Gwen Arnold

Gwen Arnold is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of California, Davis, where she contributes to interdisciplinary research and teaching at the intersection of environmental governance and social systems. She is affiliated with the Geography Graduate Group and is based in 2144 Wickson Hall.

Her research focuses on environmental policy, institutional analysis, and the governance of common-pool resources. She investigates how bureaucratic institutions make decisions regarding natural resource management, with particular attention to controversial practices such as hydraulic fracturing (fracking). Her work integrates social network analysis and spatial methods, including GIS, to understand the interplay between human institutions and environmental systems.

Her academic interests are organized under three thematic areas: Methods, Models, and GIS Science; Nature and Society; and People, Place, and Region, reflecting a strong commitment to socio-environmental inquiry and geospatial analysis. Although no recent publications are listed in the provided text, her research profile suggests a focus on policy processes, institutional dynamics, and socio-spatial networks in environmental management.

She has not been mentioned as receiving any scientific awards in the provided content.

There is no information available in the text regarding graduate students she may advise or external research grants she may lead. However, her affiliation with the Geography Graduate Group indicates active participation in graduate education and interdisciplinary collaboration.

While specific laboratories or research teams are not mentioned, her methodological emphasis on GIS and social network analysis suggests engagement with geospatial and social science research groups at UC Davis.