Vivian Ike

• 2024 Fall
  • IRP 412 Global Governance: The United Nations System
  • IRP 300 Selected Topics - Global Environmental Politics
• 2024 Spring
  • IRP 412 Global Governance: The United Nations System
  • IRP 201 International Relations Research Methods
  • IRP 300 Selected Topics - Global Health Politics
• 2023 Fall
  • IRP/PSC 412 Global Governance: The United Nations System
  • IRP 300 Selected Topics - Global Environmental Politics
• 2022 Fall
  • IRP 414 Global Diplomacy Practicum
  • IRP/PSC 412 Global Governance: The United Nations System
  • IRP 200 Selected Topic - IR Research Methods

Vivian Ike is assistant teaching professor in the International Relations Undergraduate Program, where she teaches classes in Global Governance including Introduction to Research Methods, Model United Nations, and Global Environmental Politics.

Ike researches international environmental politics and climate change policy as well as environmental health, security studies and research methodology. Her work has been published in the journals Politics and Policy and International Social Science Review, both of which she also peer reviews. A chapter she wrote about the dangers of corporate power concerning climate change is scheduled to be published in Energy Resource Conflict in 2023.

Prior to joining Syracuse, she worked at Northern Arizona University as an instructor and graduate teaching scholar. Ike earned a Ph.D. from Northern Arizona University in 2021.

• Journal Articles
  • Ike, V. O., "Deadly Disease and the Collective Adoption of Environmental Laws." International Social Science Review, 2023.
  • Ike, V. O., "The Impact of Veto Players on Incremental and Drastic Policymaking: Australia's Carbon Tax Policy and Its Repeal." Politics and Policy, 2020.
  • Ike, V. O., "Review of Fracking America: Sacrificing Health and the Environment for Short-Term Economic Benefit by Walter Brasch." International Social Science Review, 2017.
  • Ike, V. O., "Congressional Candidates Photo Presentation on their Campaign Websites." International Social Science Review, 2016.
  • Ike, V. O., "The Netherlands Consideration of Ethics and Justice Issues in Formulating Climate Change Policies." In In Ethics and Climate Change; A Study of National Commitments. IUCN Publication Services, 2015.
• Book Chapter
  • Ike, V. O., "The Netherlands Consideration of Ethics and Justice Issues in Formulating Climate Change Policies." In In Ethics and Climate Change; A Study of National Commitments. Donald, B., Prue, T. (eds.) IUCN Publication Services, 2014.
• Scholarly article
  • Ike, V. O., "Eco-Socialism: An Introduction." E-International Relations, 2024.

International Studies Association 66th Annual Convention: Reconnecting International Studies , Chicago, International Studies Association, "The Health Effects of Climate Change in the United States" (March 3, 2025)

International Studies Association 66th Annual Convention: Reconnecting International Studies , Chicago, International Studies Association, "The Effectiveness of Environmental Peacebuilding for Climate Change Induced Conflict" (March 2, 2025)

Junior Faculty Political Science Research Roundtable , "Health and Environmental Law in the United States " (April, 2024)

Junior Faculty Political Science Research Roundtable , "The Effectiveness of Environmental Peacebuilding for Climate Change Induced Conflict​" (April, 2024)

79th Annual Midwestern Political Science Association Conference, Midwestern Political Science Association, "Disease and Environmental Cooperation on Transboundary Pollution Problems" (April, 2022)

Brown Bag Research Colloqium, "The Impact of the Health Effect of Transboundary Pollution Problems on Environmental Cooperation" (February 28, 2022 - April 1, 2022)

Steele, C., Ike, V. O., 78th Annual Midwestern Political Science Association Conference, Midwestern Political Science Association, "The Politics of the World Heritage" (April 16, 2021)

Brown Bag Research Colloqium, "The Impact of the Health Effect of Transboundary Pollution Problems on Environmental Cooperation" (April 15, 2021)

Brown Bag Research Colloqium, "How Do You Turn a Qualifying Paper into a Publishable Article?   " (February 9, 2021)

Brown Bag Research Colloqium, "The Impact of the Health Effect of Transboundary Pollution Problems on Environmental Cooperation" (November 20, 2020)

6th Annual Social Science Social Change Conference, "The Impact of the Health Effect of Transboundary Pollution Problems on Environmental Cooperation" (March 6, 2020)