His intellectual interests are broadly comparative and publications include 13 books in English and Spanish with three others translated in Spanish as well as more than 75 articles and chapters and received major awards.

Bolin blends hazards geography, political ecology and critical theory to study environmental justice and human vulnerability to environmental and technological hazards.

Ame's interests include social and environmental justice, sustainable development, socioecological systems, power, values, and trauma and how they relate to collective environmental governance.