Professor Jouni Paavola

Professor of Environmental Social Science; Co-Director of SRI; Deputy Director - ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics & Policy;

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 36787
Email address: j.paavola@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 10.117

Biography

I am Professor of Environmental Social Science, Co-Director of Sustainability Research Institute, and Deputy Director of the ESRC funded Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds.

My research examines environmental governance institutions and their social justice dimensions, focusing on climate change and biodiversity. I also lead CCCEP research programme on climate change governance. I have published my research in journals such as Science, Ecological Economics and Environment and Planning A, and have co-edited three volumes published by Blackwell, MIT Press and Routledge. I am member of the Scientific Committee of the European Environmental Agency and editorial boards of Ecological Economics, Environmental Policy and Governance, Environmental Science & Policy and Environmental Values.

Before joining SRI, I was Senior Research Associate in the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) at the University of East Anglia, and Research Fellow in the Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics and Society (OCEES) at Mansfield College. I completed an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Resource Development (Environmental and Development Studies) in 2000 at Michigan State University in the United States. Earlier I was Researcher at Tampere University of Technology in Finland.

Research Interests

Current Projects

Current research students

Rachel Berman; Transforming climate change coping capacity into adaptive capacity in Uganda
Adrian Fenton; Climate change adaptation and micro finance: a win-win scenario?
Monirul Islam; Vulnerability of and Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Variability and Change: Case study from Fisheries-based Livelihoods of Bangladesh
Emmanuel Kwayu; The Role of PES in Poverty Reduction and Conservation in Pangani River Basin, Tanzania
Susanne Lorenz; Uncertainties in climate predictions and their consequences for adaptation strategies
Krzysztof Niedzialkowski; Institutional dynamics of biodiversity conservation in Poland in a comparative perspective. Ready for environmental governance?
Mireia Pecurul Botines; Explaining different governance patterns of Natura 2000 implementation in forests in Spain
Sisira Rajapakshe; Domestic water demand, cost of water contamination and the economics of water management in the North Central Province, Sri Lanka
Olivia Rendon; Costs and benefits of ecosystem services from Honduras' protected areas and their distribution
Na'ama Teschner; Integrated transitions toward sustainability: water scarcity and energy security in Israel
Jose Velasquez Gomar; The effects of joint interplay management on coherence-building processes in environmental regime complexes: An analysis of experiences in the cluster of biodiversity-related convention

Areas for PhD supervision:

I welcome queries on doctoral dissertation projects on topics such as:

Analyses of environmental governance institutions, particularly for climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem services
Social justice in environmental matters
Vulnerability, impacts and adaptation to climate change

Publications

Haberl H; Sprinz D; Bonazountas M; Cocco P; Desaubies Y; Henze M; Hertel O; Johnson RK; Kastrup U; Laconte P; Lange E; Novak P; Paavola J; Reenberg A; van den Hove S; Vermeire T; Wadhams P; Searchinger T (2012) Correcting a fundamental error in greenhouse gas accounting related to bioenergy, Energy Policy, 45, pp.18-23.
Paavola J (2012) Climate Change: The Ultimate Tragedy of the Commons?, In: Cole DH; Ostrom E (Ed) Property in Land and Other Resources, Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, pp.417-433.
Haberl H; Sprinz D; Bonazountas M; Cocco P; Desaubies Y; Henze M; Hertel O; Johnson RK; Kastrup U; Laconte P; Lange E; Novak P; Paavola J; Reenberg A; van den Hove S; Vermeire T; Wadhams P; Searchinger T (2012) Correcting a fundamental error in greenhouse gas accounting related to bioenergy, Energy Policy, .
Berman R; Quinn C; Paavola J (2012) The role of institutions in the transformation of coping capacity to sustainable adaptive capacity, Environmental Development, 1, . doi: 10.1016/j.envdev.2012.03.017
Teschner N; McDonald A; Foxon TJ; Paavola J (2012) Integrated transitions toward sustainability: The case of water and energy policies in Israel, TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE, 79, pp.457-468. doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2011.08.013
Niedziałkowski K; Paavola J; Jędrzejewska B (2012) Participation and protected areas governance: the impact of changing influence of local authorities on the conservation of the Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland, Ecology and Society, 17, .
Mustalahti I; Bolin A; Boyd E; Paavola J (2012) Can REDD+ reconcile local priorities and needs with mitigation benefits? Lessons from Angai Forest, Tanzania, Ecology and Society, 17, .
Paavola J (2011) Sewage Pollution and Institutional and Technological Change in the United States, 1830-1915 (Reprinted from Ecological Economics, vol 69, pg 2517, 2010), ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, 70, pp.1289-1296. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.07.037
Fisher B; Turner RK; Burgess ND; Swetnam RD; Green J; Green RE; Kajembe G; Kulindwa K; Lewis SL; Marchant R; Marshall AR; Madoffe S; Munishi PKT; Morse-Jones S; Mwakalila S; Paavola J; Naidoo R; Ricketts T; Rouget M; Willcock S; White S; Balmford A (2011) Measuring, modeling and mapping ecosystem services in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, 35, pp.595-611. doi: 10.1177/0309133311422968
Paavola J; Fraser EDG (2011) Ecological Economics and Environmental History, ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, 70, pp.1266-1268. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.03.008
McKenzie E; Irwin F; Ranganathan J; Hanson C; Kousky C; Bennett K; Ruffo S; Conte M; Salzman J; Paavola J (2011) Incorporating Ecosystem Services in Decisions, In: Kareiva PM; Tallis H; Ricketts TH; Daily GC; Polasky S (Ed) Natural Capital Theory & Practice of Mapping Ecosystem Services, Oxford University Press, pp.339-355.
Jolibert C; Max-Neef M; Rauschmayer F; Paavola J (2011) Should We Care About the Needs of Non-humans? Needs Assessment: A Tool for Environmental Conflict Resolution and Sustainable Organization of Living Beings, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE, 21, pp.259-269. doi: 10.1002/eet.578
Paavola J (2011) Reprint of: Sewage Pollution and Institutional and Technological Change in the United States, 1830-1915, Ecological Economics, 70, pp.1289-1296.
Wesselink A; Paavola J; Fritsch O; Renn O (2011) Rationales for public participation in environmental policy and governance: practitioners' perspectives, ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING A, 43, pp.2688-2704. doi: 10.1068/a44161
Paavola J (2010) Sewage pollution and institutional and technological change in the United States, 1830-1915, ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, 69, pp.2517-2524. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.07.028
Udovc A; Paavola J (2010) Special Issue: European Society for Ecological Economics 2009 Conference; TRANSFORMATION, INNOVATION AND ADAPTATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE, 20, pp.209-211. doi: 10.1002/eet.544
Udovč A; Paavola J (2010) Editorial, Environmental Policy and Governance, 20, pp.209-211.
Paavola J; Gouldson A; Kluvankova-Oravska T (2009) Interplay of Actors, Scales, Frameworks and Regimes in the Governance of Biodiversity., Environmental Policy and Governance, pp.184-158.
Rauschmayer F; Paavola J; Wittmer H (2009) European governance of natural resources and participation in a multi-level context: An editorial, Environmental Policy and Governance, 19, pp.141-147.
Paavola J (2009) From Market Failure Paradigm to an Institutional Theory of Environmental Governance, Economia Delle Fonti Di Energia E Dell’Ambiente, 2009, pp.101-101. doi: 10.3280/EFE2009-001006
Paavola J (2009) A New Deal on Climate Change in Copenhagen?, ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES, 18, pp.393-396. doi: 10.3197/096327109X12532653285650
Paavola J; Gouldson A; Kluvánková-Oravská T (2009) Interplay of actors, scales, frameworks and regimes in the governance of biodiversity, Environmental Policy and Governance, 19, pp.148-158.
Paavola J (2008) Contributions of Ecological and Institutional Economics to Environmental-Economic Analysis of River Basin Management, In: Dehnhardt A; Petshcow U (Ed) Governance of River Basins, Oekom Verlag, pp.93-108.
Seyfang G; Paavola J (2008) Inequality and sustainable consumption: Bridging the gaps, Local Environment, 13, pp.669-684.
Paavola J; Adger WN (2008) Institutional Ecological Economics, In: Martinez-Alier J; Røpke I (Ed) Recent Developments in Ecological Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.383-398.
Paavola J (2008) Towards Polyvocal Environmental Debates, ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES, 17, pp.433-436. doi: 10.3197/096327108X368476
Paavola J; Ropke I (2008) Sustainability and Environment, In: Davis JB; Dolfsma W (Ed) Elgar Companion to Social Economics, Edward Elgar, pp.11-27.
Zografos C; Paavola J (2008) Critical Perspectives on Human Action and Deliberative Economics, In: Zografos C; Howarth RB (Ed) Deliberative Ecological Economics, Oxford University Press, pp.146-166.
Fisher B; Turner K; Zylstra M; Brouwer R; de Groot R; Farber S; Ferraro P; Green R; Hadley D; Harlow J; Jefferiss P; Kirkby C; Morling P; Mowatt S; Naidoo R; Paavola J; Strassburg B; Yu D; Balmford A (2008) ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND ECONOMIC THEORY: INTEGRATION FOR POLICY-RELEVANT RESEARCH, ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 18, pp.2050-2067. doi: 10.1890/07-1537.1
Paavola J (2008) Livelihoods, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Morogoro, Tanzania, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY, 11, pp.642-654. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2008.06.002
Turner RK; Paavola J; Farber S; Cooper P; Jessamy V; Rosendo S; Georgiou S (2008) Valuing nature: lessons learnt and future research directions, In: Martinez-Alier J; Røpke I (Ed) Recent Developments in Ecological Economics, Edward Elgar, pp.189-206.
Paavola J (2008) Science and social justice in the governance of adaptation to climate change, ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS, 17, pp.644-659. doi: 10.1080/09644010802193609
Paavola J (2008) Governing Atmospheric Sinks: The Architecture of Entitlements in the Global Commons, International Journal of the Commons, 2, pp.313-336.
Seyfang G; Paavola J (2007) Sustainable consumption and environmental inequalities, Working Paper - Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, pp.1-29.
Paavola J (2007) Seeking Justice: International Environmental Governance and Climate Change, In: Oosthoek J; Gills BK (Ed) The Globalization of Environmental Crisis, Routledge, pp.27-40.
Paavola J (2007) Institutions and environmental governance: A reconceptualization, ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, 63, pp.93-103. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.09.026
Adger WN; Paavola J; Huq S (2006) Towards Justice in Adaptation to Climate Change, In: Adger WN; Paavola J; Huq S; Mace MJ (Ed) Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change, The MIT Press, pp.1-19.
Paavola J (2006) Justice in Adaptation to Climate Change in Tanzania, In: Adger WN; Paavola J; Huq S; Mace MJ (Ed) Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change, The MIT Press, pp.201-222.
Paavola J (2006) Interstate water pollution problems and elusive federal water pollution policy in the United States, 1900-1948, Environment and History, 12, pp.435-465.
Adger WN; Paavola J; Mace MJ; Huq S (2006) Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change, MIT Press, pp.312p.
Paavola J; Adger WN; Huq S (2006) Multifaceted Justice in Adaptation to Climate Change, In: Adger WN; Paavola J; Huq S; Mace MJ (Ed) Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change, The MIT Press, pp.263-277.
Paavola J (2005) Seeking Justice: International Environmental Governance and Climate Change, Globalizations, 2, pp.309-322. doi: 10.1080/14747730500367850
Paavola J; Lowe I (2005) Environmental Values in a Globalising World: Nature, Justice and Governance, Routledge, pp.256p.
Paavola J; Adger WN (2005) Institutional Ecological Economics, Ecological Economics, 53, pp.353-368. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2004.09.017
Paavola J; Adger WN (2005) Fair Adaptation to Climate Change, Ecological Economics, 56, pp.594-609. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.03.015
Paavola J (2004) Protected Areas Governance and Justice: Theory and the European Union’s Habitats Directive, Environmental Sciences, 1, pp.59-77. doi: 10.1076/evms.1.1.59.23763
Adger WN; Brown K; Fairbrass J; Jordan A; Paavola J; Rosendo S; Seyfang G (2003) Governance for sustainability: towards a 'thick' analysis of environmental decisionmaking, Environment and Planning A, 35, pp.1095-1110. doi: 10.1068/a35289
Turner RK; Paavola J; Cooper P; Farber S; Jessamy V; Georgiou S (2003) Valuing nature: lessons learned and future research directions, Ecological Economics, 46, pp.493-510. doi: 10.1016/S0921-8009(03)00189-7
Bromley DW; Paavola J (2002) Economics, Ethics, and Environmental Policy: Contested Choices, Blackwell, pp.304p.
Balmford A; Bruner A; Cooper P; Costanza R; Farber S; Green RE; Jenkins M; Jefferiss P; Jessamy V; Madden J; Munro K; Myers N; Naeem S; Paavola J; Rayment M; Rosendo S; Roughgrarden J; Trumper K; Turner RK (2002) Economic Reasons for Conserving Wild Nature, Science, 297, pp.950-953. doi: 10.1126/science.1073947
Paavola J (2002) Water Quality as Property: Industrial Water Pollution and Common Law in the Nineteenth Century United States, Environment and History , 8, pp.295-318.
Paavola J (2001) Towards Sustainable Consumption? Economics and Ethical Concerns for the Environment in Consumer Choices, Review of Social Economy, 59, pp.227-248. doi: 10.1080/00346760110036175