Scholars
William Kakenmaster
University of Notre Dame
Based in
United States
North America
William Kakenmaster is a PhD candidate in comparative politics and methodology at the University of Notre Dame and a PhD Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. His research examines the politics and political economy of climate change and the environment. His dissertation, Decarbonizing Dictatorship: Explaining Climate Action in Non-Democracies, uses a mix of quantitative, causal inference techniques and process-tracing analysis of qualitative evidence for climate (in)action in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.
Focus areas of expertise
Climate policy and politics Climate law and litigation Fossil fuels Renewable energyPublications
Articles
Kakenmaster, William. Forthcoming. “The Fossil-Fueled Roots of Climate Inaction in Authoritarian Regimes.” Perspectives on Politics.
Kijewski-Correa, Tracy, Debra Javeline, William Kakenmaster, and Angela Chesler. 2023. “Economic Incentives for Coastal Homeowner Adaptation to Climate Change.” Climate Policy 23(10), 1314-1326.
Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative Team. 2021. “A Systematic Global Stocktake of Evidence on Human Adaptation to Climate Change.” Nature Climate Change 11, 989-1000.
Jordaan, Sarah M., Afreen Siddiqi, William Kakenmaster, and Alice C. Hill. 2019. “The Climate Vulnerabilities of Global Nuclear Power.” Global Environmental Politics 19(4), 3-13.
Kakenmaster, William. 2019. “Articulating Resistance: Agonism, Radical Democracy, and Climate Change Activism.” Millennium: Journal of International Studies 47(3), 373-397.