Ecological Modernization Research

David A. Sonnenfeld, Ph.D.

Dept. of Environmental Studies

State University of New York
College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Mol, Arthur P.J., David A. Sonnenfeld, and Gert Spaargaren, eds. 2009. The Ecological Modernization Reader: Environmental Reform in Theory and Practice. London: Routledge [abstract, contents, introduction, contributors, ordering]
Mol, Arthur P.J., and David A. Sonnenfeld, eds. 2000. Ecological Modernisation Around the World: Perspectives and Critical Debates. London and Portland: Frank Cass [abstract, contents, introduction, excerpts, ordering]

Sonnenfeld, David A., ed. 2008. Symposium on "Globalization and Environmental Governance: Is Another World Possible?" Global Environmental Change: Human and Policy Dimensions, vol 18, No. 7 (August). Elsevier
Sonnenfeld, David A., and Arthur P.J. Mol, eds. 2006. Special issue on "Environmental Reform in Asia," Journal of Environment and Development, Sage Publishers. [abstract, contributors]
Sonnenfeld, David A., and Arthur P.J. Mol, eds. 2002. Special Issue on "Globalization, Governance, and the Environment," American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 45, No. 9 (May) [abstract, contributors]
Mol, Arthur P.J., and David A. Sonnenfeld, eds. 2000. Special Issue on "Ecological Modernisation," Environmental Politics, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring)

Sonnenfeld, David A., and Arthur P.J. Mol. 2006. "Environmental Reform in Asia," Journal of Environment and Development, Vol. 15, No. 2 (June) [full text]
Sonnenfeld, David A., and Arthur P.J. Mol. 2006. "Environmental Reform in Asia: Comparisons, Challenges, Next Steps," Journal of Environment and Development, Vol. 15, No. 2 (June) [figures]
Sonnenfeld, David A., and Arthur P.J. Mol. 2002. "Globalization and the Transformation of Environmental Governance," American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 45, No. 9 (May), pp. 1318-1339 [full text]
Sonnenfeld, David A., and Arthur P.J. Mol. 2002. "Globalization, Governance, and the Environment," American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 45, No. 9 (May), pp. 1456-1461
Sonnenfeld, David A. 2002. "Social Movements and Ecological Modernization: the Transformation of Pulp and Paper Manufacturing," Development and Change, Vol. 33, No. 1 (January), pp. 1-27 [link]
Mol, Arthur P.J., and David A. Sonnenfeld. 2000. "Ecological Modernisation Around the World," Environmental Politics, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring), pp. 3-14 [full text]
Sonnenfeld, David A. 2000. "Contradictions of Ecological Modernisation: Pulp and Paper Manufacturing in South-East Asia," Environmental Politics, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring), pp. 235-256 [full text]

Foran, Tira, and David A. Sonnenfeld. forthcoming, in translation. "Corporate Social Responsibility in Thailand's Electronics Industry," Chulalongkorn Social Science Journal [in Thai]
Sonnenfeld, David A., Technology, Development and Social Movements: Ecological Modernization in Southeast Asia and Australia. Asia's Transformations series, ed. Mark Selden. London: Routledge. Under contract.

AGITS/ INREF Project: "Agro-Industrial Transformations Towards Sustainability: Southeast and East Asia in Global Perspective" Project, North-South Interdisciplinary Research and Education Fund, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, 2000-present (cooperating faculty)

Thematic session on "Globalization and Environmental Governance," American Sociological Association, New York City, August 2007 (organizer and chair)
International conference on "The Greening of Agro-Industries and Networks in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities," Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, October 2006 (co-chair) [CFP]
Workshop on "Environmental Reform in Asia: Comparative Perspectives," Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2004 (co-organizer)
International conference on "Environmental Governance in Asia: Regional Perspectives on Industrial and Environmental Transformation," Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2004 (co-organizer)
International conference on "Environmental Governance in Asia: New State-Society Relations," Chiang Mai, Thailand, October 2003 (co-organizer)
International conference on "Governing Environmental Flows: Reinventing the State in Global Modernity," ISA Research Committee on Society and Environment (RC-24), Wageningen, Netherlands, June 2003 (session co-organizer) [link]
International conference on "Managing the Environment in Developmental States: Asian Perspectives," Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, September 2002 [agenda]
"International Conference on Industry and Environment," Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, April 2001
Conference on "Human Rights and Globalization: When Transnational Civil Society Networks Hit the Ground," Center for Global, International, and Regional Studies (CGIRS), University of California, Santa Cruz, December 2000 [website]

last updated October 21, 2009