Michael Mikulewicz

Michael Mikulewicz serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), based in Marshall Hall where he teaches core courses including Introduction to Climate Justice, Environmental Ethics, and Global Perspectives on Environmental Justice.

His academic credentials feature:

• PhD in Human Geography from the University of Manchester, England (2018)
• MSc in Environmental Studies from California State University, Fullerton, USA (2012)
• BA in Politics & International Relations from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland (2008)

Dr. Mikulewicz's research program integrates critical social theory with environmental challenges, emphasizing climate justice through frameworks like political ecology, postcolonial theory, and queer theory. His work examines adaptation politics, LGBTQ+ climate vulnerability, and the depoliticization of resilience initiatives, utilizing participatory methods and community science to address urban sustainability, public health intersections, and UNFCCC processes. This interdisciplinary approach challenges technocratic adaptation models by centering marginalized voices and intersectional identities.

Analysis of his 2018-2023 publications reveals consistent critique of neoliberal climate governance, with increasing focus on labor invisibility in adaptation (2023), Arctic climate justice (2020), and the imperative to merge intersectionality with climate action (2023). His scholarship demonstrates strong thematic continuity in politicizing vulnerability while expanding into mental health impacts and place-based displacement solutions.

No scientific awards were documented in the provided materials.

He actively mentors ten graduate students across MPS, CAS, MS, and PhD programs, supervising diverse projects from digital counter-mapping of colonial landscapes (Koudelka) to designing LGBTQIA+ disaster safe spaces (Deka) and climate adaptation governance in social-ecological systems (Tasnim). While grant funding details are absent, his advisees' research directly advances his critical climate justice agenda through fieldwork in disaster contexts and policy analysis.