Congratulations to Steven Bernstein who has been honoured with a School of Graduate Studies Supervision Award in recognition of his outstanding supervision and mentorship of graduate students. The JJ Berry Smith Doctoral Supervision Award recognizes excellence in supervision over a minimum 15-year period.
A distinguished professor of political science in the area of global environmental and sustainability governance, Professor Bernstein currently serves as the Chair of political science at UTM and is the co-director of the Environmental Governance Lab at the Faculty of Arts & Science. He also holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Copenhagen.
His research spans the areas of global governance and institutions, global environmental politics, international political economy, and policy studies. His publications include five authored or edited books and over 90 scholarly articles and book chapters. His current research projects investigate transformative policies and initiatives to achieve decarbonization, coherence and incoherence in global sustainability governance, and change and transformation in international relations and global environmental politics in theory and practice. He has supervised 17 doctoral students and served as a committee member or examiner for another 60 at U of T and other universities.
Professor Bernstein is extremely grateful to have had the opportunity to work with, learn from, and frequently collaborate with these incredibly talented and inspiring individuals saying: “Graduate supervision is the single most important, impactful and rewarding part of being a professor. It’s extremely gratifying to know I’ve supported and motivated the next generation of scholars. Selfishly, I also enjoy learning from them, as I frequently supervise students outside my immediate research interests. Often these relationships lead to longer-term collaborations that develop in unexpected and exciting ways.”
Congratulations Steven!