I am an Assistant Professor in Environmental Politics at the American University in Paris, where I work and teach on climate and environmental politics, social movements and critical theory. Prior to joining AUP, I received my Ph.D. from Columbia University and served as the Junior Director of the Columbia Climate School Earth Network on Decarbonization, Climate Resilience and Climate Justice. This network connects researchers across the social sciences, natural sciencies and humanities working on themes related to climate justice and is funded by a Columbia Climate School grant.

My research focuses on the political influence of environmental movements at a time of climate crisis. In a book project, titled Climate Action, Movements and Political Change, I study how youth climate movements redefine the meaning of climate justice and push for political change from the ground up. I am also the lead-editor of the volume Climate Justice Now! - Crossing Disciplines to Combat Our Planetary Crisis under contract with Columbia University Press. In addition to my book projects, I have broader interests in contemporary political thought and political theology.

My academic work has been published in the Journal of Political Theology and Constellations, and is forthcoming in Polity. Occassionally, I write public scholarship (in Spanish) for magazines such as Foreign Affairs Latin America and Revista Común.

You can email me at rmarwege@aup.edu, and visit my academia.edu page here.