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Raul Lejano is a Professor at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, where he conducts research in social policy, environmental governance, and narrative analysis. His work emphasizes relational perspectives in understanding human-environment interactions and institutional design.
His research interests span Environmental Governance, Narrative Analysis, Climate Communication, and Qualitative Social Research. Lejano explores how narratives shape public understanding and policy, particularly in the context of climate skepticism. He advocates for an ethic of care in environmental governance and employs tools from applied narratology and discourse analysis to unpack ideological discourses.
Lejano's scholarly contributions are primarily reflected in his influential books, which examine the power of narrative in environmental networks and climate denial. His work reveals how deep-seated metanarratives—sometimes unrelated to climate itself—underpin movements like climate skepticism and resonate across social issues such as immigration. This integrative, interdisciplinary approach bridges social theory, policy analysis, and environmental ethics.
He has presented his research at international forums, including the ISC 2021 Summer School on Cognition and Climate, where he delivered a talk titled Narrative and Climate: Relational Perspectives on Communication, based on his co-authored book The Power of Narrative: Climate Skepticism and the Deconstruction of Science (Oxford University Press).
Although no formal awards or students are mentioned in the provided texts, his publications have significantly contributed to the fields of environmental policy and narrative theory. His methodological innovation in merging multiple analytical lenses continues to influence qualitative research in social sciences.
