Writing
Essays, research, and commentary on climate governance, the energy transition, and the long-term challenges that don’t fit neatly inside electoral cycles.
Recent essays & commentary
Pieces written for practitioners, policy professionals, and the publicly curious.
Energy Transition
There was a lot of talk about oil and gas at CERAWeek this year, but what was more revealing was perhaps what was not discussed…
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Academic Record
Scholarly & published work
Peer-reviewed research, book chapters, policy reports, and op-eds.
DISSERTATION
2023
Alberta Advantage?: An examination of the long-term challenges of Alberta’s non-renewable resource wealth governance. University of Alberta, Department of Political Science, PhD Dissertation.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
2020
Salomons, Geoffrey and Daniel Beland. The Presence of an Absence: The Politics of Provincial Sales Tax in Alberta. American Review of Canadian Studies. 50(4): 418-435.
2019
Wesley, Jared and Geoff Salomons. 2019. Cannabis legalization and the machinery of government. Canadian Public Administration. 62(4): 573-592.
2014
Salomons, Geoffrey and George Hoberg. Setting Boundaries of Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 45
69–75.
Book Chapters
2018
Salomons, Geoffrey and John Parkins. The Economic and Political Context of Public Deliberation on Climate Policy in Alberta. in Public Deliberation on Climate Change: Lessons from Alberta Climate Dialogue. edited by Lorelei L. Hanson. Athabasca University Press.
2017
Salomons, Geoffrey. Fatherhood and the PhD: Time Management, Perfectionism, and the Question of Value. In The Parent Track: Timing, Balance, and Choice in Academia. Eds. Christina DeRoche and Ellie Berger. Wilfred Laurier Press.
In other outlets…
Op-eds, guest pieces, and commentary published elsewhere.
CBC Opinion
Enough of Alberta’s roller-coaster. Let’s save every cent of resource revenue
April 2023