Faculty Profile
Michal Mikulewicz

Assistant Professor
222 Marshall Hall
Education
- PhD in Human Geography, University of Manchester, England, 2018
- MSc in Environmental Studies, California State University, Fullerton, USA, 2012
- BA in Politics & International Relations, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, 2008
Research interests
Climate justice, Environmental justice, Adaptation, Resilience & Vulnerability, International development, Climate finance, UNFCCC process, Urban sustainability, Public health, LGBTQ+ studies, Qualitative & Participatory methods
Critical theory including Political economy, Political ecology, Postcolonial theory, (Eco-)Feminist theory, Queer theory, Intersectionality
Courses
EST 135: Introduction to Climate Justice
EST 366: Attitudes, Values and the Environment
EST 616: Global Perspectives on Environmental Justice
EST 496: Critical Climate Studies
Publications
- Mikulewicz, M., Sultana, F., Caretta, M. & Crawford, N., 2023. Intersectionality & Climate Justice: A call for synergy in scholarship and practice. Environmental Politics.
- Mikulewicz, M., 2020. The Discursive Politics of Adaptation. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 110(6): 1807-30.
- Mikulewicz, M., 2020. Disintegrating labor relations and depoliticized adaptation to climate change in rural Sa~o Tome´ and Pri´ncipe. Area. Special Issue: Geographies of Labour in a Changing Climate. 2020;00: 1-9.
- Ingle, H. & Mikulewicz, M., 2020. Mental Health & Climate Change. The Lancet Planetary Health. 4: e128-130.
- Mattar, S., Mikulewicz, M., and McCauley, D., 2020. Climate justice in the Arctic: A critical and interdisciplinary climate research agenda, in: Heininen, L., Exner-Pirot, H. and J. Barnes (Eds.), 2020, Arctic Yearbook 2020, Arctic Portal: Akureyri, Iceland, 260-285.
- Mikulewicz, M., 2019. Thwarting Adaptation's Potential? A Critique of Resilience and Climate-resilient Development. Geoforum 104: 267-282.
- Mikulewicz, M., & Taylor, M., 2019. Getting the Resilience Right: Climate Change and Development Policy in the ‘African Age.' New Political Economy 25 (4): 626-641.
- Jafry, T., Mikulewicz, M., & Helwig, K., 2019. Introduction: Justice in the Era of Climate Change, in: Jafry, T., Helwig, K., Mikulewicz, M. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Climate Justice. Routledge: New York, 1-9.
- Mikulewicz, M., 2018. Politicizing Vulnerability and Adaptation: On the Need to Democratize Local Responses to Climate Impacts in Developing Countries. Climate and Development. 10, 18–34.
Current Graduate Advisees
Katie Lymberopoulos
kalymber@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: MPS
- Graduate Advisor(s): Mikulewicz
- Area of Study: Environmental Studies
Tasfia Tasnim
ttasnim@syr.edu
- Degree Sought: PHD
- Graduate Advisor(s): Mikulewicz
- Area of Study: Environmental Science
Graduate Research Topic
My research interest lies in climate change adaptation and governance in the context of natural resources management, including social-ecological systems framework, critical adaptation theory, and political ecology.
Favorite Quote
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. Rumi