# Ken Conca

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'''Ken Conca''' is an American professor of [international relations](/source/international_relations) specializing in global [environmental politics](/source/environmental_politics),<ref name="Wilson">{{cite web |title=Ken Conca |url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/ken-conca |website=www.wilsoncenter.org |access-date=8 May 2025 |language=en |date=17 August 2016}}</ref> including peacebuilding, water politics and governance, and the [United Nations](/source/United_Nations).<ref>{{cite web |title=Ken Conca |url=https://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/person/ken-conca/ |website=Earth System Governance |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref> Since 2010, he has worked at the Department of Environment, Development & Health, at the [School of
International Service](/source/American_University_School_of_International_Service) of the [American University](/source/American_University) in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) He is the author of multiple award winning books,<ref>{{cite web |title=Ken Conca {{!}} SESYNC |url=https://www.sesync.org/about-us/people/ken-conca |website=www.sesync.org |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref> and has received numerous awards for his teaching and service at American University. He is also known for helping to initiate the [environmental peacebuilding](/source/environmental_peacebuilding) field, together with co-author [Geoff Dabelko](/source/Geoff_Dabelko).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hegazi |first1=Farah |title=Environmental Peacebuilding and Sustainable Peace |url=https://peacenews.com/environmental-peacebuilding-and-sustainable-peace/ |website=Peace News Network |access-date=8 May 2025 |date=20 July 2023}}</ref>

== Education ==

Conca studied [geological Science](/source/geology) at [Brown University](/source/Brown_University), and completed his undergraduate degree in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |title=Class of 1982 |url=https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/classes/class-of-1982 |website=www.brownalumnimagazine.com |access-date=8 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> He then obtained an MS at the [University of Wisconsin-Madison](/source/University_of_Wisconsin-Madison), and a PhD from the [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley).<ref>{{cite web |title=Professor |url=https://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/conca.cfm |website=American University |access-date=8 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==

* 2003 [Harold & Margaret Sprout Award](/source/Harold_%26_Margaret_Sprout_Award) of the [International Studies Association](/source/International_Studies_Association) for his co-authored book "Confronting Consumption"<ref name="HMSA">{{cite web |title=Harold & Margaret Sprout Award |url=https://www.isanet.org/Programs/Awards/Harold-Margaret-Sprout |website=www.isanet.org |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref>
* 2006 Chadwick F. Alger Prize of the International Studies Association for his book "Governing Water: Contentious Transnational Politics and Global Institution Building"<ref>{{cite web |title=Chadwick Alger Prize [IO] |url=https://www.isanet.org/Programs/Awards/Chadwick-Alger |website=www.isanet.org}}</ref>
* 2006 Harold & Margaret Sprout Award for his book "Governing Water: Contentious Transnational Politics and Global Institution Building"<ref name="HMSA" />
* 2006 Elmer Plischke Faculty Research Award in Political Science{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}
* 2018 Al-Moumin Award (and distinguished lecture) together with Geoff Dabelko "for their outstanding contributions to environmental peacebuilding" from the Environmental Peacebuilding Association<ref>{{cite web |title=Al-Moumin Lectures - Environmental Peacebuilding |url=https://www.environmentalpeacebuilding.org/events/al-moumin-lectures/show/eventitem-467 |access-date=8 May 2025 |date=6 June 2024 |archive-date=6 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606032531/https://www.environmentalpeacebuilding.org/events/al-moumin-lectures/show/eventitem-467 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* 2021 [Grawemeyer Award](/source/Grawemeyer_Award) winner for "Ideas Improving World Order" for his book "An Unfinished Foundation: The United Nations and Global Environmental Governance"<ref>{{cite web |title=UN must rethink its approach to environmental problems |url=http://grawemeyer.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/UN-must-rethink-its-approach-to-environmental-problems.pdf |website=Grawemeyer Announcement Ken Conca |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

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* [https://www.american.edu/uploads/docs/concacvupdatedseptember2024.pdf Ken Conca's] [Curriculum Vitae](/source/Curriculum_Vitae)
* [https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2024/03/thought-leaders-and-frontline-workers-in-environmental-peacebuilding-an-oral-history-dr-ken-conca-and-dr-geoff-dabelko/ Podcast interview] on environmental peacebuilding, with Ken Conca and Geoff Dabelko

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