Liz Koslov

Liz Koslov is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA, where she studies the social dimensions of climate change, questions of environmental and climate justice, and how cities are adapting to extreme weather and sea-level rise. Publications include pieces on sociology and the climate crisis, flood maps, and the possibilities for collective climate adaptation amidst denial. Her current book project, Retreat: Moving to Higher Ground in a Climate-Changed City, offers an ethnographic account of “managed retreat” from the coast in New York City after Hurricane Sandy. Koslov’s research on retreat has appeared in outlets such as Scientific American, The New Yorker, and WWNO New Orleans Public Radio.

Previously, Koslov was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities at MIT. She holds a PhD in Media, Culture, and Communication from NYU, an MSc in Culture and Society from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Communication and Spanish and Latin American Literature from George Washington University.

Education

• PhD New York University (2011 — 2017)
• MSc London School of Economics and Political Science (2008 — 2009)
• BA The George Washington University (2004 — 2008)
• Ithaca High School

Companies

• Assistant Professor UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs (2018)
• Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2017 — 2018)
• Research and Teaching Assistant, Adjunct Instructor New York University (2011 — 2017)
• Employer Liaison Officer London School of Economics (2010 — 2011)
• Employer Liaison Assistant London School of Economics (2009 — 2010)
• Teaching Assistant George Washington University (2006 — 2006)

Skills

• Public Relations
• Spanish
• Qualitative Research