Dr Hannah Hughes

Dr Hannah Hughes

Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Climate Change

Department of International Politics

Contact Details

Profile

My research and teaching are motivated by a deep concern for the state of the environment and the political, economic and social institutions that produce and sustain degrading human and planetary relations. I have examined this through the relationship between knowledge, power and environmental action in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).  I am currently exploring methodologies that help to understand and to reconsider the purpose and design of collective organisations so that global knowledge and negotiating bodies may better reflect and protect diverse ways of knowing, being and living with the Earth.

Additional Information

Office: 2.08 International Politics Building

Office hours: Tuesday 1-3pm

Teaching

Module Coordinator
Grader
Coordinator
Moderator
Lecturer

IP 3/1420 Climate Change Politics

IP22320 The Governance of Climate Change: Simulation Module

Research

Principal investigator British Academy ODA Interdisciplinary research project: Centring Climate Agreement-Making in and from the Amazon (CAMAMAZON)

Publications

Allan, JI, Borthakur, A, Kinninburgh, F, Petersmann, M, Balayannis, A, Barry, A, Beck, S, Elliott, K, Forsyth, T, Hardon, A, Hughes, H, Macnaghten, P, Selin, H, Sun, Y & Vadrot, A 2025, 'Rethinking the science-policy interface for chemicals, waste, and pollution: Challenging core assumptions', Global Environmental Change, vol. 92, 102995. 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2025.102995
O’Reilly, J, De Pryck, K & Hughes, H 2025, 'Taking stock of the IPCC: Analysis from AR6', Climatic Change, vol. 178, no. 8, 146. 10.1007/s10584-025-03997-2
Hughes, H 2024, 'Actors, activities, and forms of authority in the IPCC', Review of International Studies, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 333-353. 10.1017/S0260210523000207
Hughes, H 2024, 'Bringing the climate into existence', International Relations, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 281-291. 10.1177/00471178241267998
Bayer, P, Crippa, L, Hughes, H & Hermansen, E 2024, 'Government participation in virtual negotiations: Evidence from IPCC approval sessions', Climatic Change, vol. 177, no. 8, 132. 10.1007/s10584-024-03790-7
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