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Michael Mason is a Professor in Environmental Geography at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he also serves as the Palestine Programme Director at the Middle East Centre. His involvement with the LSE includes a prior role as the Director of the Centre from 2018 to 2025. Mason's research focuses on ecological politics and governance, particularly concerning accountability, security, and sovereignty issues in the context of global environmental politics and regional environmental changes in Western Asia and the Middle East. His works span a variety of academic journals and he has authored important texts such as 'Environmental Democracy' (1999) and 'New Accountability: Environmental Responsibility at Borders' (2005). He has co-edited several significant publications, including 'Renewable Energy in the Middle East' (2009) and 'Transparency in Global Environmental Governance' (2014), and is working on 'Climate Policy Politics in the Middle East' (2025). He specializes in areas including environmental policy, environmental security, climate change, and water infrastructure, with a specific focus on Lebanon, Iraq, and the Israel/Palestine region.
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