Andrew Baldwin

Andrew Baldwin is a lecturer in human geography in the Department of Geography, Durham University. Prior to joining Durham University, he was a lecturer in human geography at the University of Manchester (2009) and an assistant professor and SSHRC postdoctoral research fellow at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario (2006-2008). Andrew received his doctorate from Carleton University in Ottawa in 2006, and was a consultant with the International Institute for Sustainable Development from 2000-2009. Andrew also worked as a trade policy analyst with the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development in Geneva from 2000-2001.

Andrew's current research focuses on the meaning of environmental citizenship in the post-9/11 era. His work approaches the meaning of environmental citizenship as a site-specific phenomenon as opposed to a purely textural one and touches on a number of empirical sites, including boreal forest conservation in northern Canada, environment and security, environmental migration, green jobs and synthetic biology. This work draws extensively from postcolonial theory, critical 'race' theory and geographic theorizing on nature and space. Andrew also maintains an active interest in historical geography and is currently finishing a SSHRC-funded project called Rethinking the Great White North: race, nature, and the historical geographies of whiteness in Canada, which addresses the intersection of 'race,' nature and north as a major theme in contemporary debates about Canadian geography and identity.