Andrew Jorgenson
Professor and Founding Director of the Climate & Society Lab · Additional Faculties & Departments · University of British Columbia
Quick answer: Andrew Jorgenson is Professor and Founding Director of the Climate & Society Lab at University of British Columbia. Andrew Jorgenson shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-10-19.
⭐ Prospective Graduate Students: please contact me if our research interests are aligned. My former PhD students have secured tenure-track faculty positions, postdocs, and applied research positions at various institutions and organizations throughout the world, including Boston College, Boston University, Drexel University, New Mexico State University, Oklahoma State University, Pennsylvania State
Research interests
Environment and Community | Sociology of Health. Drawing from various approaches within comparative and global political economy, I conduct research on the human dimensions of global and regional environmental change, with a focus on the societal causes and consequences of the climate crisis. I also have longstanding interests in the political economy of development, inequality, and population health. The majority of my research involves the use of statistical modeling techniques to analyze social and environmental data at macro levels and through time.
Selected publications (since 2023)
Jorgenson, Andrew, Taekyeong Goh, Nicolas Viens, and Ryan Thombs. 2026. “Reducing Inequality is Not Antithetical to Solving the Climate Crisis: An Analysis of Disposable Income Shares and Carbon Emissions for Canada’s Provinces.” Environmental Impact Assessment Review 120:108440.
Thombs, Ryan, and Andrew Jorgenson. 2026. “Does Stringent Climate Policy Decouple Economic Growth from Greenhouse Gas Emissions?” Social Forces soaf217.
Grant, Don, Andrew Jorgenson, Wesley Longhofer, and Ion Vasi. 2026. “The Long Shadow of Partisan Hostility: How Affective Polarization Hinders Democracies’ Ability to Mitigate Climate Change.” American Sociological Review 91(1):19-54.
Jorgenson, Andrew, Taekyeong Goh, Robert Clark, and Jeffrey Kentor. 2026. “Does Military Power Shape Foreign Direct Investment’s Ca
Frequently asked questions
Is Andrew Jorgenson hiring PhD students at University of British Columbia?
Yes. As of 2026-10-19, Andrew Jorgenson's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Prospective Graduate Students: please contact me if our research interests are aligned. My former PhD students have secured tenure-track faculty positions, postdocs, and applied research positions at .
What does Andrew Jorgenson research?
Environment and Community | Sociology of Health. Drawing from various approaches within comparative and global political economy, I conduct research on the human dimensions of global and regional environmental change, with a focus on the societal causes and consequences of the climate crisis. I also
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