Biography
Mark Axelrod holds a joint appointment in James Madison College and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. His teaching and research center around international and comparative environmental governance, with a focus on justice outcomes. Professor Axelrod teaches International Environmental Law and Policy (MC/FW 450), Natural Resources and Environmental Governance (FW 813), Public International Law (MC 362), and Politics of International Economic Relations (MC 221), as well as 1st year and sen
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Fengshi Wu, Raul Pacheco-Vega, Kate O'Neill, Cristina Y. A. Inoue, and Mark Axelrod, “Teaching Global Environmental Politics: Looking Back to Move Forward,” Global Environmental Politics 26(1):188-200 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1162/GLEP.a.721
Sarah J. Harper, Meryl Williams, Danika Kleiber, Mark Axelrod, …, Cynthia McDougall, “Designing gender inclusive data systems in small-scale fisheries,” Ambio (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02250-5
Stephanie Nawyn, Linlang He, Jiquan Chen, Mark Axelrod, Furqan Irfan, Fahad Ahmed, and Mary Anne Walker, Mapping the Future of Migration and Climate Change Science, accepted for publication in International Migration Review, as of July 2024.
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MSU Center for Gender in Global Context, Strategic Partnership Grants, “Comparing Intersectional Power Relations and Resistance in Fishing Communities: Connecting with COBI in Mexico,” September 15, 2024 (lead PI, with co-PIs Neyra Solano, Abigail Bennett, Maria del Mar Mancha-Cisneros, and Meghan Vona), $4,000.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants, YOURE(in)CHARJ: A YOUth-led interdisciplinary Research Experience for Climate & Health And Racial Justice, January 12, 2023 (co-PI, with PI Shahnaz Masani and co-PIs Estrella Torrez and Melissa Charenko), $50,000.
Component Project with PI Lois Wolfson and co-PIs Ruth Kline-Robach, Stephen Gasteyer, and Mark Axelrod: PFAS and other Groundwater Contaminants: Assessing Attitudes and Perceptions Concerning Risks to Drinking Water in Michigan, $14,990.
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