ES PhD: Environmental Decision-Making, Policy, and Governance

We focus on the social, political, economic, and cultural dynamics of environmental decision-making involving multiple stakeholders from local to international scales (e.g., community participation, town planning, federal regulatory decision making, tribal government, international agreements). We approach theoretical aspects of environmental decision making primarily from the perspectives of environmental policy, environmental justice, and natural resource management. While much of our work is applied in the United States, faculty and students routinely conduct projects and research in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Latin America.

The key interests of students and faculty:

Adaptive governance
Collaborative natural resource management
Common property resources
Community-based ecosystem management
Corporate power
Ecological economics
Economic relocalization
Environmental justice
Distributive governance
Local knowledge
Public participation
Public policy
Social movements and grassroots organizing
Stakeholder engagement

ES PhD: Environmental Decision-Making, Policy, and Governance

The key interests of students and faculty:

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