Amanda Machin (uk)

Amanda Machin is acting Professor of International Political Studies at the University of Witten/Herdecke in Germany. Her research focuses upon the politics of climate, citizenship, nationalism and embodiment and she is particularly intrigued by the implications of the recent diagnosis of the Anthropocene for models and institutions of democracy. She has published in journals such as Environmental Politics, Environmental Values and Democratic Theory and her books include Against Political Compromise: Sustaining Democratic Debate (Routledge 2017, co-authored with Alexander Ruser) and Negotiating Climate Change: Radical Democracy and the Illusion of Consensus (Zed Books, 2013).