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Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)

Jason J. Blackstock is Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and Visiting Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria. He is also an Associate Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Science, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Social Innovation Generation, University of Waterloo.

Jason’s research focuses on the interface of science and international affairs, where he has expertise in the areas of climate (particularly geoengineering), energy (including nuclear nonproliferation and energy security), and nanotechnology. Currently, he leads several collaborative international research projects aimed at evaluating the scientific (climatic), international political and global governance implications of emerging geoengineering research and technologies.

Jason's recent publications include "Towards a people-centered framework for geoengineering governance: a humanitarian perspective" in Geoengineering Quarterly (March 2010), "The politics of geoengineering" in Science (January 2010) and "Climate Engineering Responses to Climate Emergencies" in Novim (July 2009).

Jason received his PhD in Physics from the University of Alberta, his Graduate Certificate in International Security from Stanford, and his Master of Public Administration from Harvard University. Since 2009, Jason has guest lectured at Harvard's Kennedy School in a course entitled "Managing a Living Planet," which he co-developed with Prof William C. Clark. Jason also holds his Professional Physicist (PPhys) designation from the Canadian Association of Physicists, and from 2003-2007 he was a Research Associate with the Quantum Science Research group of Hewlett Packard Laboratories in Silicon Valley, developing nanoscale electronic and sensor technologies.