I am an Assistant Professor in Environmental Politics at the American University in Paris, where I work and teach on climate and environmental politics, social movements, and critical theory. Prior to joining AUP, I received my Ph.D. from Columbia University and served as the Junior Director of the Columbia Climate School Earth Network on Decarbonization, Climate Resilience and Climate Justice.

My research focuses on the political influence of environmental movements at a time of climate crisis. In a book project, titled Climate Action, Movements and Political Change, I study how youth climate movements redefine the meaning of climate justice and push for political change from the ground up. I am also the lead-editor of the volume Climate Justice Now! - Crossing Disciplines to Combat Our Planetary Crisis, published with Columbia University Press in March 2026. In addition to my book projects, I have broader interests in contemporary political thought and political theology.

My academic work has been published in journals such as The Journal of Political Theology, Polity, Environmental Politics, and Constellations. Occasionally, I write public scholarship in Spanish and in English.

You can email me at rmarwege@aup.edu, and visit my academia.edu page here.