Staff Profile:Professor Elizabeth Robinson

Name:

Professor Elizabeth Robinson

Job Title:

Professor of Environmental Economics

Responsibilities:

Areas of Interest:

I am an environmental economist, specialising in the management of natural resources in low and middle income countries. I have first class honours degree from Oxford University in Engineering, Economics, and Management; and a PhD in Applied Economics from Stanford University in the US, where my thesis addressed the evolution of property rights over land within an optimal enforcement framework. I am currently on the Defra Economic Advisory Panel; an Associate Editor for the journal Environment and Development Economics; a Research Associate with the Sida-funded Environment for Development Initiative; and hold an associate position at the University of Gothenburg. Here at the University of Reading I am a Research Associate with the Walker Institute for Climate System Research.

I am particularly interested in the interface between people and natural resources, with an emphasis on forest and marine-based livelihoods; climate change and REDD; and energy demand. Much of my current research in east Africa explores how policies and institutions can be designed to protect both resource-dependent livelihoods and the natural resource base, and to reduce potential conflict between the two. Methodologically this research relies on explicitly spatial and temporal models of resource extraction with an emphasis on forests and fish, on spatial optimal enforcement models, and combining anthropological and economic data collection approaches.

I welcome enquiries and applications from prospective PhD students who are interested in working on related issues.

My current research projects include:

• Urban energy transitions in African cities and links to forest management, climate change, and REDD (funded by Sweden's Sida Formas COMMONS)
• Biodiversity offsets in the UK (Sida Formas COMMONS funded)
• Ecosystems, livelihoods, and the forest-agriculture interface (NERC-ESPA funded)
• Spatial-temporal aspects of people-biodiversity interactions (Environment for Development Initiative funded)
• Better management of marine protected areas to improve both livelihoods and marine stocks (Environment for Development Initiative funded).

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Number of items: 58.

2018

• Hirons, N., Robinson, E. J. Z., McDermott, C., Morel, A., Asare, R., Boyd, E., Gonfa, T., Gole, T. W., Malhi, Y., Mason, J. and Norris, K. (2018) Understanding poverty in cash-crop agro-forestry systems: evidence from Ghana and Ethiopia. Ecological Economics, 154. pp. 31-41. ISSN 0921-8009 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.07.021
• Udondian, N. S. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (2018) Exploring agricultural intensification: a case study of Nigerian government rice and cassava initiatives. International Journal of Agricultural Economics, 3 (5). pp. 118-128. ISSN 2575-3851 doi: https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijae.20180305.14
• Sterner, E. O., Robinson, E. J. Z. and Albers, H. J. (2018) Location choice for renewable resource extraction with multiple non-cooperative extractors: a spatial Nash equilibrium model and numerical implementation. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 11 (3). pp. 315-331. ISSN 1864-404X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12076-018-0215-4
• Hirons, M., McDermott, C., Asare, R., Morel, A., Robinson, E., Mason, J., Boyd, E., Malhi, Y. and Norris, K. (2018) Illegality and inequity in Ghana’s cocoa-forest landscape: how formalization can undermine farmers control and benefits from trees on their farms. Land Use Policy, 76. pp. 405-413. ISSN 0264-8377 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.02.014
• Sterner, T. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (2018) Selection and design of environmental policy instruments. In: Dasgupta, P., Pattanayak, S. and Smith, K. (eds.) Handbook of Environmental Economics, Volume 4. Elsevier. ISBN 9780444537720 (In Press)
• Hirons, M., Mehrabi, Z., Gonfa, T. A., Morel, A., Gole, T. W., McDermott, C., Boyd, E., Robinson, E., Sheleme, D., Malhi, Y., Mason, J. and Norris, K. (2018) Pursuing climate resilient coffee in Ethiopia – a critical review. Geoforum, 91. pp. 108-116. ISSN 0016-7185 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.02.032
• Watts, N., Amann, M., Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Belesova, K., Bouley, T., Boykoff, M., Byass, P., Cai, W., Campbell-Lendrum, D., Chambers, J., Cox, P. M., Daly, M., Dasandi, N., Davies, M., Depledge, M., Depoux, A., Dominguez-Salas, P., Drummond, P., Ekins, P., Flahault, A., Frumkin, H., Georgeson, L., Ghanei, M., Grace, D., Graham, H., Grojsman, R., Haines, A., Hamilton, I., Hartinger, S., Johnson, A., Kelman, I., Kiesewetter, G., Kniveton, D., Liang, L., Lott, M., Lowe, R., Mace, G., Odhiambo Sewe, M., Maslin, M., Mikhaylov, S., Milner, J., Latifi, A. M., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Morrissey, K., Murray, K., Neville, T., Nilsson, M., Oreszczyn, T., Owfi, F., Pencheon, D., Pye, S., Rabbaniha, M., Robinson, E., Rocklöv, J., Schütte, S., Shumake-Guillemot, J., Steinbach, R., Tabatabaei, M., Wheeler, N., Wilkinson, P., Gong, P., Montgomery, H. and Costello, A. (2018) The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health. The Lancet, 391 (10120). pp. 581-630. ISSN 0140-6736 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32464-9

2017

• Albers, H. J., Lee, K. D. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (2017) Economics of REDD: incentives to change forest use behavior. In: DellaSala, D. A. and Goldstein, M. I. (eds.) Encyclopaedia of the Anthropocene. Elsevier, Amsterdam. ISBN 9780128096659
• Albers, H. J., Maloney, M. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (2017) Economics in systematic conservation planning for lower-income countries: a literature review and assessment. International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 10 (2). pp. 145-182. ISSN 1932-1473 doi: https://doi.org/10.1561/101.00000085
• Watts, N., Adger, W. N., Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Bai, Y., Byass, P., Campbell-Lendrum, D., Colbourn, T., Cox, P., Davies, M., Depledge, M., Depoux, A., Dominguez-Salas, P., Drummond, P., Ekins, P., Flahault, A., Grace, D., Graham, H., Haines, A., Hamilton, I., Johnson, A., Kelman, I., Kovats, S., Liang, L., Lott, M., Lowe, R., Luo, Y., Mace, G., Maslin, M., Morrissey, K., Murray, K., Neville, T., Nilsson, M., Oreszczyn, T., Parthemore, C., Pencheon, D., Robinson, E. J. Z., Schütte, S., Shumake-Guillemot, J., Vineis, P., Wilkinson, P., Wheeler, N., Xu, B., Yang, J., Yin, Y., Yu, C., Gong, P., Montgomery, H. and Costello, A. (2017) The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change. Lancet, 389 (10074). pp. 1151-1164. ISSN 0140-6736 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32124-9
• Albers, H. J., Lee, K. D. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (2017) Economics of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation: incentives to change forest use behavior. In: Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier. ISBN 9780124095489 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.09764-5

2016

• Robinson, E. J. Z., Albers, H. J., Lokina, R. and Meshack, C. (2016) Allocating group-level payments for ecosystem services: experiences from a REDD+ pilot in Tanzania. Resources, 5 (4). 43. ISSN 2079-9276 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/resources5040043
• Robinson, E. J. Z. (2016) Resource-dependent livelihoods and the natural resource base. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 8 (1). pp. 281-301. ISSN 1941-1340 doi: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-100815-095521
• Delacote, P., Robinson, E. J. Z. and Roussel, S. (2016) Deforestation, leakage and avoided deforestation policies: a spatial analysis. Resource and Energy Economics, 45. pp. 192-210. ISSN 0928-7655 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2016.06.006
• Robinson, E. J. Z. and Albers, H. J. (2016) Samuelson and 21st century tropical forest economics. In: Gopalakrishnan, C. (ed.) Classic papers in natural resource economics revisited. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 371-376. ISBN 9781138905795

2015

• Albers, H. J. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (2015) Spatial economics of forest conservation. In: Halvorsen, R. and Layton, D. F. (eds.) Handbook on the economics of natural resources. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 305-329. ISBN 9780857937551
• Robinson, E. J. Z., Albers, H. J., Lokina, R. and Meshack, C., (2015) Allocating community-level payments for ecosystem services initial experiences from a REDD pilot in Tanzania. Environment for Development
• Delacote, P., Robinson, E. J. Z. and Roussel, S., (2015) Deforestation, leakage and avoided deforestation policies: a spatial analysis. Working Paper. CEC, France.
• Albers, H. J., Preonas, L., Madrigal, R., Robinson, E. J. Z., Kirama, S., Lokina, R., Turpie, J. and Alpizar, F., (2015) Marine protected areas in artisanal fisheries: a spatial bio-economic model based on observations in Costa Rica and Tanzania. Discussion Paper. Environment for Development

2014

• Bluffstone, R. and Robinson, E. J. Z., eds. (2014) Forest tenure reform in Asia and Africa: local control for improved livelihoods, forest management, and carbon sequestration. Environment for Development. RFF Press, London, pp284. ISBN 9781138819641
• Bluffstone, R. A., Robinson, E. J. Z. and Purdon, M. (2014) Introduction: local forest reform - theory and experience. In: Bluffstone, R. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (eds.) Forest tenure reform in Asia and Africa: local control for improved livelihoods, forest management, and carbon sequestration. Environment for Development. RFF Press, London. ISBN 9781138819641
• Robinson, E. J. Z., Albers, H. J., Meshack, C. and Lokina, R. B. (2014) Will REDD+ be successful in Tanzania? Practical issues of REDD+ implementation. In: Bluffstone, R. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (eds.) Forest tenure reform in Asia and Africa: local control for improved livelihoods, forest management, and carbon sequestration. Environment for Development. RFF Press, London. ISBN 9781138819641
• Robinson, E. J.Z., Albers, H. J., Ngeleza, G. and Lokina, R. B. (2014) Insiders, outsiders, and the role of local enforcement in forest management: an example from Tanzania. Ecological Economics, 107. pp. 242-248. ISSN 0921-8009 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.08.004
• Coria, J., Robinson, E., Smith, H. G. and Sterner, T. (2014) Biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision: A tale of confused objective, multiple market failures, and policy challenges. In: Nunes, P. A.L.D., Kumar, P. and Dedeurwaerdere, T. (eds.) Handbook on the economics of ecosystem services and biodiversity. Elgar original reference. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 337-366. ISBN 9781781951507
• Robinson, E. J. Z., Bluffstone, R. A., Xu, J. and Nyangena, W. (2014) Conclusion: directions for research and implications for policy. In: Bluffstone, R. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (eds.) Forest tenure reform in Asia and Africa: local control for improved livelihoods, forest management, and carbon sequestration. Environment for Development. RFF Press, London. ISBN 9781138819641
• Robinson, E. J. Z., Albers, H. J. and Kirama, S. L. (2014) The role of incentives for sustainable implementation of marine protected areas: an example from Tanzania. International Journal of Sustainable Society, 6 (1/2). pp. 28-46. ISSN 1756-2546 doi: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSOC.2014.057888

2013

• Robinson, E., Albers, H. J. and Busby, G. M. (2013) The impact of buffer zone size and management on illegal extraction, park protection and enforcement. Ecological Economics, 92. pp. 96-103. ISSN 0921-8009 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.06.019
• Albers, H. J. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (2013) A review of the spatial economics of non-timber forest product extraction: implications for policy. Ecological Economics, 92. pp. 87-95. ISSN 0921-8009 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.01.021
• Ngeleza, G. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (2013) Cartels and rent sharing at the farmer–trader interface: evidence from Ghana’s tomato sector. Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 11 (1). pp. 15-30. ISSN 1542-0485 doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/jafio-2012-0011
• Robinson, E. J. Z., Albers, H. J., Meshack, C. and Lokina, R. B. (2013) Implementing REDD through community-based forest management: lessons from Tanzania. Natural Resources Forum, 37 (3). pp. 141-152. ISSN 1477-8947 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-8947.12018
• Bluffstone, R., Robinson, E. and Guthiga, P. (2013) REDD+ and community-controlled forests in low-income countries: any hope for a linkage? Ecological Economics, 87. pp. 43-52. ISSN 0921-8009 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.12.004
• Albers, H.J. and Robinson, E.J.Z. (2013) Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. In: Shogren, J. F. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 78-85. ISBN 9780080964522

2012

• Kolavalli, S., Robinson, E., Diao, X., Alpuerto, V., Folledo, R., Slavova, M., Ngeleza, G. and Asante, F. (2012) Economic transformation in Ghana: where will the path lead? IFPRI Discussion Paper Series.
• Kolavalli, S., Robinson, E. J. Z., Diao, X., Alpureto, V., Folledo, R., Slavova, M., Ngeleza, G. and Asante, F. (2012) Economic Transformation in Ghana: Where Will the Path Lead? Journal of African Development, 14 (2). pp. 41-78.
• Robinson, E. J. Z. and Lokina, R. B. (2012) Efficiency, enforcement and revenue tradeoffs in participatory forest management: an example from Tanzania. Environment and Development Economics, 17 (01). pp. 1-20. ISSN 1355-770X doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X11000209
• Robinson, E. J.Z. and Albers, H. J. (2012) Samuelson and 21st century tropical forest economics. Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research , 4 (3). pp. 209-213. ISSN 1939-0459 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/19390459.2012.706134
• Diao, X., Robinson, E. J. Z., Kolavalli, S. and Alpuerto, V. (2012) The role of agriculture in African economic development: What do we disagree on? In: Jacquet, P., Pachauri, R.K. and Tubiana, L. (eds.) Development, the environment and food: Towards agricultural change? Planet for life. Teri Press, New Dehli. ISBN 9788179934432

2011

• Albers , H. J. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (2011) The trees and the bees: using enforcement and income projects to protect forests and rural livelihoods through spatial joint production. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 40 (3). pp. 424-438.
• Robinson, E. J. Z., Albers, H. J. and Williams, J. C. (2011) Sizing reserves within a landscape: the roles of villagers' reactions and the ecological-socioeconomic setting. Land Economics, 87 (2). pp. 233-249. ISSN 1543-8325
• Robinson, E. J. Z. and Lokina, R. B. (2011) A spatial–temporal analysis of the impact of access restrictions on forest landscapes and household welfare in Tanzania. Forest Policy and Economics, 13 (1). pp. 79-85. ISSN 1389-9341 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2010.08.003
• Sterner, T., Cao, J., Carlsson, E. and Robinson, E. (2011) Conclusions: Fuel taxes and the poor. In: Sterner, T. (ed.) Fuel Taxes and the Poor : The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy. Environment and development. RFF Press, New York. ISBN 9781617260926.
• Akpalu, W. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (2011) Political petrol pricing: The distributional impact of Ghana’s fuel subsidies. In: Sterner, T. (ed.) Fuel Taxes and the Poor : The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy. Environment for development. RFF Press, New York. ISBN 9781617260926

2010

• Robinson, E. J. Z., Kumar, A. M. and Albers , H. J. (2010) Protecting developing countries' forests: enforcement in theory and practice. Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, 2 (1). pp. 25-38. ISSN 1939-0459 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/19390450903350820
• Robinson, E. J. Z. and Kolavalli, S. L., (2010) The case of tomato in Ghana: processing. Discussion Paper. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2009

• Robinson, E. J. Z. and Maganga, F. (2009) The implications of improved communications for participatory forest management in Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, 47. pp. 171-178. ISSN 1365-2028 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.01066.x (Issue supplement S1. Special Issue: Ecosystem changes and implications on livelihoods of rural communities in Africa)
• Abate, T., Albergel, J., Armbrecht, I., Avato, P., Bajaj, S., Beintema, N., Ben Zid, R., Brown, R., Butler, L. M., Dreyfus, F., Feldman, S., Ebi, K. L., Gana, A., Gonzales, T., Gurib-Fakim, A., Heinemann, J., Herrman, T., Hilbeck, A., Hurni, H., Huyer, S., Jiggins, J., Kagwanja, J., Kairo, M., Kingakono, R. R., Kranjac-Berisaljevic, G., Latiri, K., Leakey, R., Lefort, M., Lock, K., Herrman, T., Mekonnen, Y., Murrey, D., Nathan, D., Ndlovu, L., Osman-Elasha, B., Perfecto, I., Plenovich, C., Raina, R., Robinson, E. J. Z., Roling, N., Rosegrant, M., Rosenthal, E., Shah, W. P., Stone, J. M. R., Suleri, A. and Yang, H. (2009) Executive summary of the synthesis report. In: Agriculture at a Crossroads. International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development, Washington, DC, USA, pp25.
• Butler, L. M., Leakey, R., Albergel, J. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (2009) Natural resources management. In: Executive summary of the synthesis report. Agriculture at a Crossroads. International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 59-64.
• Markwei, C., Ndlovu, L., Robinson, E. J. Z. and Shah, W. (2009) Options for action: generation, access and application of AKST. In: Subglobal Reports: Sub Saharan Africa. Agriculture at a crossroads, V. International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 97-128.

2008

• Robinson, E. J. Z., Albers, H. J. and Williams, J. C. (2008) Spatial and temporal modeling of community non-timber forest extraction. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 56 (3). 234 -245. ISSN 0095-0696
• Robinson, E. J.Z. (2008) Wanted dead and alive : to what extent are hunting and protection of an endangered species compatible? Environment and Development Economics, 13 (5). pp. 607-620. ISSN 1355-770X doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X08004403
• Robinson, E. J. Z. (2008) India’s disappearing common lands: fuzzy boundaries, encroachment, and evolving property rights. Land Economics, 84 (3). pp. 409-422. ISSN 1543-8325

2007

• Robinson, E. J. Z., Das, S. R. and Chancellor, T. B. C. (2007) Motivations behind farmers’ pesticide use in Bangladesh rice farming. Agriculture and Human Values, 24 (3). pp. 323-332. ISSN 0889-048X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-007-9071-3
• Albers, H. J. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (2007) Spatial-temporal aspects of cost-benefit analysis for park management: an example from Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Journal of Forest Economics, 13 (2-3). pp. 129-150. ISSN 1104-6899 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfe.2007.02.002

2005

• Robinson, E. J. Z. (2005) Reassessing the interaction between investment and tenure uncertainty. Environment and Development Economics, 10 (2). pp. 143-157. ISSN 1355-770X doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X04001895
• Mahapatra, A. K., Albers, H. J. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (2005) The impact of NTFP sales on rural households’ cash income in India’s dry deciduous forest. Environmental Management, 35 (3). pp. 258-265. ISSN 0364-152X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-003-8203-9

2003

• Bowen-Jones, E., Brown, D. and Robinson, E. J. Z. (2003) Economic commodity or environmental crisis? An interdisciplinary approach to analysing the bushmeat trade in central and west Africa. Area, 35 (4). pp. 390-402. ISSN 1475-4762 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0004-0894.2003.00189.x
• Gaunt, J. L., White, S. K., Best, J. R., Sutherland, A. J., Norrish, P., Robinson, E. J. Z., Hossain, Z. and Palmer-Jones, R. J. (2003) The researcher-farmer interface in the rice-wheat system: moving from agricultural productivity to livelihoods. In: Ladha, J. K., Hill, J. E. and Buresh, R. J. (eds.) Improving the productivity and sustainability of rice-wheat systems: issues and impacts. American Society of Agronomy, Madison, WI., pp. 211-231. ISBN 9780891181507

2002

• Robinson, E. J. Z., Williams, J. C. and Albers, H. J. (2002) The influence of markets and policy on spatial patterns of non-timber forest product extraction. Land Economics, 78 (2). pp. 260-271. ISSN 1543-8325 doi: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.78.2.260

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Qualifications:

BA; PhD