Nicolas Graham is a postdoctoral fellow in the department of sociology, serving as the research coordinator for UBC’s Climate Disinformation and Obstructionism Research Cluster. His research focuses on the political economy of decarbonization and energy transition and seeks to understand the forces and actors enabling and obstructing effective and just climate action. Current research focuses on two streams.

1. Climate obstruction. This work addresses organized efforts to prevent, delay, and circumvent robust action on climate change, with a focus on Canada and the United States. My research examines the economic organization and political-cultural influence of the fossil fuel sector, including via political lobbying, public relations campaigns, and the institutional embedding of fossil fuel interests within research and innovation organizations. I also study conservative think-tank and advocacy networks and their role in obstructing climate action and policy.
2. Competing projects and frameworks for climate action. This research examines different approaches to climate action in Canada. One strand focuses on ‘green growth’ as a dominant framework for climate action, analyzing the policy-planning networks and discourses that support it. I also study Canada’s environmental movement, examining movement strategy and political capacity to influence climate action.