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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

David Gibbs is affiliated with the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields, primarily focusing on sustainability, global energy, clinical psychology, and dermatology.

The scope of their work encompasses the following main topics:

  • Skin Protection and Aging
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
  • Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Melanin and Skin Pigmentation

Their research appears in multiple publication venues, including:

  • Regional Studies
  • JNCI Cancer Spectrum
  • Dermatologic Surgery
  • Clinical Psychology Forum
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David Gibbs include:

  • Marianne Berwick
  • Anne Ε. Cust
  • Colin B. Begg
  • Nancy E. Thomas
  • Li Luo

Selected recent publications provide insight into the breadth of their research interests:

  • "Chasing after the wind? Green economy strategies, path creation and transitions in the offshore wind industry," 2021, Regional Studies
  • "Utilization of Our Toolkit: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Surgical Therapies in Vitiligo Treatment," 2022, Dermatologic Surgery
  • "Sex differences in melanoma survival-a GEM study," 2025, JNCI Cancer Spectrum
  • "Racism is not entertainment," 2020, Clinical Psychology Forum
  • "Not by Contract Alone: The Contractarian Theory of the Corporation and the Paradox of Implied Terms," 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Their research topics cover areas such as renewable energy and sustainability, clinical psychology, and dermatology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach. Subfields include:

  • Dermatology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Global and Planetary Change

David Gibbs has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • The environment and the entrepreneurial city: searching for the urban ‘sustainability;fix’ in Manchester and Leeds

    Aidan While;Andrew E. G. Jonas;David Gibbs

  • Reflections on implementing industrial ecology through eco-industrial park development

    David Gibbs;Pauline Deutz

  • From sustainable development to carbon control: Eco-state restructuring and the politics of urban and regional development

    Aidan While;Andrew E G Jonas;David Gibbs

  • Sustainability Entrepreneurs, Ecopreneurs and the Development of a Sustainable Economy

    David Gibbs

  • Ecological modernisation, regional economic development and regional development agencies

    David Gibbs

  • Implementing industrial ecology? Planning for eco-industrial parks in the USA

    David Gibbs;Pauline Deutz

  • The sustainable development paradox : urban political economy in the United States and Europe

    Rob Krueger;David Gibbs

  • Governance and regulation in local environmental policy: the utility of a regime approach

    David Gibbs;Andrew E.G. Jonas

  • INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: ECO-INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AS CLUSTER POLICY

    Pauline Deutz;David Gibbs

  • Industrial ecology and eco‐industrial development: A potential paradigm for local and regional development?

    David Gibbs;Pauline Deutz;Amy Proctor

  • Trust and networking in inter-firm relations: the case of eco-industrial development

    David Gibbs

  • The role of sea ports in end-to-end maritime transport chain emissions

    David Gibbs;Patrick Rigot-Muller;John Mangan;Chandra Lalwani

  • Prospects for an Environmental Economic Geography: Linking Ecological Modernization and Regulationist Approaches

    David Gibbs

  • The New Urban Politics as a Politics of Carbon Control

    Andrew E. G. Jonas;David Gibbs;Aidan While

  • Grappling with Smart City Politics in an Era of Market Triumphalism

    David Gibbs;Rob Krueger;Gordon MacLeod

  • Environmental Governance and Transnational Municipal Networks in Europe

    Harriet Bulkeley;Anna Davies;Bob Evans;David Gibbs

  • ‘Third Wave’ Sustainability? Smart Growth and Regional Development in the USA

    Rob Krueger;David Gibbs

  • Framing GM Crops as a Food Security Solution.

    Jacqueline Dibden;David Gibbs;Chris Cocklin

  • Rethinking green entrepreneurship – Fluid narratives of the green economy

    Kirstie O'Neill;David Gibbs

  • Future green economies and regional development: a research agenda

    David Gibbs;Kirstie O'Neill

  • Local Economic Development and the Environment

    David Gibbs

  • Governance, institutional capacity and partnerships in local economic development: theoretical issues and empirical evidence from the Humber Sub-region

    David C. Gibbs;Andrew E. G. Jonas;Suzanne Reimer;Derek J. Spooner

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew E. G. Jonas
Andrew E. G. Jonas University of Hull
Chris Cocklin
Chris Cocklin James Cook University
Harriet Bulkeley
Harriet Bulkeley Durham University
Arthur P.J. Mol
Arthur P.J. Mol Wageningen University & Research

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