Olaf works on the environment and the international system, currently focusing on the security implications of potential geoengineering technologies. Previous projects focus on how risk-thinking changes security politics, the role of environmental politics in revolutions and the politics of scientific models. He is Professor of Global Security Challenges at the School of Politics and International Studies, Unviersity of Leeds, UK where he co-leads and teaches on the Msc in Climate Futures: Science, Society and Politics, as well as International Politics, and International Relations and the Environment.
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