Clark C Gibson

Clark C Gibson serves as Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego within the Division of Social Sciences.

His scholarly work centers on political science with specialized focus on environmental governance, institutional analysis, and common-pool resource management. Gibson's research examines how communities establish governance structures for natural resource management, particularly forest ecosystems, analyzing the institutional frameworks that determine sustainable versus unsustainable resource use.

Gibson has contributed significantly to interdisciplinary environmental research through collaborative projects examining forest governance across multiple international contexts.

He maintains active involvement in policy-relevant scholarship that bridges academic research and practical environmental governance solutions.