Academic Appointments

  • Lecturer, Stanford Program in International Law

Program Affiliations

  • Center for East Asian Studies

Contact

  • Academic
    egjensen@stanford.edu
    Department: Neukom Center for the Rule of Law Position: Director of the Rule of Law Program
    • LAW SCHOOL
    • Stanford,  California  94305-8610 
    (650) 724-2996 (fax)

Additional Info

  • Mail Code: 6055

Links

2025-26 Courses

All Publications

  • Adolescent psychological health, temporal discounting, and climate distress under increased flood exposure in Bangladesh: a mixed-methods cross-sectional study. The Lancet. Planetary health Goldberg, L., Luby, S., Sayiara Shuchi, N., Sen, T., Hossen, N., Parodi, G. W., Jensen, E., Ardoin, N. M., Rahman, M., Jahan, F. 2025: 101273

    Abstract

    Chronic exposure to climate stress disproportionately affects low-income households; however, the psychological health and climate distress levels of climate-vulnerable adolescents in low-resource settings has rarely been explored. We investigated the association between increased flood exposure and adolescent psychological health, climate distress, and temporal discounting (long-term planning capacity).In this cross-sectional, mixed-methods study, we administered surveys to assess symptoms of anxiety and depression, temporal discounting, and climate distress. We surveyed 1200 adolescents aged 15-18 years from low-income households in Dhaka, Bangladesh (a low-flood-risk location) and Barisal, Bangladesh (a high-flood-risk location). We also conducted 16 focus group discussions among adolescents across both regions.Between Aug 7 and Dec 15, 2023, adolescents living under higher flood exposure in Barisal had significantly greater odds of anxiety symptoms (adjusted odds ratio 1·94 [95% CI 1·41-2·65], p<0·0001) and depressive symptoms (3·52 [1·94-6·40], p<0·0001) relative to those under low flood exposure in Dhaka. Adolescents experiencing anxiety symptoms had significantly greater odds of exhibiting temporal discounting (2·00 [1·16-3·45], p=0·013). Our focus group discussions suggest pathways by which cognitive overload during extreme floods contribute to adolescent preferences against long-term flood adaptation planning.An increased prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms among flood-vulnerable adolescents in low-income settings might be related to temporal discounting behaviour that could threaten their climate change resilience.School of Medicine, Woods Institute for the Environment, and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, and the National Geographic Society.

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.lanplh.2025.05.003

    View details for PubMedID 40752513

  • RETHINKING LEGAL EDUCATION IN AFGHANISTAN: THE LAW PROGRAM AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF AFGHANISTAN STANFORD JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW Hakimi, M. J., Jensen, E. G. 2019; 55 (2): 83–115

    View details for Web of Science ID 000474332800001

  • A Critical Assessment of Legal Identity: That It Promises and What It Delivers HAGUE JOURNAL ON THE RULE OF LAW Ladner, D., Jensen, E. G., Saunders, S. E. 2014; 6 (1): 47-74

    View details for DOI 10.1017/S1876404513000043

    View details for Web of Science ID 000333319600003