Griffin, Dr Liza
| Department: |
Politics and International Relations |
| Address: |
Room 512, 32/38 Wells Street, London, W1T 3UW |
| Tel: |
+44 (0)20 7911 5000 ext: 7613 |
| Email: |
L.Griffin3@westminster.ac.uk |
| Office Hours: |
Tuesday 11am - 1pm |
Biography
Dr Liza Griffin is a Senior Lecturer in Politics. Liza holds a PhD in geography and politics from the Open University. She has lectured in geography, politics and planning at Oxford Brookes, Oxford University and Birmingham City University. Liza is interested in debates about power and space in relation to the governance of ‘wicked problems’.
Recent research grants
British Academy Award, ‘Making Communities Responsible at times of Crisis: Communities, Sustainability & Flooding Governance in the UK’ in 2011
Enrichment Award from the Association of American Geographers in 2010
Elizabeth De Lowerntal Memorial Prize for the ‘Postgraduate Certificate of Special Study in Supporting Learning’, University of Westminster in 2009
Co-applicant: ESRC Seminar Series Applicant (Principle Applicant’ Prof Simon Joss) ‘The Governance of Eco-City Innovation ’, in 2010
Research and Supervision Interests
- Theoretical Themes
- Governance
- Knowledge & the environment
- Democracy & environmental politics
- Power & scale, space & boundaries
- Publics
- Empirical Foci
- Sustainable communities
- Flooding politics
- Good governance
- Resource management
Teaching
Liza is module leader the following module:
- Global Environmental Politics (level 4)
- Political Ecology (level 6)
- International Environmental Politics & Governance (level 7)
She also contributes to teaching on these modules:
- Research Methods (level 7)
- Research Methods (Level 5)
- International Political Economy (Level 5)
- International Security Studies (Level 6)
Recent publications
‘Making Communities Resilient To Crisis: Exploring the Tensions & Dilemmas’
(Forthcoming in 2012) The Good Governance of Fisheries: a North Sea Case Study. Routledge.
(Forthcoming in May 2012) ‘Where is power in governance?’ Political Studies Review
(2012) ‘Codyssey’. ATLAS: Geography, Architecture & Change in an Interdependent World, Black Dog Publications. http://blackdogonline.com/all-books/atlas.html
(2010) ‘Fishing for the public interest’ in (Ed.) Janet Newman, Clive Barnett & Nick Mahony Rethinking the Public: innovations in research, theory & policy. Policy Press. http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?k=9781847424167
(2010) ‘Sustainable Fisheries’ Encyclopaedia of Geography. Editor Barry Solomon. Sage. http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book230922
(2010) Editor of Special Edition of: Environmental Policy & Governance: on ‘Governance Innovation for Sustainability: Exploring the Tensions & Dilemmas’
(2010), Governance innovation for sustainability: exploring the tensions & dilemmas. Environmental Policy & Governance, 20: 365–369 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eet.555/pdf
(2010) ‘The limits to good governance: a case study of North Sea Fisheries’ Geoforum. 41 (2). pp. 282-292 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001671850900150X
(2009) ‘Scales of knowledge in North Sea fisheries governance: the local fisherman & the European scientist’ Environmental Politics 18 (4). Pp 557 — 575. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09644010903007419
(2009) ‘Food security & fisheries governance’ in Honor Fagan & Ronaldo Munck. Globalisation & Security. Praeger Press.
(2009) ‘Citizenship in an Interdependent World: The Hard Questions’ Online Encyclopaedia of Interdependence http://www.atlas-id.org/citizenship-in-an-interdependent-world-the-hard-questions
(2008) ‘Good governance & Sustainability’ Geography Compass. 2 (2). pp 452–475. http://www.amazon.com/Globalization-Security-volumes-Encyclopedia-International/dp/0275996921
(2007) ‘All aboard: power, participation & governance in the North Sea regional advisory council’. International Journal of Green Economics 1 (3 / 4). Pp 478 – 493.
(2007) ‘Making Bodies’ Quest. Issue 5. Autumn, 2007. pp 1-14.
(2005) 'The Coast On Your Plate' Essay for BBC series Coast at http://www.open2.net/sciencetechnologynature/worldaroundus/coast_on_plate.html
(2003) 'Sustainable development'. Encyclopaedia of Community: from the village to the virtual world. Edited by K Christensen, D Levinson - Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications (with David Pepper).
