Richard a Matthew

Richard A Matthew

Richard A Matthew

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA 92697-7075

Planning, Policy and Design

Political Science

(949) 824-4852

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Education

BA, McGill University-- Political Science

MA, Princeton University--Politics

PhD, Princeton University--Politics

Dissertation Title: Politics Divided

Professional Positions

Professor, Planning, Policy and Design, UC Irvine

Professor, Political Science, UC Irvine

Senior Fellow, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Senior Fellow, Munk School, University of Toronto

On sabbatical with the International Institute for Sustainable Development. (2008 - 2009)

Georgetown University (School of Foreign Service). (1994 - 1998)

Williams College (Political Science Department). (1994)

Research Interests

Research focuses on:

(a) the environmental dimensions of conflict and peacebuilding;

(b) climate change adaptation in conflict and post-conflict societies; and

(c) transnational threat systems.

Much of this work has explored possibilities for reducing threat and vulnerability through education, conservation and poverty alleviation. Have undertaken fieldwork throughout South Asia and Africa, including the DRC, Nepal, Pakistan, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone.

Awards and Honors

UCI Stewardship Star (twice). (2008).

Certificate of Appreciation, California State Assembly. (2007).

Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, U.S. House of Representatives. (2007).

Liberty Medal, Soka Gakkai International. (2007).

Certificate of Recognition, City of Los Angeles. (2004).

RESEARCH

Publications

Book Chapters, Peer-Reviewed

Matthew, R. A. (2010). Reading, Writing and Readiness. In T. Monahan, R. Torres (Eds.), Schools Under Surveillance: Cultures of Control in Public Education. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Matthew, R. A. (2010). Climate Change and Environmental Impact. In A. J. Tellis, A. Marble, T. Tanner (Eds.), Strategic Asia 2010-11: Asia’s Rising Power and America’s Continued Purpose (pp. 205-236). Seattle: National Bureau of Asian Research.

Matthew, R. A. Demography and Climate Change. In J. Goldstone, E. Kaufmann, M. Duffy (Eds.), Political Demography: Interests, Conflict and Institutions. New York: Palgrave. Accepted: 2010

Matthew, R. A. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines. In N. Matuszak (Ed.), Encyclopedia of International Security. Washington: CQ Press. Accepted: 2010

Matthew, R. A., Brooke, R. Environmental Governance in Post-Conflict Situations: Lessons from Rwanda. In C. Bruch, W. C. Muffett, S. Nichols (Eds.), Environmental Governance in Post-Conflict Situations: Lessons from Rwanda. London, UK. Earthscan. Accepted: 2010

Matthew, R. A., Hammill, A. Peacebuilding and Climate Change Adaptation. In C. Bruch, W. C. Muffett, S. Nichols (Eds.), Peacebuilding and Climate Change Adaptation. London, UK. Earthscan. Accepted: 2010

Matthew, R. A. (2010). Environment, Conflict and Sustainable Development. In N. Tschirgi, F. Mancini (Eds.), Security and Development: Critical Connections. (pp. 47-76). Boulder: Lynne Rienner.

Matthew, R. A., McDonald, B. (2009). Cities Under Siege: Urban Planning and the Threat of Infectious Diseases. In E. Birch (Ed.), (pp. 496). New York, USA. Routledge. 978-0-415-31998-0.

Matthew, R. A. (2009). Environmental Security. In N. Vig, M. Kraft (Eds.), Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century. (pp. 327-348). Washington: CQ Press.

Matthew, R. A., Barnett, J., O’Brien, K. (2009). Charting the Next Generation of Global Environmental Change and Human Security Research. In R. A. Matthew, J. Barnett, B. McDonald, K. O’Brien (Eds.), Global Environmental Change and Human Security. (pp. 307-315). Cambridge: MIT Press.

Matthew, R. A., Upreti, B. (2009). Environmental Change and Human Security in Nepal. In R. A. Matthew, J. Barnett, B. McDonald, K. O’Brien (Eds.), Global Environmental Change and Human Security. (pp. 13-154). Cambridge: MIT Press.

Matthew, R. A., Barnett, J., O’Brien, K. (2009). Global Environmental Change and Human Security: An Introduction. In R. A. Matthew, J. Barnett, B. McDonald, K. O’Brien (Eds.), Global Environmental Change and Human Security. (pp. 3-32). Cambridge: MIT Press.

Matthew, R. A., McDonald, B. (2009). Environmental Security Concepts and Debates in North America. In Brauch et al. (Eds.), Facing Global Environmental Change: Environmental, Human, Energy, Food and Water Security Concepts. (pp. 791-802). Berlin: Springer.

Matthew, R. A., Goldsworthy, H., McDonald, B. (2009). Rethinking Environmental Ethics. In A. Franchescet (Ed.), The Ethics of Global Governance. (pp. 141-157). Lynne Reinner Press.

Matthew, R. A. (2008). Resource Scarcity: Responding to the Security Challenge. In Coping with Crisis, Working Paper Series. International Peace Institute.

Matthew, R. A., Cohen Silver, R. (2008). Terrorism. In V. N. Parrillo (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Problems. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Matthew, R. A. (2008). Climate Change: A Threat Assessment. In C. Pumphrey (Ed.), Global Climate Change: National Security Implications. (pp. 55-68). Strategic Studies Institute/Triangle Institute for Security Studies.

Matthew, R. A. (2007). Climate Change and Human Security. In J. DiMento, P. Doughman (Eds.), Climate Change: What It Means for You, Your Children, and Your Grandchildren. (pp. 161-180). Cambridge: MIT Press.

Matthew, R. A., Barnett, J., O'Brien, K. (2007). Global Environmental Change and Human Security. In Brauch et al. (Eds.), Globalization and Environmental Challenges: Reconceptualizing Security in the 21st Century. (pp. 355-362). Berlin: Springer.

Matthew, R. A. (2006). Bioterrorism and National Security: Peripheral Threats, Core Vulnerabilities. In E. Hartmann, B. Sumerian (Eds.), Making Threats: Biofears and Environmental Anxieties. (pp. 237-246). New York: Rowman and Littlefield.

Matthew, R. A. (2005). Man, the State and Nature: Rethinking Environmental Security. In P. Dauvergne (Ed.), Handbook of Global Environmental Politics. (pp. 127-148). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Matthew, R. A. (2004). Human Security and the Mine Ban Movement II: Conclusions. In R. A. Matthew, B. McDonald, K. Rutherford (Eds.), Landmines and Human Security: War’s Hidden Legacy and International Relations. (pp. 269-278). Albany: SUNY Press.

Matthew, R. A. (2004). Human Security and the Mine Ban Movement I: Introduction. In R. A. Matthew, B. McDonald, K. Rutherford (Eds.), Landmines and Human Security: War’s Hidden Legacy and International Relations. (pp. 3-20). Albany: SUNY Press.

Matthew, R. A., Dabelko, G. (2003). The Last Pocket of Resistance: Environment and Security in the Classroom. In M. Maniates (Ed.), Teaching Global Environmental Politics. (pp. 10-7-128). New York: Macmillan.

Matthew, R. A. (2003). Middle Power-NGO Coalitions: A Significant Force in World Politics?. In S. Brem, R. A. Matthew, K. Rutherford (Eds.), Reframing the Agenda: Middle Powers and World Politics. (pp. 201-210). New York: Greenwood/Praeger.

Matthew, R. A. (2003). Middle Power and NGO Partnerships: The Expansion of World Politics. In S. Brem, R. A. Matthew, K. Rutherford (Eds.), Reframing the Agenda: Middle Powers and World Politics. (pp. 3-20). New York: Greenwood/Praeger.

Matthew, R. A. (2002). United States and Canada. In E. Page, M. Redclift (Eds.), Human Security and the Environment. (pp. 199-223). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Matthew, R. A., Halle, M. (2002). Conclusion. In R. A. Matthew, M. Halle, J. Switzer (Eds.), Conserving the Peace: Resources, Livelihoods and Security. (pp. 385-404). Geneva and Winnipeg: IISD Press.

Matthew, R. A., Ali Zaidi, A. (2002). People, Scarcity and Violence in Pakistan. In R. A. Matthew, M. Halle, J. Switzer (Eds.), Conserving the Peace: Resources, Livelihoods and Security. (pp. 57-97). Geneva and Winnipeg: IISD Press.

Matthew, R. A., Halle, M. (2002). Introduction. In R. A. Matthew, M. Halle, J. Switzer (Eds.), Conserving the Peace: Resources, Livelihoods and Security. (pp. 1-27). Geneva and Winnipeg: IISD Press.

Matthew, R. A. (2001). Environment and Human Security. In S. Lonergan (Ed.), Water and Human Security in Southeast Asia and Oceania. United Nations University Press: Geneva.

Matthew, R. A. (2001). The Environment as a National Security Issue. In Environmental Policy. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. (Reprint).

Matthew, R. A., DiMento, J., Ingram, H. (2001). Implementation of the NAFTA Institutions: The Record and the Potential. In T. Scovazzi (Ed.), The Protection of the Environment. (pp. 289-306). Giuffre Editore.

Matthew, R. A. (2000). Integrating the Environment into National Security. In B. Shaw, M. Lowi (Eds.), Environment and Security: Discourses and Practices. (pp. 33-48). New York: Macmillan.

Matthew, R. A. (1999). Scarcity and Security: A Common Pool Resource Perspective. In S. Barkin, G. Shambaugh (Eds.), Anarchy and the Environment: The International Relations of Common Pool Resources. (pp. 155-175). Albany: SUNY Press.

Matthew, R. A. (1999). Conclusion: Settling Contested Grounds. In D. Deudney, R. A. Matthew (Eds.), Contested Ground: Security and Conflict in the New Environmental Politics. (pp. 291-301). Albany: SUNY Press.

Matthew, R. A. (1999). Introduction: Mapping Contested Grounds. In D. Deudney, R. A. Matthew (Eds.), Contested Ground: Security and Conflict in the New Environmental Politics. (pp. 1-22). Albany: SUNY Press.

Matthew, R. A. (1999). Social Responses to Environmental Change. In S. Lonergan (Ed.), Environmental Change, Adaptation and Security. (pp. 17-39). Dordrecht: Kluwer Press.

Matthew, R. A. (1997). Rethinking Environmental Security. In N. P. Gleditsch (Ed.), Conflict and The Environment. (pp. 71-90). Dordrecht: Kluwer Press.

Matthew, R. A., Zacher, M. (1994). Liberal International Theory: Common Threads, Divergent Strands. In C. W. Kegley (Ed.), Controversies in International Relations Theory: Realism and the Neoliberal Challenge. (pp. 107-150). New York: St. Martin's Press.

Matthew, R. A., Haglund, D. (1993). North America. In R. H. Jackson, A. James (Eds.), States in a Changing World: A Contemporary Analysis. (pp. 283-297). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Matthew, R. A., Dobell, R., Brownsey, L. (1991). Coopération et conflits globaux: des lécons a tirer de la région du Pacifique. In G. Hérvouét (Ed.), Asie-Pacifique: Les nouveaux éspaces de coopération et de conflits. (pp. 25-52). Montréal: Présses de l'Université Laval.

Books

Matthew, R. A. (2002). Dichotomy of Power: Nation versus State in International Relations. Lanham: Lexington Books/Rowman and Littlefield.

Books Edited

Matthew, R. A., Barnett, J., McDonald, B., O’Brien, K. (Eds.), (2009). Global Environmental Change and Human Security. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Matthew, R. A., Rutherford, K., McDonald, B. (Eds.), (2004). Landmines and Human Security: War’s Hidden Legacy and International Relations. Albany: SUNY Press. (paperback 2006).

Matthew, R. A., Brem, S., Rutherford, K. (Eds.), (2003). Reframing the Agenda: Middle Powers and World Politics. New York: Praeger.

Matthew, R. A., Halle, M., Switzer, J. (Eds.), (2002). Conserving the Peace: Resources, Livelihoods, and Security. Geneva and Winnipeg: IISD Press.

Matthew, R. A., Deudney, D. (Eds.), (1999). Contested Grounds: Security and Conflict in the New Environmental Politics. Albany: SUNY Press.

Books Reviewed

Matthew, R. A. (2009). [Review of the book Homer-Dixon, T., The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization.]. Environmental Change and Security Project Report, 13, 136-138.

Matthew, R. A. (2009). [Review of the book Durant, R. F., The Greening of the U.S. Military: Environmental Policy, National Security, and Organizational Change.]. The International History Review, 31.4, 931-933.

Matthew, R. A. (2007). [Review of the book Abbas, H., Pakistan’s Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army, and America’s War on Terror.]. Human Rights and Human Welfare: An International Review of Books and Other Publication.

Matthew, R. A. (2006). [Review of the book D. Pirages (Ed.), From Resource Scarcity to Ecological Security: Exploring New Limits to Growth.]. Journal of Peace Research, 43, 756.

Matthew, R. A. (2005). [Review of the book Khagram, S., Dams and Development: Transnational Struggles for Water and Power.]. Global Environmental Politics, 5, 131-133.

Matthew, R. A. (2003). [Review of the book M. G. Manwaring (Ed.), Environmental Security and Global Stability.]. Environmental Change and Security Project Report, 9, 113-115.

Matthew, R. A. (2002). [Review of the book Thomashow, M., Bringing the Biosphere Home: Learning to Perceive Global Environmental Change.]. Environment, 44, 41.

Matthew, R. A. (2002). [Review of the book Meyer, J. M., Political Nature: Environmentalism and the Interpretation of Western Thought.]. Environment, 44, 45.

Matthew, R. A. (2002). [Review of the book Rao, P. K., Environmental Trade Disputes and the WTO.]. Environment, 44, 44.

Matthew, R. A. (2002). [Review of the book Wenz, P. S., Environmental Ethics Today.]. Environment, 44, 42.

Matthew, R. A. (2001). [Review of the book Klare, M., Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict.]. Issues in Science and Technology, 18, 84-87.

Matthew, R. A. (2001). [Review of the book P. H. Gobster, R. B. Hill (Eds.), Restoring Nature: Perspectives from the Social Sciences and Humanities.]. Natural Resources Journal, 41, 1023-1027.

Matthew, R. A. (1999). [Review of the book Palmer, C., Environmental Ethics and Process Thinking.]. Environment, 41, 30.

Matthew, R. A. (1996). [Review of the book Feshbach et al. (Eds.), Environmental and Health Atlas of Russia.]. Environmental Change and Security Project Report, 2, 92-93.

Matthew, R. A. (1996). [Review of the book Wapner, P., Environmental Activism and World Politics.]. Millennium - Journal of International Studies, 25, 498 - 499.

Matthew, R. A. (1995). [Review of the book R. Elias, J. Turpin (Eds.), Rethinking Peace.]. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 28, 385-386.

Matthew, R. A. (1995). [Review of the book Wehr, P., Burgess, H., Burgess, G., Justice without Violence.]. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 28, 385-386.

Matthew, R. A. (1994). [Review of the book M. Poster (Ed.), Politics, Theory, and Contemporary Culture.]. Millennium - Journal of International Studies, 23, 177 - 179.

Matthew, R. A. (1993). [Review of the book McCleary, R., Seeking Justice: Ethics and International Affairs.]. Millennium - Journal of International Studies, 22, 317-319.

Matthew, R. A. (1993). [Review of the book Brown, S., International Relations in a Changing Global System: Towards a Theory of World Polity.]. Millennium - Journal of International Studies, 22, 317-319.

Matthew, R. A. (1993). [Review of the book Greenfeld, L., Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity.]. Millennium - Journal of International Studies, 22, 575-576.

Matthew, R. A. (1993). [Review of the book Budde, M., The Two Churches: Catholicism and Capitalism in the World-System.]. Millennium - Journal of International Studies, 22, 569-570.

Matthew, R. A. (1993). [Review of the book Rapoport, A., Peace: An Idea Whose Time Has Come.]. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 26, 628-629.

Matthew, R. A. (1992). [Review of the book Nincic, M., Democracy and Foreign Policy : The Fallacy of Political Realism.]. Millennium - Journal of International Studies, 21, 526 - 529.

Matthew, R. A. (1992). [Review of the book Henkin, L., Constitutionalism, Democracy and Foreign Affairs.]. Millennium - Journal of International Studies, 21, 526 - 529.

Matthew, R. A. (1992). [Review of the book Jones, D. V., Code of Peace: Ethics and Security in the World of the Warlord States.]. American Political Science Review, 86, 842-843.

Matthew, R. A. (1991). [Review of the book Rosenau, J., Turbulence in World Politics: A Theory of Change and Continuity.]. Canadian Journal of Political Science, 24, 444-445.

Journal Articles, Peer-Reviewed