Kathryn

Kathryn Harrison

Professor
kathryn.harrison@ubc.ca
Home department: Political Science


Research Interests

  • Canada
  • Climate and Environmental Politics
  • Comparative Politics
  • Federalism and Local Politics
  • Political Economy
  • Public Policy
  • United States

Biography

Dr. Harrison studies environmental, climate, and energy policy, federalism, and comparative public policy. She is the author of the book Passing the Buck: Federalism and Canadian Environmental Policy and co-author of Risk, Science, and Politics. In addition, she has edited or co-edited several volumes, including Racing to the Bottom? Provincial Interdependence in the Canadian Federation, and Global Commons, Domestic Decisions: The Comparative Politics of Climate Change. She has published extensively in edited volumes and journals, including in Nature Climate Change, Science, the Canadian Journal of Political Science, the Canadian Journal of Economics, and Global Environmental Politics.