Dr Gregory Thaler

Gregory M. Thaler is an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist. He is Associate Professor of Environmental Geography and Latin American Studies in the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and the School of Geography and the Environment. His research examines the political ecology and political economy of development, global environmental governance, and agrarian politics. He also has a special interest in comparative, ethnographic, and action-research methodologies.

Much of Greg’s research is focused on Brazil, and he co-directs the Brazil Natural Resource Governance Initiative with colleagues at the University of Georgia (USA) and the Federal University of Pará (Brazil). Past research has also taken him to Bolivia, Ecuador, Indonesia, and to organisational headquarters and international negotiations in the US and Europe. These experiences are discussed in part in his book, Saving a Rainforest and Losing the World: Conservation and Displacement in the Global Tropics, which examines agricultural development and forest conservation across Brazil, Bolivia, and Indonesia.

More on Greg’s work can be found on his website at gregorythaler.com.