CLIPPS Lab
Welcome to the Climate Laws, Institutions, Policies and Practices (CLIPPS) Lab
The CLIPPS Lab is dedicated to evaluating mitigation and adaptation laws and policies, institutional effectiveness, and public opinion worldwide in an effort to understand and analyze how climate change impacts our societies.
Mission Statement
While much existing data focuses on emissions as a proxy for a nation’s climate policies, this measure has limited scope and utility and is not a reliable predictor for evaluating climate policies. Emissions levels are influenced by a range of internal and external factors, which create the necessity for a comprehensive, holistic approach that examines the scope, efficacy, and enforcement of national laws, policies, institutions, and public opinion related to the climate. The Climate Laws, Institutions, Policies, and Practices (CLIPPS) Lab utilizes a groundbreaking and original dataset, based on expert surveys on climate policies across 80 states. Funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, the CLIPPS dataset includes indicators that measures the scope of climate change, existing mitigation and adaptation efforts, policy performance, public opinion, and the presence and effectiveness of governing laws and institutions. Our mission is to critically examine the legal frameworks, policy instruments, and institutional structures that drive equitable and effective climate action across local, national, and global contexts.
What We Do
The CLIPPS Lab is an interdisciplinary research and teaching initiative that enables scholars and students to assess which nations are engaging in best climate practices across a wide range of categories and indicators.
- Train and Mentor: We support students in conducting climate-related research, including assessment of policies, laws, institutions, and public opinion.
- Build Scholarly Resources: We gather and interrogate original data to assess the response and effectiveness of institutions to climate change. The dataset, developed through a working partnership between our team and climate experts worldwide, covers a multitude of indicators related to climate change that stretch far beyond emissions levels.
- Foster Academic Networks: We connect scholars across institutions and collaborate with domestic and international researchers and institutions to expand and enhance knowledge related to climate change.
- Support Collaborative Research: We host interdisciplinary projects regarding all aspects of climate change, involving researchers and students at Loyola and beyond. Our work aligns with faculty and student research agendas, fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, and promotes a critical and timely new frontier of climate scholarship.
People
Tofigh Maboudi, PhD (tmaboudi@luc.edu), CLIPPS Lab director & Associate Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago
Kelsey Burge (kburge@luc.edu), Research Assistant, PhD student at Loyola University Chicago Department of Political Science
Max Joseph (mjoseph5@luc.edu), Research Assistant, PhD student at Loyola University Chicago Department of Political Science
Welcome to the Climate Laws, Institutions, Policies and Practices (CLIPPS) Lab
The CLIPPS Lab is dedicated to evaluating mitigation and adaptation laws and policies, institutional effectiveness, and public opinion worldwide in an effort to understand and analyze how climate change impacts our societies.
Mission Statement
While much existing data focuses on emissions as a proxy for a nation’s climate policies, this measure has limited scope and utility and is not a reliable predictor for evaluating climate policies. Emissions levels are influenced by a range of internal and external factors, which create the necessity for a comprehensive, holistic approach that examines the scope, efficacy, and enforcement of national laws, policies, institutions, and public opinion related to the climate. The Climate Laws, Institutions, Policies, and Practices (CLIPPS) Lab utilizes a groundbreaking and original dataset, based on expert surveys on climate policies across 80 states. Funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, the CLIPPS dataset includes indicators that measures the scope of climate change, existing mitigation and adaptation efforts, policy performance, public opinion, and the presence and effectiveness of governing laws and institutions. Our mission is to critically examine the legal frameworks, policy instruments, and institutional structures that drive equitable and effective climate action across local, national, and global contexts.
What We Do
The CLIPPS Lab is an interdisciplinary research and teaching initiative that enables scholars and students to assess which nations are engaging in best climate practices across a wide range of categories and indicators.
- Train and Mentor: We support students in conducting climate-related research, including assessment of policies, laws, institutions, and public opinion.
- Build Scholarly Resources: We gather and interrogate original data to assess the response and effectiveness of institutions to climate change. The dataset, developed through a working partnership between our team and climate experts worldwide, covers a multitude of indicators related to climate change that stretch far beyond emissions levels.
- Foster Academic Networks: We connect scholars across institutions and collaborate with domestic and international researchers and institutions to expand and enhance knowledge related to climate change.
- Support Collaborative Research: We host interdisciplinary projects regarding all aspects of climate change, involving researchers and students at Loyola and beyond. Our work aligns with faculty and student research agendas, fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, and promotes a critical and timely new frontier of climate scholarship.
People
Tofigh Maboudi, PhD (tmaboudi@luc.edu), CLIPPS Lab director & Associate Professor of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago
Kelsey Burge (kburge@luc.edu), Research Assistant, PhD student at Loyola University Chicago Department of Political Science
Max Joseph (mjoseph5@luc.edu), Research Assistant, PhD student at Loyola University Chicago Department of Political Science