Victor Galaz

Victor Galaz is Associate Professor in Political Science, Programme Director of the Beijer Institute’s Governance, Technology and Complexity programme, and Deputy Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre (Stockholm University).

His research explores governance challenges created by rapid global change, including globally networked risks, governance dimensions of “planetary boundaries”, the interplay between financial systems and Earth system dynamics, and the sustainability implications of novel technologies. His work about societal challenges created by technological change includes governance dimensions of geo-engineering, early warning systems of epidemic outbreaks, uses of social media to detect ecological change, online mis- and disinformation on environmental issues, and sustainability risks embedded in early applications of artificial intelligence. He also coordinates the new initiative “AI, People & Planet” together with Stockholm Resilience Centre, and Princeton University’s research on Global Systemic Risks (PIIRS). Victor Galaz is also the author of the book “Global Environmental Governance, Technology and Politics : The Anthropocene Gap” (Edward Elgar, UK/US, 2014), and editor of “Global Challenges, Governance, and Complexity Applications and Frontiers” (Edward Elgar, UK/US, 2019).