Alexander F. Gazmararian
Biography
Alexander F. Gazmararian (Ph.D., Princeton University, 2025) is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He researches the intersection of international political economy and political behavior, with applications to climate change.
He has written two books about the political economy of climate change, including Uncertain Futures: How to Unlock the Climate Impasse (with Dustin Tingley, Cambridge, 2023), and most recently, Fault Lines: The New Political Economy of a Warming World (with Helen V. Milner, Princeton, Forthcoming).
His research is published, forthcoming, or accepted in The American Journal of Political Science, The Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, and Comparative Political Studies.
Books
Uncertain Futures: How to Unlock the Climate Impasse
(with Dustin Tingley) Cambridge University Press. The Politics of Climate Change Series. 2023.Awards & Recognition
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Don K. Price Award - Best book on science, technology, and politics published in the last year (American Political Science Association, 2024)
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Arnold Vedlitz Award - Seminal book on environmental issues published in the past two years (Southern Political Science Association, 2023)
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Best Book on the Energy Market Economy (American Energy Society, 2023)
Press Coverage
Fault Lines: The New Political Economy of a Warming World
(with Helen V. Milner) Princeton University Press. Under contract.
Articles
Public Opinion Foundations of the Clean Energy Transition
(with Matto Mildenberger and Dustin Tingley) Environmental Politics. 2025. Forthcoming.Sources of Partisan Change: Evidence from the Shale Gas Shock in American Coal Country
The Journal of Politics. 2025.Press Coverage
Valuing the Future: Changing Time Horizons and Policy Preferences
Political Behavior. 2024.Press Coverage
Political Cleavages and Changing Exposure to Global Warming
(with Helen V. Milner) Comparative Political Studies. 2024.Fossil Fuel Communities Support Climate Policy Coupled With Just Transition Assistance
Energy Policy. 2024.Reimagining Net Metering: A Polycentric Model for Equitable Solar Adoption in the United States
(with Dustin Tingley) Energy Research & Social Science. 2024.
Working Papers
The Political Economy of the Clean Energy Transition8/5/2025
(with Dustin Tingley) Annual Review of Political Science. Forthcoming.Experience and Self-Interest: Diverging Responses to Global Warming1/13/25
(with Helen V. Milner) Conditionally accepted at American Journal of Political ScienceDriving Labor Apart: Climate Policy Backlash in the American Auto Corridor8/23/24
(with Lewis Krashinsky)Press Coverage

Teaching
POLSCI 498: The Political Economy of Climate Change
Fall 2025. Undergraduate.Why is it challenging to stop climate change? The first half of the course examines global warming's political, economic, and societal consequences. The second half turns to the politics of solving the problem at local, national, and global scales. The readings weave together political science, economics, psychology, and philosophy. By the end, you should have a clearer understanding of why global warming is hard to solve and what we can do.
POLSCI 668: The Political Economy of Climate Change
Fall 2025. Graduate.This course reviews theoretical frameworks for understanding the political economy of climate change and explores new research on this topic.
