Scholars
Ian Gray
Columbia University
Based in
France
Europe
Ian Gray is an environmental and economic sociologist. Presently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Columbia Climate School, he is currently writing a book on the transformation of climate science into an operational form of knowledge and the development of “adaptation” as a field of expertise. He holds a PhD in sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Masters in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work has been published in the American Journal of Sociology, Economy and Society, The Anthropocene Review, and Big Data and Society, among other venues.
Country(ies) of Specialty
United States Congo, Democratic Republic of the FranceFocus areas of expertise
Climate policy and politics Scientific assessments Renewable energyPublications
Articles
Ian Gray & Jean-Philippe Cointet. 2023. “Multilateralism of the Marginal: Least Developed Countries and international climate negotiations 1995-2016”. American Journal of Sociology, 129(3): 796-854.
Ian Gray. 2022. “Damage Functions”. In N. Axel, N. Hirsch, D. Barber, & A. Vidokle (Eds.), Accumulation: The art, architecture, and media of climate change. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
Ian Gray. 2021. “The Treadmill of protection: How public finance constrains climate adaptation.” The Anthropocene Review, 8(2): 196-218.
Ian Gray & Stephanie Barral. 2021. “A (rapid) climate audit of economic sociology.” The European Electronic Newsletter of Economic Sociology 22(3): 4-9.
Ian Gray. 2021. “Hazardous simulations: Pricing climate risk in U.S. coastal insurance markets.” Economy and Society 50(2): 196-223.
Ian Gray. 2017. “Marketization as Political Technology: Unintended consequences of climate finance in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” Economy and Society 43(3-4): 545-575.