Research project
Nationalist polarization and the fight over climate change: how nationalism is shaping the politics of climate skeptics and activists in the US and Canada
- Start date: 1 November 2024
- End date: 14 May 2027
- Funder: Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Primary investigator: Dr Eric Taylor Woods
- External co-investigators: Dr Robert Schertzer, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
Value
$22,500 (CAD)
Partners and collaborators
Dr Robert Schertzer, University of Toronto
Description
This project focuses on how nationalism shapes the polarized politics of climate change in the US and Canada. Specifically, we aim to show how both climate skeptics and climate activists are infusing their communication with nationalism, and how by doing so they are becoming ever more polarised. By studying how this is occurring, we hope to highlight a key factor inhibiting progress: only by understanding the factors blocking consensus can we find a path toward stable and defensible climate change policies.