Matthew Hoffmann

Matthew Hoffmann is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto Scarborough and co-director of the Environmental Governance Lab. He teaches classes on international relations, global governance, and environmental and sustainability politics. His research on decarbonization, climate change and environmental politics has been published in 4 books and over 50 journal articles and book chapters. Professor Hoffmann is a lead faculty member for the Earlth Systems Governanace network, was co-editor of the journal Global Environmental Politics from 2017-2022 and is the chair of the board of directors for the environmental NGO, Green Economy Canada. 

In addition to a number of articles and book chapters, he is the author of Ozone Depletion and Climate Change: Constructing a Global Response (SUNY Press, 2005) and coeditor with Alice Ba of Contending Perspectives on Global Governance (Routledge, 2005). His most recent book is Climate Governance at the Crossroads: Experimenting with a Global Response after Kyoto (Oxford University Press, 2011). He is also one of multiple co-authors on a 2014 book, Transnational Climate Change Governance (Cambridge University Press).