Ben Cashore is Professor of Environmental Governance and Political Science at Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and holds a courtesy appointment in Yale’s Department of Political Science. He is a faculty affiliate of the Center for Business and Government at Yale, and the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry.
His research interests focus on non-state market-driven environmental governance, the impact and opportunities of globalization and internationalization on domestic and local environmental policy, firm-level “beyond compliance” sustainability initiatives, and comparative environmental policy. He is a prolific author of books and articles that integrate public policy, corporate social responsibility and international environmental governance.
His work has won a number of awards/distinctions including winning the International Studies Association’s Sprout Award for the best book on international environmental policy and politics for, Governing Through Markets: Forest Certification and the Emergence of Non-state Authority(with Graeme Auld and Deanna Newsom),
He serves, or has served, on the editorial boards of the Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, Business and Politics, the Journal of Forest Policy and Economics, and the Journal of Sustainable Forestry.