Manjana Milkoreit

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Ph.D. in Global Governance, 2013
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Senior Sustainability Fellow

Manjana Milkoreit is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University. Her research explores the role of cognition in global climate change politics and governance with a focus on beliefs and emotions among decision-makers and diplomats. She is currently leading the multidisciplinary Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative, and is involved in projects exploring the conceptual development of the Anthropocene, the science-policy and science-diplomacy interface, and the nature of ideologies.

Select Publications

  • Hochstetler, Kathryn, and Manjana Milkoreit. "Responsibilities of Power Transitions: Emerging Powers in the Climate Change Negotiations." 2015. Global Governance, Vol 21 No.2.
  • Milkoreit, M. 2014. Hot deontology and cold consequentialism–an empirical exploration of ethical reasoning among climate change negotiators. Climatic Change 1-13. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1170-8.
  • Milkoreit, Manjana. "Science and Climate Change Diplomacy: Cognitive Limits and the Need to Reinvent Science Communication." 2015. in Loyd Davis and Robert Patman, (eds), Science Diplomacy: New Day or False Dawn?, World Scientific, pp. 109-131.
  • Homer-Dixon, T., M. Milkoreit, S. J. Mock, T. Schröder and P. Thagard. 2014. The conceptual structure of social disputes: Cognitive-affective maps as a tool for conflict analysis and resolution. SAGE Open DOI: 10.1177/2158244014526210
  • Milkoreit, M. and S. J. Mock. 2014. The Networked Mind: Collective Identities and the Cognitive-Affective Nature of Conflict. Pp. 161-88 Networks and Network Analysis for Defence and Security, edited by Anthony J. Masys. Springer International Publishing.
  • Hochstetler, K. and M. Milkoreit. 2013. Emerging Powers in the Climate Negotiations: Shifting Identity Conceptions. Political Research Quarterly DOI: doi:1065912913510609.
  • Homer-Dixon, T., J. Leader Maynard, M. Mildenberger, M. Milkoreit, S. J. Mock, S. Quilley, T. S. and P. Thagard. 2013. A Complex Systems Approach to the Study of Ideology: Cognitive-Affective Structures and the Dynamics of Belief Systems. Journal of Social and Political Psychology 1(1):. DOI: doi:10.5964/jspp.v1i1.36

Testimonial

"The Balsillie School offered a unique multidisciplinary PhD program structure, allowing me to pursue my specific research interests without the disciplinary or methodological constraints of most major International Relations programs. Further, BSIA students enjoy an extraordinary level of individual support and academic supervision in a community of outstanding scholars."

Academic/Professional Awards

  • McCloy Scholarship (2005-2007), German Academic Merit Foundation
  • Balsillie Fellowship (2009-2013), Balsillie School of International Affairs
  • Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2010-2013), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Topics: Climate Change, Environmental Governance, Global Environment, and Science, Technology and Policy