Dr. William Boyd

Biography

William Boyd is a Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. He has a strong interdisciplinary focus on energy law, climate change law and policy, and environmental law. His research interests include the structured ways of thinking in energy and environmental law, and how these affect regulatory responses. Boyd has also explored the political economy of natural resource industries and the impacts of climate change. He has worked extensively on climate, energy, and environmental policy across various governance levels. His notable contributions include serving as Project Lead for the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force, collaborating with states and provinces to develop frameworks for reducing emissions from deforestation. Boyd founded the Laboratory for Energy & Environmental Policy Innovation (LEEP) in Boulder, Colorado, contributing to real-time policy experiments. He holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina, a J.D. from Stanford Law School, and a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley’s Energy Resources Group. His scholarship has been published in prominent journals including UCLA Law Review and Ecology Law Quarterly. His book, 'Slain Wood: Papermaking and the Environmental Consequences in the American South,' received the 2016 Edelstein Prize from the Society for the History of Technology.

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