Forsyth, Tim


Dr Tim Forsyth  

Department

Position held

Department of International Development

Reader in Environment and Development

Experience keywords:

developing countries (Thailand, Asia and southeast Asia); technology; Vietnam; environment and environmental policy; international investment; economy; Laos; Indonesia; science; China and India; politics; climate change; tourism; Philippines; Burma

Research summary > [Click to expand]

Environment and Development with special reference to environmental governance. Climate change policy; technology transfer and international investment; civil society; poverty and environment; scientific uncertainty and expertise. I am currently conducting research on environmental and climate change policy, and civil society and governance. I have conducted research in Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Burma, Laos, China and India.

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Thailand; South East Asia; Asia; East Asia

Languages:

Thai [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Intermediate]; French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6836

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2011

Forsyth, Tim (2011) Politicizing environmental explanations: what can political ecology learn from sociology and philosophy of science? In: Goldman, Mara J. and Nadasdy, Paul and Turner, Matthew D., (eds.) Knowing nature: conversations at the intersection of political ecology and science studies. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA, pp. 31-46. ISBN 9780226301402

Forsyth, Tim (2011) Expertise needs transparency not blind trust: a deliberative approach to integrating science and social participation. Critical Policy Studies, 5 (3). pp. 317-322. ISSN 1946-0171

2010

Forsyth, Tim (2010) Book review: arresting development: the power of knowledge for social change - by Craig Johnson. Progress in development studies, 10 (4). pp. 376-378. ISSN 1464-9934

Michaud, Jean and Forsyth, Tim, (eds.) (2010) Moving mountains: ethnicity and livelihoods in Highland China, Vietnam, and Laos. University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, Canada. ISBN 9780774818377

Forsyth, Tim (2010) Thailand's Red Shirt protests: popular movement or dangerous street theatre? Social movement studies, 9 (4). pp. 461-467. ISSN 1474-2837

Forsyth, Tim (2010) Livelihoods and ethnicity in highland mountainous Asia. In: Michaud, Jean and Forsyth, Tim, (eds.) Moving mountains: ethnicity and livelihoods in Highland China, Vietnam, and Laos. University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, Canada. ISBN 9780774818377

Forsyth, Tim (2010) Panacea or paradox?: cross-sector partnerships, climate change, and development. Wiley interdisciplinary reviews: climate change, 1 (5). pp. 683-696. ISSN 1757-7799

2009

Ayers, Jessica and Huq, Saleem and Forsyth, Tim (2009) Progress on community-based adaptation. AdaptNet, Melbourne, Australia

Forsyth, Tim (2009) The persistence of resistance: analysing local responses to agrarian change in Southeast Asia. In: Caouette, Dominique and Turner, Sarah, (eds.) Agrarian angst and rural resistance in contemporary Southeast Asia. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 267-276. ISBN 9780415548380

Ayers, Jessica and Forsyth, Tim (2009) Community based adaptation to climate change. Environment: science and policy for sustainable development, 51 (4). pp. 22-31. ISSN 0013-9157

Forsyth, Tim (2009) Democratizing international environmental expertise about forests and climate. In: Kütting, Gabriela and Lipschutz, Ronnie, (eds.) Environmental governance: power and knowledge in a local-global world. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415777131

Forsyth, Tim (2009) Multilevel, multiactor governance in REDD+: participation, integration and coordination. In: Angelsen, Arild, (ed.) Realising REDD+: national strategy and policy options. Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia, pp. 113-124. ISBN 9786028693035

Forsyth, Tim (2009) Commentary on "Unlikely Alliances: Encounters between State Science, Nature Spirits, and Indigenous Industrial Forestry in Mexico, 1926–2008". Current anthropology, 50 (1). pp. 91-92. ISSN 0011-3204

2008

Forsyth, Tim (2008) The contentious world of Jared Diamond's Collapse. In: Goodman , Michael and Boykoff, Maxwell and Evered, Kyle T. , (eds.) Contentious geographies: environmental knowledge, meaning, scale. Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, pp. 27-38. ISBN 9780754649717

Forsyth, Tim (2008) Investing in waste-to-energy projects: success factors for public-private collaboration in Asia. In: Tang, Kenny and Yeoh, Jacob, (eds.) Wastenomics: turning waste liabilities into assets. Middlesex University Press, Middlesex, UK. ISBN 9781904750284

Forsyth, Tim (2008) Political ecology and the epistemology of social justice. Geoforum, 39 (2). pp. 756-764. ISSN 0016-7185

Forsyth, Tim and Walker, Andrew (2008) Forest guardians, forest destroyers: the politics of environmental knowledge in Northern Thailand. University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA. ISBN 9780295987927

2007

Forsyth, Tim (2007) Are environmental social movements socially exclusive? An historical study from Thailand. World development, 35 (12). pp. 2110-2130. ISSN 0305-750X

Forsyth, Tim (2007) Promoting the “development dividend” of climate technology transfer: can cross-sector partnerships help? World development, 35 (10). pp. 1684-1698. ISSN 0305-750X

2006

Forsyth, Tim (2006) Sustainable livelihood approaches and soil erosion risks : who is to judge? International journal of social economics, 34 (1/2). pp. 88-102. ISSN 0306-8293

Forsyth, Tim (2006) Cooperative environmental governance and waste-to-energy technologies in Asia. International journal of technology management and sustainable development, 5 (3). pp. 209-220. ISSN 1474-2748

2005

Forsyth, Tim (2005) The political ecology of the ecosystem approach for forests. In: Sayer, Jeffrey and Maginnis, Stewart, (eds.) Forests in landscapes: ecosystem approaches to sustainability. Earthscan, London, UK, pp. 165-176. ISBN 9781844071951

Forsyth, Tim (2005) Building deliberative public–private partnerships for waste management in Asia. Geoforum, 36 (4). pp. 429-439. ISSN 0016-7185

Forsyth, Tim (2005) Partnerships for technology transfer: how can investors and communities build renewable energy in Asia? The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, UK

2004

Forsyth, Tim, (ed.) (2004) Encyclopedia of international development. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 041525342X

Forsyth, Tim (2004) Industrial pollution and social movements in Thailand. In: Peet, Richard and Watts, Michael, (eds.) Liberation ecologies: environment, development, social movements. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 422-438. ISBN 0415312353

Forsyth, Tim (2004) Social movements and environmental democratization in Thailand. In: Jasanoff, Sheila and Martello, Marybeth Long, (eds.) Earthly politics: local and global in environmental governance. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., pp. 195-216. ISBN 0262101033

2003

Forsyth, Tim (2003) Critical political ecology: the politics of environmental science. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415185622

2002

Johnson, Craig and Forsyth, Tim (2002) In the eyes of the state: negotiating a “rights-based approach” to forest conservation in Thailand. World development, 30 (9). pp. 1591-1605. ISSN 0305-750X

Forsyth, Tim (2002) What happened on ‘The Beach’? Social movements and governance of tourism in Thailand. International journal of sustainable development, 5 (3). pp. 326-337. ISSN 1741-5268

Forsyth, Tim (2002) Environmental social movements in Thailand: a critical assessment. Asian review, 15 pp. 106-127. ISSN 0125-3638

Johnson, Craig and Forsyth, Tim (2002) Realising rights? Negotiating access to Thailand's forests. Department for International Development, London, UK

2001

Forsyth, Tim (2001) The Brown environmental agenda. In: Desai, Vandana and Potter, Robert. B, (eds.) The Companion to Development Studies. Hodder Arnold, London, UK. ISBN 9780340760505

Forsyth, Tim (2001) Deforestation in Thailand: the battle in politics and science. In: Vajpeyi, Dhirendra, (ed.) Deforestation, environment and sustainable development: a comparative analysis. Praeger, Westport, CT, pp. 139-154. ISBN 9780275969899

Forsyth, Tim (2001) Critical realism and political ecology. In: Lopez, Jose and Potter, Gary, (eds.) After postmodernism: an introduction to critical realism. Athlone Press, London, UK, pp. 146-154. ISBN 0826478921

Herrschel, Tassilo and Forsyth, Tim (2001) Constructing a new understanding of the environment under postsocialism. Environment and planning A, 33 (4). pp. 573-587. ISSN 0308-518X

Forsyth, Tim (2001) Environmental social movements in Thailand: how important is class? Asian journal of social science, 29 (1). pp. 35-51. ISSN 1568-5314

1999

Batterbury, Simon and Forsyth, Tim (1999) Fighting back: human adaptations in marginal environments. Environment, 41 (6). pp. 6-11. ISSN 0013-9157

Forsyth, Tim (1999) International investment and climate change: energy technologies for developing countries. Earthscan, London. ISBN 9781853836220

1998

Forsyth, Tim and Leach, Melissa and Scoones, Tim (1998) Poverty and environment: priorities for research and study - an overview study, prepared for the United Nations Development Programme and European Commission. Institute of Development Studies, Farnham, UK

1997

Forsyth, Tim (1997) Environmental responsibility and business regulation: the case of sustainable tourism. The geographical journal, 163 (3). pp. 270-280. ISSN 0016-7398

LSE Research Online is the primary resource for references to publications. For queries or updates please email the LSE Research Online team at lseresearchonline@lse.ac.uk|.

Expert Image

Personal website

 

Browse the Experts Directory:

LSE Research Online|

Collection of LSE research outputs

LSE Consulting|

Service providing unique access
to LSE's expertise

Create or update your
online profile
|

[access restricted to staff]

LSE News Service|

Press Office eNewsletter