CCU professor wins award for global ecology awareness
The book examines a broad range of empirical case studies detailing transitions away from fossil fuels and toward a more sustainable energy future.
The 2016 Sprout Award Committee called the book "a spectacularly well-written, well-argued and cohesive volume that is both methodologically rigorous and empirically rich."
The award is given annually to the best book in the field of international environmental problems "that contributes to theory and interdisciplinarity, shows rigor and coherence in research and writing, and offers accessibility and practical relevance," according to the environmental studies section of the International Studies Association.
"[The book] has the potential to change our thinking about topics that are central to our field of global environmental governance," the committee says. "[The authors] are able to give an edited volume a single voice and offer a consistent message across the board, a challenging task that makes this volume greater than the sum of its parts."
The book was previously acknowledged as one of the best scholarly titles in 2015 by Choice magazine, and it was also nominated for Best Book by the International Studies Association for both scholars and graduate students.
Martin, professor of politics and international relations at CCU, is also the author of "Oil in the Soil: The Politics of Paying to Preserve the Amazon," published in 2011 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland at College Park. She has taught at La Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. She joined CCU's Department of Politics and Geography in 1999, teaching international relations, global environmental politics and comparative politics. Martin is faculty adviser to the Solar Ambassador Team at CCU and a former HTC Distinguished Scholar-Lecturer.