Liza Wood
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Ecology
Areas of Emphasis: Environmental Policy 2023
Designated Emphasis: Computational Social Science
University of California Davis, Davis, CA
M.Sc., Organic Farming and Food Production Systems 2015
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
M.Sc., Sustainability Science and Policy 2014
Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
B.A., Political Science | B.A., Biology 2013
Honors College at the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
EMPLOYMENT
Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2023 – present
University of Exeter, Department of Management – Sustainable Futures
Graduate Student Researcher and Teaching Assistant 2018 – 2023
University of California Davis, Center for Environmental Policy & Behavior and DataLab
Assistant Director of First-Year Experience 2016 – 2018
College of Charleston, New Student Programs
PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEW PUBLICATIONS
Wood, L., Scott, T. (2022) Transportation agencies as consumers and producers of science: The case of state, regional, and county transportation agencies in California. Transport Policy 128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.08.016.
Wood, L., Lubell, M., Rudnick, J., Khalsa, S.D.S., Tatge, S., Sears, M., Brown, P. (2021) Mandatory information-based policy tools facilitate California farmers’ learning about nitrogen management. Land Use Policy 114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105923.
Rudnick, J., Lubell, M., Khalsa, S.D.S., Tatge, S., Wood, L., Sears, M., Brown, P. (2021). A Farm Systems Approach to the Adoption of Sustainable Nitrogen Management Practices in California. Agriculture and Human Values 38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-021-10190-5.
REPORTS
Wood, L. (2022). Assessing the Resilience of the Organic Seed System: A Network Perspective. Proceedings of the 11th Organic Seed Growers Conference.
Hubbard, K., Zystro, J., & Wood, L. (2022). State of Organic Seed. Port Townsend, Washington. | Data explorer: https://organicseed.shinyapps.io/SOSData/
Wood, L., Lubell, M. (2022). Vina Subbasin Farmer Survey Report | Data explorer: https://liza-wood.shinyapps.io/Vina-interactive-survey/
PRESENTATIONS
Wood, L (2023, August) Sustained coexistence pathways for non-proprietary innovation. International Sustainable Transitions Conference. Utrecht, NL.
Wood, L, Scott, T.A, Struthers, C., Kim, S. (2023, July) Science politics: How political context shapes public agencies’ use of science in environmental policymaking. Environmental Politics and Governance Conference. Glasgow, UK.
Wood, L & Scott, T.A. (2023, January) govscienceuseR: Tools for quantifying science in policy. Conference of Policy Process Research. Denver, CO.
Wood, L & Lubell, M. (2022, November). Analyzing sustainability transitions with innovation system networks: The case of the organic seed system in the United States. International Sustainable Transitions Conference, remote presentation.
Wood, L. (2022, June). “Supporting innovation for sustainable agriculture: The case of the organic seed system in the United States.” Newcastle University School of Natural and Environmental Sciences Seminar Series, invited talk, remote presentation.
Wood, L. (2022, May). “Governing agrobiodiversity: A comparison of regional seed innovation systems as social-ecological networks.” 8th Annual Duck Family Workshop on Environmental Politics and Governance, University of Washington. Seattle, WA.
Wood, L. (2022, March). “Seed innovation systems in the US: The politics of science for agro-ecological transitions.” Atlanta Academy on Science and Innovation Policy. Atlanta, GA.
Wood, L. (2021, December). “Mapping the seed innovation system.” Mars-Wrigley Cacao Research & Development Seminar Series. Davis, CA.
Wood, L. & Rudnick, J. (2020, April). “The effect of information-based policy tools on farmers’ nitrogen management.” American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, remote presentation.
Wood, L. (2019, July). “Assessing Seed System Resilience: A Case Study from Northeastern Thailand.” International Association for the Study of the Commons, Lima, Peru.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
DATA SCIENCE
Instructor | Contracted by California State Water Board
R for Water Resources Data Science Spring 2023 & 2024
Teaching Assistant | UC Davis – UC Davis DataLab
IST 8x: Adventures in Data Science Winter & Spring 2022 & 2023
Instructor | UC Davis – Graduate Group in Ecology
ECL 298: R Data Analysis for Visualization in Science Fall 2020, 2021 & 2022
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE
Teaching Assistant | UC Davis – Departments of Plant Sciences and Environmental Science and Policy
PLS 49: Organic Crop Production Practicum Fall 2019, Spring 2020
ESP 10: Current Issues in the Environment Winter 2019
Instructor | College of Charleston – Department of Environmental and Sustainability Science
FYET 177: Sustainable Food in the Foothills of the Andes Spring 2017, 2018 & 2019
FYSE 142: Farm to Fork: The Sustainable Food Movement in Charleston Spring 2018
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & AWARDS
UC Davis Henry A. Jastro Student Research Fellowship 2019 – 2023
Fulbright Netherlands Research Award, Semi-finalist 2022
USDA Western Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Graduate Student Grant 2020 – 2022
UC Davis Angela and Theodore Foin Graduate Award 2020 – 2021
Ford Foundation Fellowship Program, Honorable Mention 2020
UC Davis Muir Institute Graduate Fellowship 2019 – 2020
UC Davis Graduate Group in Ecology Fellowship 2018 – 2020
Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholarship to Newcastle, United Kingdom 2014 – 2015
Fulbright Maastricht University Award to Maastricht, The Netherlands 2013 – 2014