In 2023, we witnessed the highest temperatures on record, coinciding with a historic peak in global population figures. This convergence raises critical questions about the long-term consequences for climate resilience, food security, public health, and more.
Faculty experts at George Washington University are available to offer insight, analysis and commentary on the long term implications of these record highs. If you would like to speak with an expert, please contact the GW Media Relations team at gwmedia
gwu [dot] edu (gwmedia[at]gwu[dot]edu).
Climate
Alicia Cooperman is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. Her research focuses on local and global challenges in water politics and policy, political economy of development, civil society and accountability, and climate change. Her broader research agenda studies the politics of natural disasters, natural resource management, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Cooperman’s work is forthcoming or has been published in American Political Science Review, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Political Analysis, Comparative Political Studies, Global Environmental Change, and WIREs Water, among others.
Robert Orttung is a research professor of international affairs and the director of research at Sustainable GW. He is an expert on comparative politics, Russia, Ukraine, energy security, federalism, and democracy. Orttung’s research interests include ways to promote sustainable development, both internationally and in the United States. In particular, his current areas of research focus on developing an index of urban sustainability for the Arctic and other extreme climates.
Economics
Steven Hamilton is an Assistant Professor of Economics at The George Washington University. His primary area of research is public finance, where he studies the effects of taxes on behavior with a view to designing better tax policy. In recent research, he investigates the degree to which taxpayers should be allowed to claim tax deductions by measuring the extent to which taxpayers use deductions to avoid paying taxes. Hamilton has provided extensive economic commentary to the New York Times, the LA Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Atlantic, Slate, The Hill, the Sydney Morning Herald, and The Australian, among others.
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