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Mark Axelrod

Professor

Case Hall Room N362

axelrod3@msu.edu

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

Publications

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.

Julia M. Novak Colwell, Mark Axelrod, Shyam S Salim, and S. Velvizhi, A gendered analysis of fisherfolk's livelihood adaptation and coping responses in the face of a seasonal fishing ban in Tamil Nadu & Puducherry, India, World Development, 98: 325-337 (2017). doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.04.033

Rui Zhang, Arika Ligmann-Zielinska, Mark Axelrod, and Semra A. Aytur, Design and Use of a Spatial Harmful Algal Bloom Vulnerability Index for Informing Environmental Policy and Advancing Environmental Justice. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy (2024).

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Research and Grants

Gasteyer, S. P., Axelrod, M. L., Kendall, A. D., Lawrie, S. C., Woolford, A. P., Pokhrel, Y., CONFLICT AND CLIMATE CHANGE, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ESPP-AGBIORESEARCH INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM BUILDING INITIATIVE. $9,850. Date Awarded: 2019; Project Dates: November 2019 - 2021.

United States Geological Survey (WRRI 104b base grant), Improving Ecosystem Services and Water Quality through Applied Research and Technology Advancements, 2021-2022 (co-Investigator, with PI Dana Infante and 6 other co-Investigators), $125,000.

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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