Kopack, Robert Allen

Instructor

Dr. Kopack received his Ph.D. in human geography from the University of Toronto in 2020. Working across political economy and the environment, his doctoral research focused on Soviet defense industry conversions in Kazakhstan in formerly secret cities and their adjacent military installations and landscapes. For this research Dr. Kopack spent more than two years in Kazakhstan and other parts of the former Soviet Union.

Biographical Profile

College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Geography
Tenure Status
Non-Tenure Track

Interest Background

Interest Keywords
Defense industries and security; the Cold War, energy policy and political ecology, commercial space industries, environmental history, social justice and public health, former Soviet Union
Personal Focus Areas
the closure, remediation, and repurposing efforts of defense sites in Kazakhstan, environmental regulations/public/private sector negotiations related to commercial space facilities
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