Oran Young

Oran Young is a political scientist, International Relations scholar and environmental researcher, specializing on institution, international cooperation, and global governance, especially in the Arctic region. His works encompasses collective choice and social institutions, and applied research dealing with issues related to global environmental governance.[1][2] He received the Mohr prize in 2024 for his work.[3]

Young holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, and a master's and PhD degree from Yale University. He is currently a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Bren School of Environmental Science of Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has been vocal on the needs to pay more geopolitical attention to the Arctic region.[3]

Career

In 2004, he served as a co-chair for the Arctic Human Development Report. He is a founding chair of the Committee on the Human Dimensions of Climate Change of the National Academy of Sciences. He also served as a founding co-chair of the Global Carbon Project. From 2005 to 2010, he served on the Scientific Committee of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change.[1][4]

Contributions

Young defines governance as a social function centered on steering societies toward desirable outcomes and away from collective tragedies, such as the Tragedy of the Commons. He argues that while governments are organizations that may fulfill this function, they are neither necessary nor sufficient for effective governance for occur. This perspective has allowed for a deeper exploration of "stateless" governance, particularly in international society and the Arctic region.[4]

Works

He authored more than 30 books in the past 40 years.[1]

  • Young, O. R. (2017). Governing Complex Sytems: Social Capital for the Anthropocene. The MIT Press. ISBN 9780262338899
  • Young, O. R. (2021). Grand Challenges of Planetary Governance: Global Order in Turbulent Times. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781802200713
  • Young, O. R. (2023). Addressing the Grand Challenges of Planetary Governance: The Future of the Global Political Order. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Young, O. R. (2024). Meeting the Grand Challenges of Planetary Governance: Is it Time for a Paradigm Shift? Environmental Policy and Law, 54(2–3), 79–87. doi:10.3233/EPL-239024

References

  1. ^ a b c "Oran Young". UC Santa Barbara - Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
  2. ^ "Oran Young | IDDRI". www.iddri.org. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
  3. ^ a b "Oran Young awarded the Mohn Prize 2024". International Arctic Science Committee (IASC). 2024. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
  4. ^ a b Drummond, José Augusto; Litre, Gabriela (2012). "Interview with Professor Oran R. Young:: "Dealing with the challenges of the Anthropocene will require substantial changes in the existing world order"". Sustainability in Debate (in Portuguese). 3 (2): 277–284. doi:10.18472/SustDeb.v3n2.2012.8138. ISSN 2179-9067.
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