Elisabeth Gilmore

Elisabeth Gilmore serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University with a formal appointment in the School of Public Policy and Administration. Her interdisciplinary research bridges engineering, social sciences, and public policy to address climate change and environmental challenges at local to global scales, particularly focusing on air pollution and societal responses to environmental transformations.

Her core research integrates integrated assessment modeling with socio-political analysis to develop climate scenarios, examine human adaptation behaviors, and identify technological-societal transformation pathways. Key interests span climate governance mechanisms, conflict-climate interactions, migration dynamics, and equity-focused adaptation strategies, with emphasis on vulnerable populations and fragile contexts. Recent work critically examines tipping point discourse, rebel governance in climate-vulnerable regions, and place-based convergence research methodologies.

Analysis of her 2024-2025 publications reveals dominant trends in climate policy innovation (particularly state-level fiscal tools), climate-security linkages in conflict-affected regions, and adaptation barriers for marginalized communities. Her work consistently integrates political development frameworks into climate scenarios while challenging deterministic narratives around climate tipping points, emphasizing actionable governance pathways over catastrophic projections.