Christopher Gore PhD

Christopher Gore is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration. He holds a PhD and MA in Political Science and Environmental Studies (Toronto), and an BScEnv (Guelph). Chris’ research focuses on the multilevel politics of urban and environmental issues. He has conducted extensive research in East Africa and Canada. Chris' recent and current work in East Africa has focused on urban food security; energy provision and climate change; natural resource governance; and infrastructure access and provision. His past work in Canada has focused on municipal responses to climate change, with current attention to small-scale agriculture and energy provision.

Select Publications

Gore. C. (2017). Electricity in Africa. The Politics of Transformation in Uganda. Suffolk, UK: James Currey.

Gore, C. (2015). Climate Change Adaptation and African Cities: Understanding the Impact of Government and Governance on Future Action. In The Urban Climate Challenge: Rethinking the Role of Cities in the Global Climate Regime, ed. Craig Johnson, Noah Toly, and Heike Schroeder, 205-226. New York: Routledge.

Schnurr, M. & Gore, C. Getting to 'Yes'. Governing Genetically Modified Crops in Uganda. Journal of International Development, 27, pp. 55-72.

Robinson, P. & Gore, C. (2015). Municipal climate reporting: Gaps in monitoring and implications for governance and action. Envrionment and Planning C: Governance and Policy, 33, pp. 1058-1075.

Gore, C. (2008). Healthy Urban Food Production and Local Government. In D. Cole, D. Lee-Smith, & G. Nasinyama (Eds.), Healthy City Harvests: Generating Evidence to Guide Policy on Urban Agriculture (49-65). Lima, Peru: CIP/Urban Harvest and Makerere University Press.

Updated January 2018