Michael Cox
Professor
Appointments
Professor of Environmental Studies
Chair, Department of Environmental Studies
Area of Expertise
Environmental social science,
Natural resource management,
Environmental policy and governance
Biography
Michael Cox is an environmental social scientist specializing in environmental governance, with a particular emphasis on community-based natural resource management. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Southwestern United States and the Dominican Republic. His first book, Common Boundaries: The Theory and Practice of Environmental Property, delves into the significance of environmental property rights across academic disciplines, cultures, and types of environment policy. Additionally, Cox co-hosts the In Common Podcast, which features discussions of the lives, research, and endeavors of scholars and practitioners dedicated to fostering sustainable human-environment interactions
Education
B.A. Colby College
Ph.D. Indiana University
Taught Courses
Publications
Cox, M. 2024. Common Boundaries: The Theory and Practice of Environmental Property. Agenda Publishing.
Cox, M., et al. 2023. How academic podcasting can change academia and its relationship with society: a conversation and guide. Frontiers in Communication 8.
Cox, M., et al. 2021. Lessons learned from synthetic research projects based on the Ostrom Workshop frameworks. Ecology and Society: 26(1): 17.
Cox, M., Payton, F., and Pimentel, L. 2019. A gilded trap in Dominican rice farming. Land Use Policy 80: 10-20.
Cox, M., Villamayor-Tomas, S. and Hartberg, Y. 2014. The role of religion in community-based natural resource management. World Development 54: 46-55.
Sloan-Wilson, D., E. Ostrom and M. Cox. 2013. Generalizing the core design principles for the efficacy of groups. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 905: 521-532.
Cox, M. and Ross, J. 2011. Robustness and vulnerability of community irrigation systems: the case of the Taos valley acequias. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 61(3): 254-266.
Cox, M., Arnold, G. and Villamayor Tomás, S. 2010. A review of design principles for community-based natural resource management. Ecology and Society 15(4): [online], http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss4/art38/ .
Ostrom, E. and Cox, M. 2010. Moving beyond panaceas: an interdisciplinary approach to the study of social-ecological systems. Environmental Conservation 37(4): 451-463.
Cox, M. 2008. Balancing accuracy and meaning in common-pool resource theory. Ecology and Society 13(2): [online], http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art44/
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