Elizabeth R. DeSombre

Elizabeth R. DeSombre is Frost Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science. Her main focus is international environmental politics. She also works on international law and international relations theory. Recent projects have involved the lessons from the Montreal Protocol, the regulation of international fisheries, and the use of economic sanctions for environmental goals.

Professor DeSombre’s first book, Domestic Sources of International Environmental Policy: Industry, Environmentalists, and U.S. Power, was published by MIT Press in 2000. It won the 2001 Chadwick F. Alger Prize for the best book published in 2000 in the area of international organization and the 2001 Lynton Caldwell Award for the best book published on environmental policy. Her second book, on global environmental politics, was published by Continuum Press in 2002 and will soon be revised for a second edition. She also has a forthcoming book on Global Environmental Institutions (Routledge Press) and another entitled Flagging Standards: Globalization and International Environmental, Safety, and Labor Regulations at Sea. She has also published a wide variety of articles and book chapters and served on numerous committees in the profession, and currently serves as the Book Review Editor for the journal Global Environmental Politics.

Prior to coming to Wellesley, Professor DeSombre taught at Colby College for six years, where she was jointly appointed in the Environmental Studies program and Government Department.

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Profile last updated: 5/05