Staff Profile:Dr Emily Boyd

Name:

Dr Emily Boyd

Job Title:

Reader in Environmental Change and Human Communities

Responsibilities:

• Director of the Human Environments research group (HERG)
• Acting Disability Representative
• Teaching: coordinator of Human Geography Skills and Concepts; convenor of Sustainable Development

Areas of Interest:

Research groups / Centres:

• Human Environments Research Group
• Walker Institute

Current projects:

• CDKN Innovation fund Development of a Public Private People Partnership (4P) for climate compatible development in Maputo, Mozambique (2011-2012)
• EcoKlim Transdisciplinary research programme that investigates climate effects on biodiversity, ecosystem services and their governance, Stockholm Resilience Centre (2011-2013)

Scientific positions of trust:

• 2011- Director of Human Environments research group, Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading
• 2011- Associate, the Walker Institute for Climate Systems Research, University of Reading
• 2011 Visiting Fellow, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape WSL Zurich (6 months)
• 2009-2011 Deputy Director, Global Development Centre, University of Leeds
• 2008-2011 Member of Board for Latin America Research Programme, Research Council of Norway
• 2008-2011 Faculty Associate, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, Oxford University
• 2008-2010 Member of Review Committee Stockholm Environment Institute Research Innovation Fund
• 2007- Editorial board for Journal of Ecology and Society
• 2007-2010 Research Leader Adaptive Governance, Stockholm Resilience Centre

Publications:

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Number of items: 20.

2011

• Boyd, E. and Folke, C. (2011) Adapting institutions: governance, complexity and social-ecological resilience. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp312. ISBN 9780521897501 (In Press)
• Jones, L. and Boyd, E. (2011) Exploring social barriers to adaptation: insights from Western Nepal. Global Environmental Change, 21 (4). pp. 1262-1274. ISSN 0959-3780 doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.06.002
• Boyd, E. and Goodman, M. K. (2011) The Clean Development Mechanism as ethical development? Reconciling emissions trading and local development. Journal of International Development, 23 (6). pp. 836-854. ISSN 1099-1328 doi: 10.1002/jid.1813
• Goodman, M. K. and Boyd, E. (2011) A social life for carbon? Commodification, markets and care. The Geographical Journal, 177 (2). pp. 102-109. ISSN 1475-4959 doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2011.00401.x
• Boyd, E., Boykoff, M. and Newell, P. (2011) The ‘new’ carbon economy: what is new? Antipode, 43 (3). pp. 601-611. ISSN 0066-4812 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00882.x

2010

• Edwards, D. P., Fisher, B. and Boyd, E. (2010) Protecting degraded rainforests: enhancement of forest carbon stocks under REDD+. Conservation Letters, 3 (5). pp. 313-316. ISSN 1755-263X doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00143.x
• Boyd, E. (2010) Societal choice for climate change futures: trees, biotechnology and clean development. Bioscience, 60 (9). pp. 742-750. ISSN 1525-3244 doi: 10.1525/bio.2010.60.9.11
• Barlow, J., Ewers, R. M., Anderson, L., Aragao, L. E. O. C., Baker, T. R., Boyd, E., Feldpausch, T. R. , Gloor, E., Hall, A., Malhi, Y., Milliken, W., Mulligan, M., Parry, L., Pennington, T., Peres, C. A., Phillips, O. L., Roman-Cuesta, R. M. , Tobias , J. A. and Gardner, T. A. (2010) Using learning networks to understand complex systems: a case study of biological, geophysical and social research in the Amazon. Biological Reviews, 86 (2). pp. 457-474. ISSN 1469-185X doi: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00155.x
• Boyd, E. and Osbahr, H. (2010) Resilient responses to climate change: exploring organisational learning in networked development organisations. Environmental Education Research, 16 (5-6). pp. 629-643. ISSN 1469-5871 doi: 10.1080/13504622.2010.505444

2009

• Boyd, E., Grist, N., Juhola, S. and Nelson, V. (2009) Exploring development futures in a changing climate: frontiers for development policy and practice. Development Policy Review, 27 (6). pp. 659-674. ISSN 1467-7679 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2009.00464.x (special issue 'Development futures in a changing climate')
• Boyd, E. (2009) Governing the clean development mechanism: global rhetoric versus local realities in carbon sequestration projects. Environment and Planning A, 41 (10). pp. 2380-2395. ISSN 1472-3409
• Hultman, N. E., Boyd, E., Roberts, J. T., Cole, J., Corbrera, E., Ebeling, J., Brown, K. and Liverman, D. M. (2009) How can the clean development mechanism better contribute to sustainable development? Ambio, 38 (2). pp. 120-122. ISSN 1654-7209
• Boyd, E. (2009) The Noel Kempff project in Bolivia: gender, power and decision-making in climate mitigation. In: Terry, G. (ed.) Climate Change and Gender Justice. Working in Gender and Development Series. Oxfam and Practical Action Publishing. ISBN 9781853396939
• Boyd, E., Hultman, N., Roberts, J. T., Corbera, E., Cole, J., Bozmoski, A., Ebeling, J., Tippman, R., Mann, P., Brown, K. and Liverman, D. M. (2009) Reforming the CDM for sustainable development: lessons learned and policy futures. Environmental Science & Policy, 12 (7). pp. 820-831. ISSN 1462-9011 doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2009.06.007
• Boyd, E. and Juhola, S. (2009) Stepping up to the climate change: opportunities in reconfiguring development futures. Journal of International Development, 21 (6). pp. 792-804. ISSN 1099-1328 doi: 10.1002/jid.1619
• de França Doria, M., Boyd, E., Tompkins, E. L. and Adger, W. N. (2009) Using expert elicitation to understand successful adaptation to climate change. Environmental Science & Policy, 12 (7). pp. 810-819. ISSN 1462-9011 doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2009.04.001

2008

• Boyd, E., Osbahr, H., Ericksen, P. J., Lemos, M. C. and Miller, F. (2008) Resilience and 'climatizing' development: examples and policy implications. Development, 51 (3). pp. 390-396. ISSN 1011-6370 doi: 10.1057/dev.2008.32
• Boyd, E., Corbera, E. and Estrada, M. (2008) UNFCCC negotiations (Pre-Kyoto to COP-9): what the process says about the politics of CDM-sinks. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 8 (2). pp. 95-112. ISSN 1573-1553 doi: 10.1007/s10784-008-9070-x
• Boyd, E. (2008) Navigating Amazonia under uncertainty: past, present and future environmental governance. Philsophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 363 (1498). pp. 1911-1916. ISSN 1471-2970 doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.0023
• Tompkins, E. L., Lemos, M. C. and Boyd, E. (2008) A less disastrous disaster: managing response to climate-driven hazards in the Cayman Islands and NE Brazil. Global Environmental Change, 18 (4). pp. 736-745. ISSN 0959-3780 doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2008.07.010

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Further Publications

2011

Goodman, M and Boyd, E (2011) guest editors. Special Issue The Ethics of Commodifying Carbon. The Geographical Journal 177

2010

Tompkins, E.L., W. Neil Adger, E, Boyd, S., Nicholson-Cole, K, Weatherhead and N, Arnell. (2010). Observed adaptation to climate change as initiated transition: UK evidence. Global Environmental Change. Global Environmental Change 20(4), 627-635

Miller, F., H. Osbahr, E. Boyd, F. Thomalla, S. Bharwani, G. Ziervogel, B. Walker, J. Birkmann, S. Van der Leeuw, J. Rockström, J. Hinkel, T. Downing, C. Folke and D. Nelson (2010). Resilience and vulnerability: complementary or conflicting concepts?. Ecology and Society 15(3): [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss3/artZZ/

2008

Boyd, E. Corbera, E., Estrada M. (2008) UNFCCC Negotiations (Pre-Kyoto to COP-9): What the Process says about the Politics of Sinks in the CDM. International Environmental Agreements. Vol 8:2. 95-112.

Tompkins, E., Lemos, MC., Boyd, E., (2008). A less disastrous disaster: Managing response to climate-driven hazards in the Cayman Islands and NE Brazil. Global Environmental Change, Vol.18: 4. Pp. 736-745.

2007

Boyd, E., May P., Veiga, F., Chang, M. (2007). Can the CDM bring sustainable development? Insights from carbon forestry projects in Brazil and Bolivia. Environmental Science and Policy 10 (5): 419-433.

Boyd, E, Gutierrez, M and Chang, M. (2007). Small-scale forest carbon projects: Adapting CDM to low-income communities, Global Environmental Change 17 (2): 250-259.

Lemos, M., E. Boyd, E. L. Tompkins, H. Osbahr and D. Liverman (2007) Developing Adaptation and Adapting Development. Ecology and Society 12 (2): 26. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss2/art26/

2006

May, P, Boyd, E, Chang, M, Veiga, M. (2005). Incorporating sustainable development into carbon forest projects in Brazil and Bolivia. Estud.soc. agric., 13 (1): 5-50.

Schipper, E.L. and Boyd, E. (2006). UNFCCC COP 11 and COP/MOP 1 At Last, Some Hope? Journal of Environment & Development 15 (1): 75-90.

Biggs, R., C. Raudsepp-Hearne, C. Atkinson-Palombo, E. Bohensky, E. Boyd, G. Cundill, H. Fox, S. Ingram, K. Kok, S. Spehar, M. Tengö, D. Timmer, and M. Zurek (2007). Linking futures across scales: a dialog on multiscale scenarios. Ecology and Society 12(1): 17. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss1/art17/

2002

Boyd, E. (2002) The Noel Kempff Project in Bolivia: gender, power and decision-making in climate mitigation, Oxfam Gender and Development Journal 10 (2).

Boyd, E. and Schipper, E., L. (2002) The Marrakech Accord - At the Crossroad to Ratification, Journal of Environment and Development 112: 184-190.

Boyd, E. (2002) The Paradox of the Clean Development Mechanism and Sustainable Development, The International Forestry Review 4(1): 77-80

BOOKS

Boyd, E. (forthcoming 2012) Rethinking development futures: a resilience approach to global environmental change. Springer Verlag. Contract signed.

Newell, P., Boykoff, M., Boyd, E. (forthcoming 2012) Theorising the new carbon economy. Wiley Blackwell

Boyd, E and C. Folke (eds) (2011) Adapting Institutions: Governance, Complexity and Social Ecological Resilience. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521897501

Boyd, E and E Tompkins (2010) Climate Change a Beginner's Guide, Oxford: OneWorld (Featured on the Guardian Bestseller List 2010)

Book Chapters:

Boyd, E. Resilience: limits and value of its use. Book chapter for Moser and Boykoff 'Successful Adaptation' Routledge. (Invited)

Boyd, E. Managing global tipping points: Exploring the adaptive cycle metaphor and institutional responses to climate shocks. Paper prepared for the Seminar Addressing Tipping Points: A seminar of exploration, 13-14 April, Kavli Centre, Chicheley Hall, Oxon. (Invited).

Boyd, E (2011) Adapting institutions to global climate change: Evaluating resilience in two public institutions. Chapter in Boyd, E and Folke, C (eds.) Adapting Institutions: Governance, Complexity and Social-Ecological Resilience. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Boyd, E., Street, R., Lonsdale, K., et al. (2010) Leading the UK adaptation agenda: a landscape of stakeholders and networked organizations for adaptation to climate change. Chapter in Ford, J and Ford, LB (eds) Climate Change Adaptation in Developed Countries. Springer.

Lemos, M.C and Boyd, E. (2009). The Politics of Adaptation Across Scales: the Implications of Additionality to Policy Choice and Development. Chapter in Boykoff, M (ed). The Politics of Climate Change. Cambridge University Press.

Liverman, D.M., and Boyd, E. (2008) The CDM, ethics and development, 47-58 In Olsen, K.H. & Fenhann, J.V., 2008. A reformed CDM - including new mechanisms for sustainable development, Forskningscenter Risø Roskilde.

Boyd, E. (2006) Scales of Governance in Carbon Sinks: Global Priorities and Local Realities. In: Reid, W et al (eds.) Bridging Scales and Epistemologies: Linking Local Knowledge and Global Science in Environmental Assessments. Island Press, Washington DC.

Working papers and popular articles:

Boyd E and Goodman M (2011) The Clean Development Mechanism as Ethical Development?: Reconciling emissions trading and local development. Working Paper 37

Goodman M and Boyd E (2010) A Social Life for Carbon?: Commodification, Markets and Care. Working Paper 36

Tompkins, E.L., Boyd, E., Nicholson Cole ,SA., Weatherhead, K., Arnell, NW., Adger WN., 2009. An Inventory of Adaptation to Climate Change in the UK: challenges and findings. Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. Working paper 135. Pp.133

Newell, P, Roberts T.J., Boyd, E., Huq, S. (2009) Billions at Stake in Climate Finance: Four Lessons from Aid's Past. Sustainable Development Opinion Brief, International Institute for Environment and Development.

Bozmoski, A. Lemos, MC., Boyd, E. (2008) Prosperous Negligence: Governing the CDM for markets and development. Environment, Vol. 50, No.3 (May/June Issue)

Boyd, E. (2005) Emissions trading cannot solve Amazon deforestation. SciDev.net 25^th November http://www.scidev.net/en/opinions/emissions-trading-cannot-solve-amazon-deforestatio.html

Boyd, E, Gutierrez, M and Chang, M (2005) Adapting Small-Scale CDM sinks projects for low-income communities, Tyndall Working Paper 71 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378006000811

Boyd, E. Corbera, E., Gutierrez, M., Estrada, M. (2004) The politics of afforestation and reforestation activities at COP-9 and SB-20, Tyndall Briefing Paper No.12 http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/content/politics-afforestation-and-reforestation-activities-cop-9-and-sb-20

Boyd, E and Gutierrez, M., (2004) Small projects in poor communities, Tiempo, Bulletin on Climate and Development: Issue 53.

Boyd, E. (2004) Can climate change policy be brought down to earth? SciDev.Net, 7^th September http://www.scidev.net/Opinions/index.cfm?fuseaction=readOpinions&itemid=315&language=1

Boyd, E. (2003) An overview of COP-8- from technical matters to governance dichotomies. Tiempo, Bulletin on Climate and Development, Issue 46.

Boyd, E. (2001) Sinks and the CDM. Tiempo, Bulletin on Climate and Development, Issue 38/39.

Acutt, N. Ali, A., Boyd, E., Hartmann, A., Kim, J.A., Lorenzoni, I., Pyhala, A., Winkels, A. (2000) An Interdisciplinary Framework for Research on Global Environmental Issues, CSERGE Working Paper GEC-2000-23. http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/cserge/pub/wp/gec/gec_2000_23.htm).

Research Reports and Discussion Papers:

Boyd E., Frame, D., Wade, S. (2010). The Oxford Workshop on lessons learned from model based impacts studies and adaptation decision-making processes, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, 24 November 2009. Co-organized by the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, Oxford University and HR Wallingford.

Osbahr, H., Boyd, E., Ericksen, P. (2007). Resilience, Realities and Research in African Environments. Workshop Report, 18^th June. University of Oxford.

Mansfield, M and Boyd, E. (2007). Commodifying Carbon: The Ethics of Markets in Nature. ECI Workshop Report, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford. http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/publications/downloads/commodifycarb-report.pdf

Boyd, E. et al. (2007). The Clean Development Mechanism: Current Status, Perspectives and Future Policy. Tyndall Centre Technical Report 114. UEA, Norwich.

Boyd, E., Crepin, A.S., Galaz, V., Norberg, J., Olsson. P. (2007) Climate Change and Resilience - Foundation Report for the Climate and Vulnerability Inquiry (Dir. 2005:80). CTM, Beijer Institute and Swedish Water House.

Tompkins, T. L., Nicholson-Cole, S. A., Hurlston, L. A., Brooks-Hodge, G., Boyd, E. Clarke, J., Gray, G., Trotz, N. & Varlack, L. (2005). Preparing for and adapting to climate change in small island states: A guide for national level planners. Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K.

Tompkins, E., Boyd, E., Nicholson-Cole, S., Adger, N., Arnell, N., Weatherhead, K., (2005) Linking Adaptation Research and Practice; A Report Submitted to Defra as part of the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Cross-Regional Research Programme. For access to the report see: http://unfccc.int/files/adaptation/sbsta_agenda_item_adaptation/application/pdf/tyndall_app_30_may_ii.pdf

Brown, K., Boyd, E., Corbera, E., Adger, W. N. (2004) How do CDM projects contribute to sustainable development?, Tyndall Centre Technical Report 16 http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/content/how-do-cdm-projects-contribute-sustainable-development

May, P., Boyd, E., Veiga, F., and Chang, M. (2004) Local sustainable development effects of carbon forests in Brazil and Bolivia: a view from the field. Markets for Environmental Services: No.5, IIED, London http://www.ibcperu.org/doc/isis/8212.pdf

Qualifications:

BSc (University of East Angia); MSc (University of Oxford); PhD (University of East Anglia)