Nicholas Theis
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 204479 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Nicholas Theis |
| PRENOMES | Nicholas |
| SOBRENOME | Theis |
| ASSINATURA | THEIS N |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Oregon |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8927-7668 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
From anti-reflexive politicization to anti-reflexive policies
Renewable energy investment and development are necessary, if insufficient, parts of any climate policy agenda. Scaling up renewable energy projects to the level needed to impact greenhouse gas emissions, particularly wind and solar projects, takes up large amounts of space. As such, the rural United States may be uniquely positioned to benefit from an energy transition because of its plethora of land well-suited to host large-scale solar and win…
Off the rails
The train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio resulted in extensive air and water pollution to communities near and far. Many news reports detailed the burning of vinyl chloride that posed serious threats to air quality and health risks to nearby residents. At the same time, East Palestine and surrounding communities suffer the limited economic opportunities that have accompanied deindustrialization and globalization. As a consequence, one might c…
Searching for Higher Ground
Due to land loss from sea level rise, subsidence, and hurricanes, coastal Louisiana residents face decisions about whether and how to move to live more securely. These (seemingly) biophysical processes are compounded by sociocultural evolution and technological progress, which often make rural people and communities feel devalued. Using these observations as a background, we ask: how do disaster-related migration strategies correspond to broader …
Appraising Sociological Approaches to Ecologically Unequal Exchange
Ecologically unequal exchange has enjoyed several decades of rich theoretical and empirical scholarship. Quantitative assessments of the theory in sociology typically sample lower income nations to see whether more trading to high income nations contributes to environmental problems in the former. In this paper, we explore ecologically unequal exchange theory, as well as related traditions, to draw attention to how these theories develop relation…
Analyzing the Military's Role in Producing Air Toxics Disparities in the United States
The negative environmental, health, and social effects arising from U.S. military action in communities both domestically and abroad suggest that the military represents an understudied institutional source of environmental injustice. Moreover, scholars and activists have long argued that the state is an active or a tacit contributor to environmental inequality, thus providing an opportunity to link U.S. military activity with approaches to the s…
Clouding climate science
A regional approach to militarized riskscapes
Recent advances in sociological appreciation of risk have culminated in the concept of riskscapes, which describe how the social, political, biophysical, and technological drivers of risk are embedded within different spaces in ways that can reinforce systemic inequities. The U.S. military has long been recognized as an important structural and institutional contributor to environmental problems and therefore potentially riskscapes. However, the …
Networked Participants, Networked Meanings
Researchers can use data visualization techniques to explore, analyze, and present data in new ways. Although quantitative data are visualized most often, recent innovations have brought attention to the potential benefits of visualizing qualitative data. In this article, the authors demonstrate one way researchers can use networks to analyze and present ethnographic interview data. The authors suggest that because many respondents know one anoth…
Rural Consciousness and Framing Environmental (In)Justice
Both rural regions and urban communities of color are often the target for unwanted land uses in the United States. However, although both types of communities will often organize resistance to the siting of environmentally hazardous facilities within their region, the frames that the activists use may differ dramatically. In this study, we examine a case study of environmental conflict over a proposed industrial hog farm in northern Wisconsin. W…
How Robust Are Social Structural Predictors of Carbon Dioxide Emissions? A Multiverse Analysis
Due to the many plausible decisions researchers can make during the scientific process, varying results can be obtained to research questions. In the environmental sociological literature, key theories and findings highlight how modernization, militarization, demographic factors, and globalization and trade influence carbon dioxide emissions. We use multiverse analysis to address how robust central findings in this literature are to model specifi…
Military as an Institution and Militarization as a Process
State reactions to Black Lives Matter demonstrations include heavily militarized domestic police responses and the deployment of the National Guard. These events place emphasis on understanding the U.S. military as an institution and militarization as a process; as well as their corresponding environmental justice (EJ) consequences. In this study, we integrate critical race theory, decolonial thought, carceral geography, and military and environm…
Mobilizing Covid-19 Science
While there are many uncertainties about the ensuing COVID-19 pandemic, scientific mobilization that integrates knowledge from across the wide-ranging intersection of applicable expertise will optimize our response strategy. As we continue to coordinate these efforts, sociological contributions can continue to identify improved social coordination opportunities, even while practicing social distancing
The Global Trade in E-Waste
Electronic waste trade is a global environmental injustice issue. Electronic waste is composed of precious metals, making its recycling and reuse economically viable. Yet, it contains hazardous components that threaten the health of ecosystems and human communities. This study uses social network analysis to analyze international trade in environmental context, specifically the global trade in electronic waste. While previous quantitative analyse…
Not in our water!“
Networked Participants, Networked Meanings
Researchers can use data visualization techniques to explore, analyze, and present data in new ways. Although quantitative data are visualized most often, recent innovations have brought attention to the potential benefits of visualizing qualitative data. In this article, the authors demonstrate one way researchers can use networks to analyze and present ethnographic interview data. The authors suggest that because many respondents know one anoth…
Analyzing the Military's Role in Producing Air Toxics Disparities in the United States
The negative environmental, health, and social effects arising from U.S. military action in communities both domestically and abroad suggest that the military represents an understudied institutional source of environmental injustice. Moreover, scholars and activists have long argued that the state is an active or a tacit contributor to environmental inequality, thus providing an opportunity to link U.S. military activity with approaches to the s…
The Global Trade in E-Waste
Electronic waste trade is a global environmental injustice issue. Electronic waste is composed of precious metals, making its recycling and reuse economically viable. Yet, it contains hazardous components that threaten the health of ecosystems and human communities. This study uses social network analysis to analyze international trade in environmental context, specifically the global trade in electronic waste. While previous quantitative analyse…
Appraising Sociological Approaches to Ecologically Unequal Exchange
Ecologically unequal exchange has enjoyed several decades of rich theoretical and empirical scholarship. Quantitative assessments of the theory in sociology typically sample lower income nations to see whether more trading to high income nations contributes to environmental problems in the former. In this paper, we explore ecologically unequal exchange theory, as well as related traditions, to draw attention to how these theories develop relation…
How Robust Are Social Structural Predictors of Carbon Dioxide Emissions? A Multiverse Analysis
Due to the many plausible decisions researchers can make during the scientific process, varying results can be obtained to research questions. In the environmental sociological literature, key theories and findings highlight how modernization, militarization, demographic factors, and globalization and trade influence carbon dioxide emissions. We use multiverse analysis to address how robust central findings in this literature are to model specifi…
Not in our water!“
Mobilizing Covid-19 Science
While there are many uncertainties about the ensuing COVID-19 pandemic, scientific mobilization that integrates knowledge from across the wide-ranging intersection of applicable expertise will optimize our response strategy. As we continue to coordinate these efforts, sociological contributions can continue to identify improved social coordination opportunities, even while practicing social distancing
The Global Trade in E-Waste
Electronic waste trade is a global environmental injustice issue. Electronic waste is composed of precious metals, making its recycling and reuse economically viable. Yet, it contains hazardous components that threaten the health of ecosystems and human communities. This study uses social network analysis to analyze international trade in environmental context, specifically the global trade in electronic waste. While previous quantitative analyse…
Not in our water!“
Military as an Institution and Militarization as a Process
State reactions to Black Lives Matter demonstrations include heavily militarized domestic police responses and the deployment of the National Guard. These events place emphasis on understanding the U.S. military as an institution and militarization as a process; as well as their corresponding environmental justice (EJ) consequences. In this study, we integrate critical race theory, decolonial thought, carceral geography, and military and environm…
Rural Consciousness and Framing Environmental (In)Justice
Both rural regions and urban communities of color are often the target for unwanted land uses in the United States. However, although both types of communities will often organize resistance to the siting of environmentally hazardous facilities within their region, the frames that the activists use may differ dramatically. In this study, we examine a case study of environmental conflict over a proposed industrial hog farm in northern Wisconsin. W…
How Robust Are Social Structural Predictors of Carbon Dioxide Emissions? A Multiverse Analysis
Due to the many plausible decisions researchers can make during the scientific process, varying results can be obtained to research questions. In the environmental sociological literature, key theories and findings highlight how modernization, militarization, demographic factors, and globalization and trade influence carbon dioxide emissions. We use multiverse analysis to address how robust central findings in this literature are to model specifi…
Clouding climate science
A regional approach to militarized riskscapes
Recent advances in sociological appreciation of risk have culminated in the concept of riskscapes, which describe how the social, political, biophysical, and technological drivers of risk are embedded within different spaces in ways that can reinforce systemic inequities. The U.S. military has long been recognized as an important structural and institutional contributor to environmental problems and therefore potentially riskscapes. However, the …
Networked Participants, Networked Meanings
Researchers can use data visualization techniques to explore, analyze, and present data in new ways. Although quantitative data are visualized most often, recent innovations have brought attention to the potential benefits of visualizing qualitative data. In this article, the authors demonstrate one way researchers can use networks to analyze and present ethnographic interview data. The authors suggest that because many respondents know one anoth…
Appraising Sociological Approaches to Ecologically Unequal Exchange
Ecologically unequal exchange has enjoyed several decades of rich theoretical and empirical scholarship. Quantitative assessments of the theory in sociology typically sample lower income nations to see whether more trading to high income nations contributes to environmental problems in the former. In this paper, we explore ecologically unequal exchange theory, as well as related traditions, to draw attention to how these theories develop relation…
Analyzing the Military's Role in Producing Air Toxics Disparities in the United States
The negative environmental, health, and social effects arising from U.S. military action in communities both domestically and abroad suggest that the military represents an understudied institutional source of environmental injustice. Moreover, scholars and activists have long argued that the state is an active or a tacit contributor to environmental inequality, thus providing an opportunity to link U.S. military activity with approaches to the s…
Searching for Higher Ground
Due to land loss from sea level rise, subsidence, and hurricanes, coastal Louisiana residents face decisions about whether and how to move to live more securely. These (seemingly) biophysical processes are compounded by sociocultural evolution and technological progress, which often make rural people and communities feel devalued. Using these observations as a background, we ask: how do disaster-related migration strategies correspond to broader …
From anti-reflexive politicization to anti-reflexive policies
Renewable energy investment and development are necessary, if insufficient, parts of any climate policy agenda. Scaling up renewable energy projects to the level needed to impact greenhouse gas emissions, particularly wind and solar projects, takes up large amounts of space. As such, the rural United States may be uniquely positioned to benefit from an energy transition because of its plethora of land well-suited to host large-scale solar and win…
Off the rails
The train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio resulted in extensive air and water pollution to communities near and far. Many news reports detailed the burning of vinyl chloride that posed serious threats to air quality and health risks to nearby residents. At the same time, East Palestine and surrounding communities suffer the limited economic opportunities that have accompanied deindustrialization and globalization. As a consequence, one might c…
Sociology (11 obras) · Political science (9 obras) · Geography (7 obras) · Environmental justice (6 obras) · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (6 obras) · Law (6 obras) · Ecology (5 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Context (archaeology (4 obras) · Politics (4 obras)