Background
Sonnenfeld was born in Syracuse, New York as son of Joseph Sonnenfeld (1929-2014), Professor of Geography at the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University.
Sonnenfeld was born in Syracuse, New York as son of Joseph Sonnenfeld (1929-2014), Professor of Geography at the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University.
Sonnenfeld obtained his undergraduate degree from the Robert Doctorate. Clark Honors College in the 1970s and his Doctor of Philosophy in sociology in 1996 from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where his graduate studies focused on environmental social science, the sociology of development (Southeast Asia), and historical and field research methods.
Sonnefeld started his academic career as associate professor of community and environmental studies at Washington State University. He was also a research associate and periodic guest professor with the Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University and Research Centre. In September 2007 he joined the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, where he was appointed Professor of Sociology and environmental policy He is co-editor of Ecological Modernisation Around the World: Perspectives and Critical Debates.
In 2006, he co-edited the book Challenging the Chip.
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