Scholars
Emily Matthews Luxon
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Based in
United States
North America
Emily Matthews Luxon (PhD, University of California, San Diego) is an associate professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, specializing in the politics, policy, and discourses of the environment and food systems, with an emphasis on climate change. She is the author of multiple articles on the political behavior and discourses of environmental advocacy organizations, including their strategic responses to information and transparency (or lack thereof) in the policymaking process. Her current research explores political discourses surrounding responsibility for climate change, as well as theories of power and responsibility, especially as they apply to climate, environment, and food-systems policy and advocacy.
Country(ies) of Specialty
France Sweden United StatesFocus areas of expertise
Climate policy and politics Communications research Social movementsPublications
Articles
Luxon, Emily Matthews. “It’s Not Just Who You Know: System-Level Variation in the Availability of Process Information.” Interest Groups & Advocacy, vol. 6, no. 1, Mar. 2017, pp. 44–65. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1057/s41309-016-0009-2.
Luxon, Emily Matthews, and Wendy H. Wong. “Agenda-Setting in Greenpeace and Amnesty: The Limits of Centralisation in International NGOs.” Global Society, vol. 31, no. 4, Oct. 2017, pp. 479–509. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2016.1277190.
Luxon, Emily Matthews. “Economics-Oriented Discourse Strategies in Environmental Advocacy.” Environmental Communication, vol. 13, no. 3, Apr. 2019, pp. 320–34. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2019.1567569.
Luxon, Emily Matthews. “Mobilizing Environmental Sentiment through the Media.” Environmental Politics, vol. 28, no. 4, June 2019, pp. 639–62. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2018.1560743.
Luxon, Emily Matthews. “What Do Advocates Know about Policymaking? Revealing Process in the Advocacy Coalition Framework.” Journal of European Public Policy, vol. 26, no. 1, Jan. 2019, pp. 106–25. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2017.1400088.