Angela V. Carter is an Associate Professor, Department of Political Science (cross-appointed to the Department of Geography), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and Senior Associate, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD),

Dr. Carter’s research highlights the ecological and political-economic risks of fossil fuel dependence while advancing new policy measures to wind down fossil fuel extraction and production. Working alongside a community of scholars and policy advocates, she aims to reimagine Canadian and international climate policy.

Visit angelavcarter.ca for more details about her research and grants, publications, teaching, graduate student supervision, and public engagement.

New Book

Carter, A. 2020. Fossilized: Environmental Policy in Canada’s Petro-Provinces. Vancouver: UBC Press.

*Winner of the 2021 Donald Smiley Prize, awarded by the Canadian Political Science Association to the best book published in English or French in a field relating to the study of government and politics in Canada. Recently reviewed in the Literary Review of Canada.