Dabelko Research Group

The DRG is a group of students, faculty, and staff at Ohio University conducting applied research and engaging practitioners on issues of environmental peacebuilding, climate and security, and Age-Friendly and climate resilient communities.

About Us

Research

Featured Research Areas

Through collaborative applied research and engagement with practitioners, Geoff Dabelko and members of the Dabelko Research Group to collaborate with many leading scholars and practitioners in the United States and around the world. These efforts focus on pressing questions around environmental peacebuilding, climate and security, aging and climate change, and global environmental politics.

Environmental Peacebuilding

Investigating ways environment action can contribute to building peace.

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Climate and Security

Analyzing links between climate change and security.

Explore Climate and Security

Grey Green Alliance

Identifying connections between older adults, climate change and sustainability.

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Deepening Understanding

Highlighting Critical Perspectives

Geoff Dabelko and Ken Conca are working on the 7th edition of Green Planet Blues: Critical Perspectives on Global Environmental Politics. This edited volume features diverse perspectives from all quarters of the world to foster debate and understanding on pressing environmental challenges. Utilizing both well-established classics and new voices on emerging issues, Conca and Dabelko provide a foundational textbook for tackling environmental justice, security, and sustainability in the classroom.