Dr. Jason Beckfield

Biography

Jason Beckfield is the Robert G. Stone Jr. Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, where he also directs the Graduate Studies program. He received his PhD in Sociology in 2005 from Indiana University Bloomington and previously taught at the University of Chicago before joining Harvard's faculty in 2007. Beckfield leads the Climate Sociology Lab and focuses his research on the social implications of climate change, energy transitions, and the experiences of indigenous coastal communities. His work examines the social processes involved in decarbonizing transportation systems, as well as the distributional dimensions of climate change mitigation and resilience adaptation.

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