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{{short description|British political scientist}}
'''Susan Baker''' is a Professor in the School of Social Sciences and co-director of the Sustainable Places Research Institute at [[Cardiff University]].<ref name=Newbook>{{cite news|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/143801-new-book-from-sustainable-places-co-director-susan-baker|title=New Book from Sustainable Places Co-director Susan Baker|publisher=Cardiff University|date=30 September 2015|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref> Her research concerns environmental governance in the European Union and [[ecofeminism]], gender and the environment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/38140-baker-susan#tab-research|title=Professor Susan Baker: Research|publisher=Cardiff University|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref>
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'''Susan Baker''' (born 9 October 1955) is a [[Emeritus|Professor Emerita]] in the School of Social Sciences and former co-director of the Sustainable Places Research Institute at [[Cardiff University]].<ref name=Newbook>{{cite news|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/143801-new-book-from-sustainable-places-co-director-susan-baker|title=New Book from Sustainable Places Co-director Susan Baker|publisher=Cardiff University|date=30 September 2015|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=Profile/> Her research concerns environmental governance in the European Union and [[ecofeminism]], gender and the environment.<ref name=Profile>{{cite web|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/38140-baker-susan#tab-research|title=Professor Susan Baker: Research|publisher=Cardiff University|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref>


==Biography==
Baker was born in [[Loughlinstown]], Ireland and moved to [[Cork (city)|Cork]] as a child. She studied philosophy and economics at [[University College Cork]]. After completing an MA and working in the United States and [[Galway]], she won a government scholarship to study for a PhD in political science at the [[European University Institute]] (EUI) in Florence. Baker completed her PhD thesis, on "Dependency, ideology and the industrial policy of Fianna Fail in Ireland, 1958-1972", in 1987, and it was examined by [[Philippe C. Schmitter|Philippe Schmitter]], [[Paul Bew]], [[Jean Blondel]] and James Wickam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/5203|title=Dependency, ideology and the industrial policy of Fianna Fail in Ireland, 1958-1972|publisher=European University Institute|accessdate=1 June 2017}}</ref> She subsequently lectured at [[Ulster University]] in Belfast for six years, and then took up a post at [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]], before moving to Cardiff. In 2001{{ndash}}02, she held a Jean Monnet Fellowship at the EUI's Robert Schuman Centre.<ref name=IrishTimes>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/taking-her-palce-at-the-swedish-royal-court-1.353660|title=Taking her palce at the Swedish Royal Court|work=Irish Times|date=27 March 2003|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=Forskning>{{cite news|url=http://www.forskning.se/2002/12/03/kunglig-miljoprofessur-till-umea-universitet/|title=Kunglig miljöprofessur till Umeå universitet|publisher=Forskning.se|date=3 December 2002|accessdate=5 June 2017}}</ref> Baker became the first woman to be appointed to a [[King Carl XVI Gustaf Professorship in Environmental Science]] in 2003, spending the 2003{{ndash}}04 academic year visiting [[Umeå University]] while she held the award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/appointments/174595.article|title=Appointments|work=Times Higher Education|date=7 February 2003|accessdate=3 June 2017}}</ref><ref name=IrishTimes/><ref name=Forskning/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/news/newsdetailpage/royal-guest-professors-invited-to-unique-environmental-symposium-in-stockholm.cid185612|title=Royal guest professors invited to unique environmental symposium in Stockholm|publisher=Umeå University|date=21 March 2012|accessdate=1 June 2017}}</ref> In January 2013, she was elected as a Fellow of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/46709-international-honour-for-advancing-environmental-social-science-research|title=International honour for advancing environmental social science research|publisher=Cardiff University|date=25 February 2013|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ksla.se/senaste-nytt/nyheter/nya-ledamoter-allm-avd-2013/?hilite=susan+baker|title=KSLA välkomnar nya ledamöter i Allmänna avdelningen|publisher=Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry|date=6 December 2012|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref>
Baker was born in [[Loughlinstown]], Ireland and moved to [[Cork (city)|Cork]] as a child. She studied philosophy and economics at [[University College Cork]]. After completing an MA and working in the United States and [[Galway]], she won a government scholarship to study for a PhD in political science at the [[European University Institute]] (EUI) in Florence.<ref name=IrishTimes/> Baker completed her PhD thesis, on "Dependency, ideology and the industrial policy of Fianna Fail in Ireland, 1958&ndash;1972", in 1987, and it was examined by [[Philippe C. Schmitter|Philippe Schmitter]], [[Paul Bew]], [[Jean Blondel]] and James Wickam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/5203|title=Dependency, ideology and the industrial policy of Fianna Fail in Ireland, 1958&ndash;1972|publisher=European University Institute|accessdate=1 June 2017}}</ref> She subsequently lectured at [[Ulster University]] in Belfast for six years, and then took up a post at [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]], before moving to Cardiff. In 2001{{ndash}}02, she held a Jean Monnet Fellowship at the EUI's Robert Schuman Centre.<ref name=IrishTimes>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/taking-her-palce-at-the-swedish-royal-court-1.353660|title=Taking her palce <nowiki>[sic]</nowiki> at the Swedish Royal Court|work=Irish Times|date=27 March 2003|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref><ref name=Forskning>{{cite news|url=http://www.forskning.se/2002/12/03/kunglig-miljoprofessur-till-umea-universitet/|title=Kunglig miljöprofessur till Umeå universitet|publisher=Forskning.se|date=3 December 2002|accessdate=5 June 2017}}</ref> Baker became the first woman to be appointed to a [[King Carl XVI Gustaf Professorship in Environmental Science]] in 2003, spending the 2003{{ndash}}04 academic year visiting [[Umeå University]] while she held the award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/appointments/174595.article|title=Appointments|work=Times Higher Education|date=7 February 2003|accessdate=3 June 2017}}</ref><ref name=IrishTimes/><ref name=Forskning/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/news/newsdetailpage/royal-guest-professors-invited-to-unique-environmental-symposium-in-stockholm.cid185612|title=Royal guest professors invited to unique environmental symposium in Stockholm|publisher=Umeå University|date=21 March 2012|accessdate=1 June 2017}}</ref> In January 2013, she was elected as a Fellow of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/46709-international-honour-for-advancing-environmental-social-science-research|title=International honour for advancing environmental social science research|publisher=Cardiff University|date=25 February 2013|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ksla.se/senaste-nytt/nyheter/nya-ledamoter-allm-avd-2013/?hilite=susan+baker|title=KSLA välkomnar nya ledamöter i Allmänna avdelningen|publisher=Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry|date=6 December 2012|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref>


Baker co-edited the book ''In Pursuit of Sustainable Development: New Governance Practices at the Sub-national Level in Europe'' (Routledge, 2008) with Katarina Eckerberg,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stockholmresilience.org/publications/artiklar/2009-12-22-in-pursuit-of-sustainable-development-new-governance-at-the-sub-national-level-in-europe.html|title=In pursuit of sustainable development: New governance at the sub-national level in Europe|publisher=Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref> and is the author of ''Sustainable Development'', which is part of the Routledge Introductions to Environment Series and was published in its second edition in 2015.<ref name=Newbook/> She delivered [[Keynote|keynote lectures]] at the Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference in 1999 and 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ness2013.ku.dk/history/title=History of the NESS Conferences|publisher=Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference 2013, University of Copenhagen|accessdate=5 June 2017}}</ref>
Baker co-edited the book ''In Pursuit of Sustainable Development: New Governance Practices at the Sub-national Level in Europe'' (Routledge, 2008) with Katarina Eckerberg,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stockholmresilience.org/publications/artiklar/2009-12-22-in-pursuit-of-sustainable-development-new-governance-at-the-sub-national-level-in-europe.html|title=In pursuit of sustainable development: New governance at the sub-national level in Europe|publisher=Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref> and is the author of ''Sustainable Development'', which is part of the Routledge Introductions to Environment Series and was published in its second edition in 2015.<ref name=Newbook/> She delivered [[Keynote|keynote lectures]] at the Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference in 1999 and 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ness2013.ku.dk/history/|title=History of the NESS Conferences|publisher=Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference 2013, University of Copenhagen|accessdate=5 June 2017}}</ref>


Baker is married to Sean Loughlin, an Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University. The couple met while studying at the EUI and have a daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://life.eui.eu/sean-loughlin-sps-82-looks-back.html|title=Sean Loughlin (SPS '82) looks back|first=Jacqueline|last=Gordon|publisher=European University Institute|date=22 June 2016|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref>
Baker is married to Sean Loughlin, an Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University. The couple met while studying at the EUI and have a daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://life.eui.eu/sean-loughlin-sps-82-looks-back.html|title=Sean Loughlin (SPS '82) looks back|first=Jacqueline|last=Gordon|publisher=European University Institute|date=22 June 2016|accessdate=31 May 2017}}</ref>
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*[https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/38140-baker-susan Cardiff University profile page]
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Susan Baker (born 9 October 1955) is a Professor Emerita in the School of Social Sciences and former co-director of the Sustainable Places Research Institute at Cardiff University.[1][2] Her research concerns environmental governance in the European Union and ecofeminism, gender and the environment.[2]

Biography[edit]

Baker was born in Loughlinstown, Ireland and moved to Cork as a child. She studied philosophy and economics at University College Cork. After completing an MA and working in the United States and Galway, she won a government scholarship to study for a PhD in political science at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence.[3] Baker completed her PhD thesis, on "Dependency, ideology and the industrial policy of Fianna Fail in Ireland, 1958–1972", in 1987, and it was examined by Philippe Schmitter, Paul Bew, Jean Blondel and James Wickam.[4] She subsequently lectured at Ulster University in Belfast for six years, and then took up a post at Erasmus University Rotterdam, before moving to Cardiff. In 2001–02, she held a Jean Monnet Fellowship at the EUI's Robert Schuman Centre.[3][5] Baker became the first woman to be appointed to a King Carl XVI Gustaf Professorship in Environmental Science in 2003, spending the 2003–04 academic year visiting Umeå University while she held the award.[6][3][5][7] In January 2013, she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry.[8][9]

Baker co-edited the book In Pursuit of Sustainable Development: New Governance Practices at the Sub-national Level in Europe (Routledge, 2008) with Katarina Eckerberg,[10] and is the author of Sustainable Development, which is part of the Routledge Introductions to Environment Series and was published in its second edition in 2015.[1] She delivered keynote lectures at the Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference in 1999 and 2007.[11]

Baker is married to Sean Loughlin, an Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University. The couple met while studying at the EUI and have a daughter.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "New Book from Sustainable Places Co-director Susan Baker". Cardiff University. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Professor Susan Baker: Research". Cardiff University. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Taking her palce [sic] at the Swedish Royal Court". Irish Times. 27 March 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Dependency, ideology and the industrial policy of Fianna Fail in Ireland, 1958–1972". European University Institute. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Kunglig miljöprofessur till Umeå universitet". Forskning.se. 3 December 2002. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Appointments". Times Higher Education. 7 February 2003. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Royal guest professors invited to unique environmental symposium in Stockholm". Umeå University. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  8. ^ "International honour for advancing environmental social science research". Cardiff University. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  9. ^ "KSLA välkomnar nya ledamöter i Allmänna avdelningen". Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  10. ^ "In pursuit of sustainable development: New governance at the sub-national level in Europe". Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  11. ^ "History of the NESS Conferences". Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference 2013, University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  12. ^ Gordon, Jacqueline (22 June 2016). "Sean Loughlin (SPS '82) looks back". European University Institute. Retrieved 31 May 2017.

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