Charles Parker
Professor at Department of Government; Faculty
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 33 09
- E-mail:
- Charles.Parker@statsvet.uu.se
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- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA - Available:
- Gamla torget 2
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- ORCID:
- 0000-0003-0407-3939
Short presentation
Charles Parker is Professor of Political Science and chair of the board for CNDS. He has published extensively on climate change politics, leadership, EU civil protection cooperation, crisis management success and failure, and whether disruptive disasters can contribute to meaningful policy action. His most recent publications are “The Trump Administration and the COVID-19 crisis” and “Exploring disaster impacts on adaptation actions in 549 cities worldwide.” He is on Bluesky @charlesparker.bsky
Keywords
- climate change
- crisis management
- international relations
- european union
- natural hazards
- global environmental politics
- public administration
- civil protection
- terrorism
- policy reform
- hurricane katrina
- paris climate agreement
- sustainable developement

Publications
Selection of publications
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Part of Public Administration, p. 616-632, 2022
- DOI for The Trump Administration and the COVID-19 crisis: Exploring the warning-response problems and missed opportunities of a public health emergency
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Part of Nature Communications, 2021
- DOI for Exposure to natural hazard events unassociated with policy change for improved disaster risk reduction
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Collaborative crisis management: A plausibility probe of core assumptions
Part of Policy & Society, p. 510-529, 2020
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The effectiveness of national and EU-level civil protection systems: evidence from 17 member states
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 1312-1334, 2019
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Part of Environmental Politics, p. 519-540, 2018
- DOI for The UN climate change negotiations and the role of the United States: Assessing American leadership from Copenhagen to Paris
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Part of Journal of European Integration, p. 239-252, 2017
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Part of Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography, p. 97-108, 2015
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Part of International Relations, p. 434-454, 2015
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Fragmented Climate Change Leadership: Making Sense of the Ambiguous Outcome of COP-15
Part of Environmental Politics, p. 268-286, 2012
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Climate Change and the European Union’s Leadership Moment: An Inconvenient Truth?
Part of Journal of Common Market Studies, p. 923-943, 2010
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Part of Foreign Policy Analysis, p. 301-331, 2005
Recent publications
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Assessing the myth of disaster risk reduction in the wake of catastrophic floods
Part of npj Natural Hazards, 2024
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Part of European Journal of International Security, p. 263-280, 2024
- DOI for The EU’s evolving leadership role in an age of geopolitics: Beyond normative and market power in the Indo-Pacific
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Revisiting the role of disasters in climate policy-making
Part of Climate Policy, p. 428-439, 2024
- DOI for Revisiting the role of disasters in climate policy-making
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Exploring disaster impacts on adaptation actions in 549 cities worldwide
Part of Nature Communications, 2022
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Disaster risk reduction and the limits of truisms: Improving the knowledge and practice interface
Part of International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2022
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Assessing the myth of disaster risk reduction in the wake of catastrophic floods
Part of npj Natural Hazards, 2024
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Part of European Journal of International Security, p. 263-280, 2024
- DOI for The EU’s evolving leadership role in an age of geopolitics: Beyond normative and market power in the Indo-Pacific
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Revisiting the role of disasters in climate policy-making
Part of Climate Policy, p. 428-439, 2024
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Exploring disaster impacts on adaptation actions in 549 cities worldwide
Part of Nature Communications, 2022
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Disaster risk reduction and the limits of truisms: Improving the knowledge and practice interface
Part of International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2022
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Part of Public Administration, p. 616-632, 2022
- DOI for The Trump Administration and the COVID-19 crisis: Exploring the warning-response problems and missed opportunities of a public health emergency
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Part of Nature Communications, 2021
- DOI for Exposure to natural hazard events unassociated with policy change for improved disaster risk reduction
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Collaborative crisis management: A plausibility probe of core assumptions
Part of Policy & Society, p. 510-529, 2020
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Understanding Collaboration: Introducing the Collaborative Governance Case Databank
Part of Policy & Society, p. 495-509, 2020
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Part of European Union Politics, p. 629-648, 2019
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The effectiveness of national and EU-level civil protection systems: evidence from 17 member states
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 1312-1334, 2019
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An Integrative Research Framework to Unravel the Interplay of Natural Hazards and Vulnerabilities
Part of Earth's Future, p. 305-310, 2018
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Managing Crisis Collaboratively: Prospects and Problems: A SystematicLiterature Review
Part of Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, p. 257-271, 2018
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Part of Environmental Politics, p. 519-540, 2018
- DOI for The UN climate change negotiations and the role of the United States: Assessing American leadership from Copenhagen to Paris
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The European Union as a global climate leader: confronting aspiration with evidence
Part of International Environmental Agreements, p. 445-461, 2017
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Social trust, impartial administration and public confidence in EU crisis management institutions
Part of Public Administration, p. 97-114, 2017
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Part of Journal of European Integration, p. 239-252, 2017
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Part of Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography, p. 97-108, 2015
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Part of International Relations, p. 434-454, 2015
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The Legitimacy of Leadership in International Climate Change Negotiations
Part of Ambio, p. 46-55, 2012
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Fragmented Climate Change Leadership: Making Sense of the Ambiguous Outcome of COP-15
Part of Environmental Politics, p. 268-286, 2012
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Part of Global Environmental Politics, p. 89-107, 2011
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Institutional and Political Leadership Dimensions of Cascading Ecological Crises
Part of Public Administration, p. 361-380, 2011
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Climate Change and the European Union’s Leadership Moment: An Inconvenient Truth?
Part of Journal of Common Market Studies, p. 923-943, 2010
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Att leda eller inte leda?: USA och den globala klimatpolitiken
Part of Internationella studier, p. 25-31, 2009
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Transatlantiskt ledarskap i Köpenhamn - dröm eller verklighet?
Part of Internationella studier, p. 79-88, 2009
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Preventable Catastrophe? The Hurricane Katrina Disaster Revisited
Part of Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, p. 206-220, 2009
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Bortom Kyoto: vad vill EU? Vad kan EU?
Part of Internationella Studier, p. 4-11, 2008
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När ett land blottar strupen...: Fem år efter 11 september
Part of Internationella Studier, 2006
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Part of Foreign Policy Analysis, p. 301-331, 2005
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Blindsided? September 11 and the Origins of Strategic Surprise
Part of Political Psychology, p. 601-630, 2002
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Kärnprov stoppas trots Indiens nej
Part of Samhällsmagasinet Epok, p. 30-31, 1996
Books
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Palgrave Macmillan, 2019
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Swedish Institute of International Affairs, 1998
Chapters in book
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Guardian of Climate Science
Part of Guardians of Public Value, p. 295-321, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021
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Avoiding the Failures of Collaborative Crisis Management: Lessons from Research and Practice
Part of Collaborative Crisis Management, p. 119-131, Routledge, 2020
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Part of Great Policy Successes, p. 304-322, Oxford University Press, 2019
- DOI for Healing the Ozone Layer: The Montreal Protocol and the Lessons and Limits of a Global Governance Success Story
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The EU’s civilian crisis management capacity and the challenge of trust
Part of The European Union, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018
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Jerry Brown and the Triumph of Leadership: Leadership Capital and the Financial Rescue of California
Part of The Leadership Capital Index, p. 101-120, Oxford University Press, 2017
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EU:s civila krishanteringsförmåga och tillitens utmaningar
Part of EU och de nya säkerhetshoten, p. 111-140, Santérus Förlag, 2016
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Part of Research Handbook on Climate Governance, p. 191-201, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015
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Leadership and international cooperation
Part of The Oxford Handbook of Political Leadership, p. 580-594, Oxford University Press, 2014
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Part of Disaster and Development, p. 235-253, Springer, 2014
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Agents, structures and international regime significance
Part of Rethinking Foreign Policy, p. 95-106, Routledge, 2013
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Hurricane Katrina: The Complex Origins of a Mega-Disaster
Part of Mega Crises, p. 51-65, Charles C. Thomas Publisher Ltd., 2012
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Part of International Encyclopedia of Political Science, p. 367-370, Sage Publications, 2011
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Part of Ethics and Crisis Management, p. 183-198, Information Age Publishing, 2011
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Part of Internationella relationer, p. 363-381, Studentlitteratur, 2009
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Blindsided: September 11 and the Origins of Strategic Surprise
Part of Crisis management, p. 142-167, Sage Publications, 2008
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Unionens kamp för klimatet: en obekväm sanning
Part of EU och den globala klimatfrågan, p. 21-50, Santérus Förlag, 2008
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September 11 and post crisis investigation: exploring the role and impact of the 9/11 commission
Part of Governing after crisis, p. 255-282, Cambridge University Press, 2008
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Part of Internationella relationer, p. 357-374, Studentlitteratur, 2006
Conference papers
Reports
Other
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Part of Internationella Studier, p. 79-83, 2003
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Part of Cooperation and Conflict, p. 97-106, 1999
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Part of Cooperation and Conflict: The Nordic Journal of International Studies, p. 433-441, 1996