Summary of expertise

  • Environmental politics and policy
  • British politics
  • Political parties
  • Participatory democracy
 

Neil Carter

Biography

Neil Carter graduated in Politics from the University of Durham and received his postgraduate degrees from the University of Bath. He has held visiting appointments at Griffith University, Monash University and Nuffield College. Since arriving at York, his main research and teaching interests have focused on environmental politics and policy. He has also always been closely associated with the School of Philosophy, Economics and Politics, teaching on one of the core PEP interdisciplinary modules and holding various PEP administrative posts.

Current Research Interests 

Neil Carter is interested in all aspects of environmental politics and policy. The second edition of his book, The Politics of the Environment, was published in 2007. He has been awarded an ESRC grant of over £92,000 (with Dr Charlotte Burns) for a project titled ‘Is the European parliament an Environmental Champion?’ (ESRC project webpage here). He is a founding member of the Centre for Ecology, Law and Policy at the University of York. Neil Carter also has a strong interest in British politics, particularly in political parties and elections, and in participatory democracy.

Selected Recent Publications

2010. (with Charlotte Burns) ‘Is Co-Decision Good for the Environment’, Political Studies, available online.

2009. ‘Vote Blue, Go Green? Cameron’s Conservatives and the Environment’, Political Quarterly, 80(2): 233-242.

2008. ‘Combating Climate Change in the UK: Challenges and Obstacles’, Political Quarterly, 79(2): 194-205.

2007. The Politics of the Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press.

2007. (with Arthur Mol) (eds.) Environmental Governance in China, London: Routledge.

2006. (with Elizabeth Bomberg) ‘The Greens in Brussels’, European Journal for Political Research, 45: S99-125.

2006. ‘Party Politicisation of the Environment in Britain’, Party Politics 12(6): 747-67.

Consultancy

Neil Carter was commissioned by Friends of the Earth to produce a study of the Labour Government’s environment policies. See Neil Carter and David Ockwell  New Labour, New Environment? – an Analysis of the Labour Government’s Policy on Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss, July 2007
http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/foe/introduction.htm he has recently advised the Science Museum on its climate change exhibilition.

Professional Activities

Since 1997 he has been a joint editor of Environmental Politics, the leading journal in this sub-discipline (2008 impact factor 0.933 - ranked 29/99 in political science journals).

Supervision

Neil Carter welcomes research applications in any of his areas of interest. He has supervised eight PhD students to successful completion and is currently supervising two students.