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  • 2007 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Samuel Philander is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and social sciences, with notable contributions to international maritime law and environmental policies.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, Philander specializes in several subfields such as management, monitoring, policy and law; sociology and political science; ocean engineering; nature and landscape conservation; and geography, planning and development.

Key topics addressed in their work cover:

  • International Maritime Law Issues
  • International Environmental Law and Policies
  • Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
  • Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies
  • Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
  • Geographies of human-animal interactions
  • Environmental law and policy

Samuel Philander has several recent publications with a focus on legal and environmental challenges related to marine biodiversity and international treaties. Their selected recent papers include:

  • "Rethinking the Encounter Between Law and Nature in the Anthropocene: From Biopolitical Sovereignty to Wonder" (2020, Law and Critique)
  • "The integration of the ecosystem approach in the BBNJ agreement-An initial assessment of limits and opportunities" (2024, Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law)
  • "After the Dust Settles: Selected Considerations about the New Treaty on Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction with Respect to ABMTs and MPAs" (2024, Ocean Development & International Law)
  • "The Question of the Common Heritage of Mankind and the Negotiations Towards a Global Treaty on Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: No End in Sight?" (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "Reflecting on the Role of the Arctic Council vis-à-vis a Future International Legally Binding Instrument on Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction" (2020, Arctic review on law and politics)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Philander include Philipp Peter Nickels and Jan Jakub Solski.

Philander's work appears regularly in venues such as:

  • Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law
  • Law and Critique
  • Ocean Development & International Law
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Arctic review on law and politics

Among accolades, Philander was recognized as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Parameterization of Vertical Mixing in Numerical Models of Tropical Oceans

    R. C. Pacanowski;S. G. H. Philander

  • Interdecadal Climate Fluctuations That Depend on Exchanges Between the Tropics and Extratropics

    Daifang Gu;S G. H. Philander

  • Is El Nino changing

    Alexey V. Fedorov;S. George Philander

  • El Niño Southern Oscillation phenomena

    S. G. H. Philander

  • Why the ITCZ Is Mostly North of the Equator

    S. G. H. Philander;D. Gu;G. Lambert;T. Li

  • The Pliocene paradox (mechanisms for a permanent El Niño).

    A. V. Fedorov;P. S. Dekens;M. McCarthy;A. C. Ravelo

  • Unstable Air-Sea Interactions in the Tropics

    S. G. H. Philander;T. Yamagata;R. C. Pacanowski

  • A model of the seasonal cycle in the tropical Atlantic Ocean

    S. G. H. Philander;R. C. Pacanowski

  • Secular Changes of Annual and Interannual Variability in the Tropics during the Past Century

    Daifang Gu;S. G. H. Philander

  • A Stability Analysis of Tropical Ocean–Atmosphere Interactions: Bridging Measurements and Theory for El Niño

    Alexey V. Fedorov;S. George Philander

  • Instabilities of zonal equatorial currents, 2

    S. G. H. Philander

  • Reconstructing tropical Atlantic hydrography using planktontic foraminifera and an ocean model

    A. C. Ravelo;R. G. Fairbanks;S. G. H. Philander

  • El Niño and La Niña

    Samuel Philander

  • The Oceanic Response to Large-Scale Atmospheric Disturbances

    J. Willebrand;S. G. H. Philander;R. C. Pacanowski

  • Role of tropics in changing the response to Milankovich forcing some three million years ago

    S. George Philander;Alexey V. Fedorov

  • How Predictable is El Niño

    A. V. Fedorov;S. L. Harper;S. G. Philander;B. Winter

  • A GCM Study of Tropical–Subtropical Upper-Ocean Water Exchange

    Zhengyu Liu;S. G. H. Philander;R. C. Pacanowski

  • The generation of equatorial currents

    S. G. H. Philander;R. C. Pacanowski

  • Simulation of the Seasonal Cycle of the Tropical Pacific Ocean

    S. G. H. Philander;W. J. Hurlin;A. D. Seigel

  • Unusual conditions in the tropical Atlantic Ocean in 1984

    Samuel Philander

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexey V. Fedorov
Alexey V. Fedorov Yale University
Toshio Yamagata
Toshio Yamagata Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Ngar-Cheung Lau
Ngar-Cheung Lau Chinese University of Hong Kong
Zhengyu Liu
Zhengyu Liu The Ohio State University
Ping Chang
Ping Chang Texas A&M University
Andrew T. Wittenberg
Andrew T. Wittenberg Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Lennart Bengtsson
Lennart Bengtsson University of Reading
Max J. Suarez
Max J. Suarez Universities Space Research Association
James A. Carton
James A. Carton University of Maryland, College Park
Tim Li
Tim Li University of Hawaii at Manoa

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