Joshua Gellers

I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Florida, Fulbright Scholar to Sri Lanka, Research Fellow of the Earth System Governance Project, and Core Team Member of the Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and the Environment. At UNF, I received the 2016-17 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award and 2018-19 Outstanding International Leadership Award. In 2020, I was named the Green Teacher of the Year (Higher Education) by the U.S. Green Building Council Florida, Northeast Florida Region. My research, which focuses on environmental politics, rights, and technology, has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and cited in several UN reports: UNDP (2014), UNDP (2015), UNEP (2017), UNGA (2018), UNEP (2019), UNESCAP (2019), and UN (2019). I am the author of The Global Emergence of Constitutional Environmental Rights (Routledge 2017) and Rights for Robots: Artificial Intelligence, Animal and Environmental Law (Routledge 2020). I hold a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Florida, an M.A. in Climate and Society from Columbia University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from UC Irvine. I run Enviro Rights Map, a Google Maps-based catalogue of environmental rights around the world.

Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Irvine

… → 2014

M.A., Political Science, University of California, Irvine

… → 2009

M.A., Climate and Society, Columbia University

… → 2007

B.A., Political Science, University of Florida

… → 2005

An inconvenient reflection on human rights: Comments on Choi-Fitzpatrick’s article, “Disruption and Emergence”
Gellers, J. C., May 26 2024, In: Journal of Human Rights. 23, 3, p. 314-319 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cultivating Ecocentric Machines: Changing the Direction of the Anthropocentric Lineage in Intelligent Machines
Broo, D. G., Gellers, J. C. & Satra, H. S., 2024, 2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems, ICPS 2024. (2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems, ICPS 2024).
Research output: Chapter or Contribution to Book › Literary contribution
Not Ecological Enough: A Commentary on an Eco-Relational Approach in Robot Ethics
Gellers, J. C., Apr 27 2024, In: Philosophy and Technology. 37, 2, 59.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Commentary/debate › peer-review
Re-imagining intelligent machines in an anthropocentric-ecocentric continuum: The case for ecocentric intelligent machines
Broo, D. G., Gellers, J. C. & Sætra, H. S., Sep 2024, In: Journal of Industrial Information Integration. 41, p. 100636 100636.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The matter with subjects of justice
Gellers, J. C., Mar 26 2024, In: Environmental Politics.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Commentary/debate › peer-review

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