Research
1. Human security and the environment: The publication of ‘Human Security and the Environment’ (Edward Elgar 2002) at the conclusion of European Framework project. Future research into the implications of global tourism for vulnerable environmental systems and human security. In press: ‘Tourist pioneers and spaces of unintended consequence: the Mexican Caribbean’.
2. Transnational histories of production and consumption: A grant under ESRC ‘Cultures of Consumption’ programme into the impact of the rise and decline of natural chewing gum on forest economies of Yucatan, Mexico. Book: ‘Chewing Gum – the fortunes of taste’ (Taylor and Francis, New York, 2004).
3. Sustainability and ‘post-sustainability’: A state of the art review is underway, in four volumes on ‘Sustainability: a critique and re-appraisal’ (Routledge, 2005). Another, ‘ New Developments in Environmental Sociology’ (Edward Elgar, 2005)
4. The Frontier: environment and civil societies: Research for book: ‘The Frontier: histories of citizenship and nature’ (MIT Press 2006). This builds upon and develops research on mid-nineteenth century Canada and Yucatan, Mexico.
