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Overview

Tim Forsyth is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research spans environmental science and social sciences, with a focus on the intersection of sociology, political science, and global environmental challenges.

Their work includes contributions to the subfields of sociology and political science, global and planetary change, political science and international relations, economics and econometrics, and management, monitoring, policy and law.

Key topics covered in Forsyth's research encompass sustainability and climate change governance, conservation, biodiversity and resource management, economic and environmental valuation, Asian geopolitics and ethnography, Cambodian history and society, environmental philosophy and ethics, and climate change and health impacts.

Forsyth has published in a variety of venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Conservation Biology
  • Political Geography
  • Environmental Conservation
  • Environmental Science & Policy
  • One Earth

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Forsyth include:

  • "When climate justice goes wrong: Maladaptation and deep co-production in transformative environmental science and policy," 2022, Political Geography
  • "Are landscape approaches possible under authoritarianism? Multi-stakeholder governance and social transformation in Myanmar," 2021, Environmental Science & Policy

Other papers from the broader collaboration network include:

  • "An agenda for research and action toward diverse and just futures for life on Earth," 2020, Conservation Biology
  • "Who gets to imagine transformative change? Participation and representation in biodiversity assessments," 2020, Environmental Conservation
  • "Urgent need to move toward solution-orientated environmental assessments," 2022, One Earth

Forsyth frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Silke Beck
  • Carina Wyborn
  • Nicole Kalas
  • Sarah Clément
  • Elena Louder

Best Publications

  • Critical Political Ecology: The Politics of Environmental Science

    Timothy Forsyth

  • Who speaks for the future of Earth?: how critical social science can extend the conversation on the Anthropocene

    Eva Lövbrand;Silke Beck;Jason Chilvers;Tim Forsyth

  • Beyond Technical Fixes: climate solutions and the great derangement

    Andrea Joslyn Nightingale;Siri Eriksen;Marcus Taylor;Timothy Forsyth

  • Forest Guardians, Forest Destroyers: The Politics of Environmental Knowledge in Northern Thailand

    Tim Forsyth;Andrew Walker

  • Political ecology and the epistemology of social justice

    Tim Forsyth

  • Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change

    Jessica Ayers;Tim Forsyth

  • Community-based adaptation to climate change: strengthening resilience through development.

    J. Ayers;T. Forsyth

  • Critical Political Ecology

    Tim Forsyth

  • Science, myth and knowledge: Testing himalayan environmental degradation in Thailand

    Timothy Forsyth

  • Environmental transformations in developing countries: hybrid research and democratic policy

    S Batterbury;T Forsyth;K Thomson

  • Community-based adaptation: a review of past and future challenges

    Tim Forsyth

  • In the Eyes of the State: Negotiating a “Rights-Based Approach” to Forest Conservation in Thailand

    Craig Johnson;Timothy Forsyth

  • Reductionist and integrative research approaches to complex water security policy challenges

    Mark Zeitoun;Bruce Lankford;Tobias Krueger;Tim Forsyth

  • Environmental Responsibility and Business Regulation: the case of sustainable tourism

    Timothy Forsyth

  • Public concerns about transboundary haze: a comparison of Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia

    Tim Forsyth

  • Elinor Ostrom's Legacy: Governing the Commons and the Rational Choice Controversy

    Tim Forsyth;Craig Johnson

  • Fighting back: human adaptations in marginal environments

    Simon Batterbury;Tim Forsyth

  • Critical realism and political ecology

    Tim Forsyth

  • Encyclopedia of International Development

    Tim Forsyth

  • MOUNTAIN MYTHS REVISITED: INTEGRATING NATURAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

    Timothy Forsyth

Frequent Co-Authors

Melissa Leach
Melissa Leach Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI)
Ian Scoones
Ian Scoones University of Sussex
Siri Eriksen
Siri Eriksen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Emily Boyd
Emily Boyd Lund University
Mark Pelling
Mark Pelling King's College London
Christopher A. Scott
Christopher A. Scott University of Arizona
Mike Hulme
Mike Hulme University of Cambridge
Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra
Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra University of Twente
Olli Varis
Olli Varis Aalto University
Fredolin Tangang
Fredolin Tangang National University of Malaysia

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