Prakash Kashwan 

Prakash Kashwan is an educator, author, and scholar, whose work cuts across the fields of climate governance, environmental and climate justice, and international affairs. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Brandeis University. He also holds faculty affiliations with the Heller School of Social Policy & Management, and Politics Department at Brandeis. Before moving to Brandeis, he was a tenured Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut and Co-directed the Economic and Social Rights Research Program at UConn's Human Rights Institute.

Dr. Kashwan is one of the Editors of the journal Environmental Politics, former Chair (2023-2025) and Program Chair (2021-2023) of the Environmental Studies Section (ESS) of the International Studies Association (ISA), and co-founder of Climate Justice Network.