Ecological Modernization Research

David A. Sonnenfeld, Ph.D.

Dept. of Environmental Studies

State University of New York
 College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Books

• 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/ Routledge [abstract, contents, introduction, excerpts, ordering]

Journal Symposia

• Sonnenfeld, David A., and Arthur P.J. Mol, eds. 2011. Symposium on "Social Theory and the Environment in the New World (dis)Order", Global Environmental Change, Vol. 21, No. 3 (August) [link]
• Sonnenfeld, David A., ed. 2008. Symposium on "Globalization and Environmental Governance: Is Another World Possible?" Global Environmental Change, 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)

Journal Articles

• Sonnenfeld, David A. 2011. "Social Theory and the Environment in the New World (dis)Order," Global Environmental Change, Vol. 21, No. 3 (August), pp. 771-775 [full text]
• Sonnenfeld, David A. 2008. "Globalisation and Environmental Governance: Is Another World Possible?" Global Environmental Change, Vol. 18, No. 3 (August), pp. 341-342 [full text] 
• Zhang, Lei, Arthur P.J. Mol, and David A. Sonnenfeld. 2007. "The Interpretation of Ecological Modernisation in China," Environmental Politics, Vol. 16, No. 4 (August), pp. 659-668.
• Foran, Tira, and David A. Sonnenfeld. 2007. "Corporate Social Responsibility in Thailand's Electronics Industry," Chulalongkorn Social Sciences Journal 38(1-2): 193-224. [in Thai]
• 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]

Book & Symposium in Preparation 

• Lockie, Stewart, David A. Sonnenfeld, and Dana R. Fisher, eds. The Routledge International Handbook of Social and Environmental Change. London: Routledge, 2012 (forthcoming)

Research and Training Project

• 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)

Research Initiatives

• Ecological Modernization in Thailand's Electronics Industry [project outline]
• Environmental Research Network Asia (ERNAsia), co-founder

Conferences

• Session on "Social Theory and the New World (dis)Order," Research Committee on Environment and Society (RC24), International Sociological Association, Göteborg, Sweden, July 2010 (co-organizer and chair) 
• 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]

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