Dr. Steven Wolf

Biography

Steven Wolf is an Associate Professor in the Natural Resources Environment Section at Cornell University, specializing in environmental governance. His research focuses on the complex interplay between state and non-state actors in environmental management, providing critical institutional analyses that apply to agriculture, forests, and environmental change. He collaborates with students and postdoctoral researchers across various regions including India, China, Mexico, and the USA, aiming to enhance understanding of accountability relations in environmental governance. Wolf's notable contributions to the field include publications on biodiversity conservation outcomes, environmental governance metrics, and accountability in the Anthropocene. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has previously been a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of California-Berkeley and the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique in Toulouse. Steven is also involved in teaching courses on Environmental Governance and has served as President of the Research Committee on Sociology of Agriculture and Food within the International Sociological Association.

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