Scott Frickel

Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

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Scott Frickel

Director of Research - IBES, Professor of Environment and Society & Sociology

Scott_Frickel@brown.edu

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Research Profile

Research Interests Environment-society interactions, Experts and knowledge/ignorance, Social movements, Social theory, Risk and disaster, Urbanization

Recent News

The Brown Daily Herald

What Brown experts, RI officials think about the EPA’s planned climate rollbacks

April 4, 2025

IBES Professors Kim Cobb, Scott Frickel, and Meredith Hastings offered commentary for this article, condemning the rollback of federal environmental oversight.

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The New York Times

Hit by ‘Gut Punches,’ Scientists Band Together to Protest Trump

March 6, 2025

IBES and Sociology Professor Scott Frickel offered commentary about the tradition of science activism.

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STAT

Trump’s first term birthed the March for Science. Where are the science activists now?

January 31, 2025

IBES and Sociology Professor Scott Frickel offered commentary about science organizing and activism.

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The Brown Daily Herald

‘Students built this’: IBES celebrates 10th anniversary

October 7, 2024

IBES faculty, students, and alumni discussed the institute's rich history and what lies ahead.

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News from Brown

IBES at 10: A decade of innovative research and teaching in environment and society

October 4, 2024

Founded in 2014, the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society has become a leader in producing boundary-breaking, solutions-driven research while educating the next generation of environmental leaders.

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News from Brown

Faculty at Brown earn prominent awards, distinctions in 2023

January 9, 2024

Over the last year, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown faculty for their research, scholarship and leadership.

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