Brannstrom, Christian
individual record
Professor and Associate Dean
Positions:
- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), Division of Research
- Professor and Associate Dean, Geography, College of Geosciences
overview
Dr. Brannstrom's research focuses on social and political aspects of renewable energy and unconventional fossil fuels in Texas. He also studies geographical dimensions of wind-power expansion in Brazil, where he has partnered with geographers at the Universidade Federal do Ceara'. He regularly hosts visiting scholars interested in theoretical and empirical dimensions of environmental governance. His work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society, Texas Sea Grant, the TAMU Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, and Brazilian funding agencies.
education and training
- Ph.D. in Geography, University of Wisconsin - Madison - (Madison, Wisconsin, United States) 1998
- M.S. in Geography, University of Wisconsin - Madison - (Madison, Wisconsin, United States) 1992
- A.B. in International Relations, University of California, Davis - (Davis, California, United States) 1990
selected publications
Academic Articles82
- G, D., Carvalho, R., Brannstrom, C., Gorayeb, A., & Da Silva, M. (2022). ANLISE SOCIOAMBIENTAL DO PROCESSO DE IMPLANTAO/OPERAO DE USINAS ELICAS NA RESERVA DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTVEL ESTADUAL PONTA DO TUBARO, MACAU/GUAMAR, RIO GRANDE DO NORTE BRASIL. Caminhos de Geografia. 23(85), 115-136.
- Brannstrom, C., & Gorayeb, A. (2022). Geographical Implications of Brazils Emerging Green Hydrogen Sector. Journal of Latin American Geography.
- Brannstrom, C., Leite, N. S., Lavoie, A., & Gorayeb, A. (2022). What explains the community acceptance of wind energy? Exploring benefits, consultation, and livelihoods in coastal Brazil. Energy Research & Social Science. 83, 102344-102344.
- Iribarnegaray, M. A., Sullivan, A., Rodriguez-Alvarez, M. S., Brannstrom, C., Seghezzo, L., & White, D. D. (2021). Identifying diverging sustainability meanings for water policy: a Q-method study in Phoenix, Arizona. Water Policy. 23(2), 291-309.
- Sneegas, G., Beckner, S., Brannstrom, C., Jepson, W., Lee, K., & Seghezzo, L. (2021). Using Q-methodology in environmental sustainability research: A bibliometric analysis and systematic review. Ecological Economics. 180, 106864-106864.
Chapters11
- Brannstrom, C., & Fry, M. (2017). The Routledge Research Companion to Energy Geographies. Bouzarovski, S., Pasqualetti, M. J., & Broto, V. C. (Eds.), The Routledge Research Companion to Energy Geographies. 17-31. Routledge.
- Jepson, W. E., & Brannstrom, C. (2016). Techno-nature and Scaling Water Governance in South Texas. Norman, E. S., Cook, C., & Cohen, A. (Eds.), Negotiating Water Governance Why the Politics of Scale Matter. 155-172. Ashgate Publishing.
- Brannstrom, C. (2012). Agriculture. Crocitti, J. J., & Vallance, M. M. (Eds.), Brazil Today An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic. 20-24. ABC-CLIO.
- Brannstrom, C. (2012). Cerrado. Crocitti, J. J., & Vallance, M. M. (Eds.), Brazil Today An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic. 142-145. ABC-CLIO.
- Brannstrom, C. (2012). Environmental movement. Crocitti, J. J., & Vallance, M. M. (Eds.), Brazil Today An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic. 221-230. ABC-CLIO.
Conference Papers3
- Tavares, G. U., da Silva, R. B., Xavier, T., Gorayeb, A., & Brannstrom, C. (2021). Participatory Mapping and SWOT in the context of the Water-Food-Energy Nexus for attaining SDGs in Eastern Amazonia. Proceedings of the ICA. 4, 105.
- Gorayeb, A., Mendes, J., Meireles, A., Brannstrom, C., da Silva, E. V., & de Freitas, A. (2016). Wind-energy Development Causes Social Impacts in Coastal Cear state, Brazil: The Case of the Xavier Community. Journal of Coastal Research. 75(sp1), 383-387.
- Filippi, A. M., Brannstrom, C., Cairns, D. M., & Kim, D. (2007). Hyperion and CBERS satellite image classification intercomparison for Cerrado and agricultural mapping. SPIE Proceedings, Remote Sensing. 6749, 674913-674913-12-674913-12.
Reviews30
- Brannstrom, C. (2021). Fishlow, Albert, Filho, Vieira and Eustquio Ribeiro, Jos (2020) Agriculture and Industry in Brazil: Innovation and Competitiveness, Columbia University Press (New York, NY), xiv + 244 pp. 58.00 hbk, 58.00 ebk.. Bulletin of Latin American Research. 40(5), 772-774.
- Brannstrom, C. (2019). Review of Brazil and climate change beyond the Amazon. European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 0(107), 1-1.
- Brannstrom, C. (2015). Challenging Social Inequality: The Landless Rural Workers Movement and Agrarian Reform in Brazil ed. by Miguel Carter. Journal of Latin American Geography. 14(3), 287-289.
- Brannstrom, C. (2015). Postcards from the Ro Bravo Border: Picturing the Place, Placing the Picture, 1900s 1950s. Journal of Historical Geography. 47, 107-108.
- Brannstrom, C. (2014). The Scramble for the Amazon and theLost Paradiseof Euclides da Cunha. AAG Review of Books. 2(3), 77-79.
editor of
Books2
- (2004). Territories, Commodities and Knowledges Latin American Environmental History in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Inst of Latin American Studies.
researcher on
Principal Investigator3
Co-Principal Investigator2
- Outreach: United States "Rip Current Survivor Story" awarded by DOC-NOAA-National Sea Grant Office 2015 - 2015
- Outreach: Perception of the Rip Current Hazard awarded by DOC-NOAA-National Sea Grant Office 2015 - 2015
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- CLGE001 Academic Success Instructor
- GEOG201 Intro To Human Geog Instructor
- GEOG309 Geography Of Energy Instructor
- GEOG323 Geog Of Latin America Instructor
- GEOG450 Field Geography-costa Rica Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Dicce, Ryan P (2019-08). EXPLAINING RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSITION THROUGH HUMAN CAPITAL ANALYSIS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Loder, Thomas Andrew (2018-08). An Examination of Ideology and Subject Formation Among Elite and Ordinary Residents in the Bakken Shale, North Dakota, 2015-2016. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Loder, Thomas Andrew (2018-08). An Examination of Ideology and Subject Formation Among Elite and Ordinary Residents in the Bakken Shale, North Dakota, 2015-2016. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Murphy, Trey Daniel-Aaron (2016-05). "It All Depends on the Price of Oil!": Eagle Ford Shale Economic Development Outcomes in a Boom-Bust Milieu. (Master's Thesis)
- Tilton, Mary (2015-12). Using GIS to Estimate the Spatial Distribution of Wind-Power Royalties in West Texas. (Master's Thesis)
Email
cbrannst@tamu.edu
First Name
Christian
Last Name
Brannstrom
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Geography; 3147 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3147
USA