{"id":3200,"date":"2025-11-17T11:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/?page_id=3200"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T18:18:20","slug":"paul-steinberg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/paul-steinberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Steinberg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Malcolm Lewis Professor of Sustainability and Society and Professor of Political Science and Environmental Policy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Steinberg focuses his research and teaching on global environmental politics, with a special interest in biodiversity conservation and environmental policy in developing countries. At the broadest level, he is interested in how different societies around the world respond to environmental problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steinberg\u2019s latest book is&nbsp;<em>Who Rules the Earth? How Social Rules Shape OurPlanet and Our Lives<\/em>, published by Oxford University Press in March 2015. The book is part of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rulechangers.org\/\">The Social Rules Project<\/a>, a multi-media initiative exploring the institutional dimensions of environmental problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information including downloadable articles, syllabi, andbook chapters, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulsteinberg.org\/\">Paul Steinberg\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Media Appearances<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Forbes, 3\/20\/18<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/mariaklawe\/2018\/03\/20\/bicycle-revolution-a-course-on-wheels-teaches-students-about-the-politics-of-social-change\/#2d4e2da362ac\">Bicycle Revolution, A Course on Wheels, Teaches Students About Social Change<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>OUPblog, 12\/20\/15<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.oup.com\/2015\/12\/paris-agreement-climate-change\/\">What Does the Paris Agreement Really Mean for Climate Change?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Chronicle of Higher Ed, 4\/27\/15<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/Harvey-Mudd-Professor-Engages\/229627\">Harvey Mudd Professor Engages Students in Saving Tropical Forest<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Triple Pundit, 4\/27\/15<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.triplepundit.com\/story\/2015\/most-and-least-eco-friendly-states-2015\/35111\">The Most and Least Eco-Friendly States of 2015<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>hmc.edu, 2\/23\/15<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about-hmc\/2015\/02\/23\/steinberg-receives-gerner-award-innovative-teaching\/\">Steinberg Receives Gerner Award for Innovative Teaching<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Christian Science Monitor, 9\/21\/14<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Environment\/Global-Warming\/2014\/0921\/Climate-change-summitry-s-force-of-nature-Christiana-Figueres-video\">Climate Change Summitry\u2019s Force of Nature: Christiana Figueres<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Salon, 3\/21\/15<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2015\/03\/21\/the_secret_to_saving_the_world_how_ordinary_people_actually_can_prevent_global_disaster\/\">The Secret to Saving the World: How Ordinary People Actually Can Prevent Global Disaster<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Huffington Post, 1\/13\/15<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/paul-steinberg\/poor-countries-commit-to-_b_6465598.html\">Poor Countries Commit to Climate Treaty, So Why Won\u2019t the GOP?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>hmc.edu, 12\/13\/13<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2013\/12\/13\/film-offers-social-science-insights-on-how-to-save-the-planet\/\">Film Offers Social Science Insights on How to Save the Planet<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>NPR, 8\/3\/11<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wamc.org\/academic-minute\/2011-08-04\/dr-paul-steinberg-harvey-mudd-college-global-environmental-leadership\">Academic Minute: Global Environmental Leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/faculty-staff\/paul-steinberg\/\">Paul Steinberg\u2019s faculty page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rulechangers.org\/\">The Social Rules Project<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulsteinberg.org\/\">Paul Steinberg\u2019s website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malcolm Lewis Professor of Sustainability and Society and Professor of Political Science and Environmental Policy Steinberg focuses his research and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":372,"featured_media":3201,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3200","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3200"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3219,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3200\/revisions\/3219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}