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141: Poaching, Policy, and Participation: The Fight to Govern Wildlife Trade with Duan Biggs

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Michael speaks with Duan Biggs, Associate Professor and Olajos Goslow Chair at Northern Arizona University. They discuss Duan’s exte...

139: Forests, Stories, and the People Behind Reforestation with Lauren E. Oakes

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What does it take to grow more forests and ensure they last? In this episode, Michael Cox speaks with conservation scientist and award-winning science...

139: Climate Misinformation & Disinformation with Pallavi Sethi

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Divya chats with Pallavi Sethi, a Policy Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment at the Lon...

138: Families, forests and carbon with Nathan Truitt

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Nathan Truitt, Executive Vice President of Climate Funding for the American Forest Foundation. Nathan works in su...

137: Governing for transformation towards sustainable small-scale fisheries with Fikret Berkes and Nicole Franz

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Xavier Basurto, a former guest of the show, joins Michael to interview Fikret Berkes and Nicole Franz. Fikret is Distinguished Profes...

136: Urbanization and Inequality with Sean Fox and Gregory Randolph

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Divya speaks with Sean Fox and Gregory Randolph about urbanization and how it is unfolding amid global shocks and affecting inequalit...

135: Relational values with Rachelle Gould

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Rachelle Gould, Associate Professor at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources and an Environ...

134: Politics of Development in South Asia with Saad Gulzar

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Divya speaks with Saad Gulzar, Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. At the ti...

133: Collaborative Watershed Management with Scott Hardy

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Divya speaks with Scott Hardy. Scott is an Extension Educator with the Ohio Sea Grant College Program, where he leads research and ru...

132: Fire and social cohesion with Nate Dominy

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Nate Dominy, the Charles Hansen Professor of Anthropology at Dartmouth College. Nate is a biological anthropologi...

131: Green Capitalism in the Amazon with Maron Greenleaf

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Maron Greenleaf, assistant professor of anthropology at Dartmouth College. They discuss Maron’s recently publis...

130: Sustainable tourism with Jake Kheel

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Jake Kheel, Vice President of Sustainability at the Grupo Puntacana Foundation, a non-profit organization located...

129: Tree Plantations in Pakistan with Usman Ashraf

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Divya interviews Usman Ashraf, a PhD student at the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Sciences at the University of Helsinki. His ...

FFM #6: The future of fisheries management with Christine McDaniel and Ilia Murtazashvili

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this final episode in our series on the future of fisheries management, Michael speaks with two of the co-organizers of the initial meeting that le...

128: Environmental justice with Brendan Coolsaet

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Stefan speaks with Brendan Coolsaet.  Stefan and Brendan discuss the history of environmental justice movements and scholarship, cur...

FFM #5: Negotiating with Kerrlene Wills

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is the fifth episode in our future fisheries management series, which we are running in collaboration with the Mercatus Center at George Mason Un...

127: The Healing Power of Virtual Nature with Alex Smalley

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Alex Smalley, an expert in Environmental Psychology and researcher at the University of Exeter. Alex’s research...

126: Infrastructure for Sustainability with Marty Anderies.

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael talks with Marty Anderies, Professor in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. They discuss a book that Ma...

FFM #4: Fisheries consulting with Andrew Johnson

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is the fourth episode in our Future Fisheries Management series, which we are running in collaboration with the Mercatus Center at George Mason U...

125: Boundary spanning with Stephen Posner

19 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Stephen Posner, the Director of Pathways to Planetary Health at the Garrison Institute. The Garrison Institute is...

124: Social capital and community resilience with Daniel Aldrich

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Stefan speaks with Daniel Aldrich. Daniel is a Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Northeastern University in Boston....

123: Co-production and creativity with Josie Chambers

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Stefan speaks with Josephine Chambers. Josie is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, situated within the ...

FFM #3: Mapping coastal fisheries with Paige Roberts

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is the third episode in our Future Fisheries Management series, which we are running in collaboration with the Mercatus Center at George Mason Un...

122: Decolonizing Conservation with Mathew Mabele

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Divya speaks with Mathew Mabele. Mathew is a Conservation Social Scientist, currently appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Ge...

FFM #2: Reality-based fisheries policy with Bubba Cook

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is the second in the Future Fisheries Management series that we are producing in collaboration with the Mercatus Center at George Mason Universit...

121: An end-of-year pod with the editors of the International Journal of the Commons

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In our final episode of 2023, Michael speaks with the editors of the International Journal of the Commons, which In Common has worked with for the pas...

120: Land use, agriculture and the anthropocene with Billie Turner II

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Billie Turner II, Regents Professor at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. Billie holds ot...

119: The Duty to Consult with Victoria A. Bikowski

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Victoria Bikowski, a PhD student in the Department of Politics at York University in Toronto, Canada, and a consu...

FFM #1: Ocean policy with Elizabeth Mendenhall

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is the first episode in a new series on the Future of Fisheries Management (FFM), conducted in collaboration with the Mercatus Center at George M...

118: Using games to teach about collective action and the commons with Eric Klopfer

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Eric Klopfer, the chair of the department of Comparative Media Studies and Writing at the Massachusetts Institute...

Insight Episode #54: Dan Holland

28 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This Insight Episode comes from full episode 111 with Dan Holland. Dan is a senior scientist at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center within the US N...

Insight Episode #53: Dan Brockington on the myth of fortress conservation

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode ninety-four with Dan Brockington. Dan is a professor and director of the Sheffield Institute for Internat...

Science and Practice #13: Land Conservation with Peter Stein

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Peter Stein, a managing director at The Lyme Timber Company in Hanover, New Hampshire. In addition to his current...

117: Coral reefs and collaborative science with Joshua Cinner

18 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Stefan speaks with Joshua Cinner. Josh is a distinguished professor in the social sciences at James Cook University in Townsville, Au...

Insight Episode #52: Erin O’Donnell on the rights of nature

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

  This insight episode comes from full episode 102 with Erin O'Donnell. Erin is an Early Career Academic Fellow at Melbourne Law School at the Univer...

Insight Episode #51: Kaitlin Cordes on coffee and commodity chains

26 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode ninety-two with Kaitlin Cordes. Kaitlin is an international lawyer and researcher who focuses on human ri...

116: Stewardship salons and social science in the US Forest Service with Lindsay Campbell

18 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Stefan speaks with Lindsay Campbell. Lindsay is a Research Social Scientist with the US Forest Service within the US Department of Ag...

115: Complex landscape mosaics and the paradox of pastoral tenure with Lance Robinson

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Lance Robinson, a Research Scientist studying Human Dimensions of Sustainable Resource Development at the Center ...

Science and practice #12: Nature-based solutions with Margot Clarvis

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Margot Clarvis, the head of Nature-based solutions at C-Quest Capital. They talk about Margot's current work on p...

Science and Practice #11: Systems thinking and inclusive conservation with Shauna Mahajan

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with with Shauna Mahajan, lead social scientist with the global science team of the World Wildlife Fund, or WWF.  Dur...

Science and Practice #10: The ejidos and agrarian reforms of Mexico with Gustavo Gordillo de Anda

22 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Gustavo Gordillo de Anda. Gustavo has worked for the Mexican government as its vice minister of agriculture, and ...

Science and Practice #9: Social justice in STEM and tech with Lauren Quigley Thomas

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Stefan speaks with Lauren Thomas Quigley. Lauren is a research scientist at IBM Research and an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the ...

Insight Episode #49: Achim Schluter on privatization

08 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode eighty-eight with Achim Schluter. Achim is a Professor Social Systems and Ecological Economics at Jacobs ...

Science and Practice #8: Paying for Conservation with Eddy Niesten

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Eddy Niesten, an independent consultant who spent more than a decade working for Conservation International as a ...

Insight Episode #49: Mark Moritz on open property regimes in pastoral communities

11 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode eighty-four with Mark Moritz. Mark is a professor of anthropology at the Ohio State University who has st...

114: Collaboration starts with Coffee, with Tony Sutton

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Tony Sutton, Assistant professor of Native American Food Systems at the University of Maine. Michael and Tony tal...

113: Conducting research on a large scale with Johan Oldekop

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Divya speaks with Dr. Johan Oldekop. Johan is a senior lecturer at the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester. ...

Science and Practice #7: Questioning Conservation with Sarah Milne

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Sarah Milne, a senior lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University abou...

Insight Episode #48: Daniel Decaro on self-determination theory

28 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode eighty-two with Daniel Decaro. Daniel is an associate professor at the University of Louisville with a jo...

Science and Practice #6: Learning from policy failures in development economics with Soumya Balasubramanya

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week Dustin speaks with Dr. Soumya Balasubramanya, senior economist at the World Bank based with its global environmental practice. Soumya is tra...

112: Reimagining narratives of death and extinction with Dr. Sarah Bezan

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Hita speaks with Dr. Sarah Bezan who is a scholar of environmental humanities currently employed as a Lecturer in Literature and the ...

Science and Practice #5: Radical Alternatives to Development with Ashish Kothari

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Hita and Michael speak with noted Indian environmentalist Ashish Kothari, who works at the interface between development and environm...

Insight Episode #47: Nejem Raheem on water rights in the New Mexico acequias

06 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode eighty-one with Nejem Raheem. Nejem is an associate professor of economics at Emerson College, where he f...

Insight Episode #46: Arun Agrawal on top down v. bottom up governance

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode eighty with Arun Agrawal. Arun is the Samuel Trask Dana Professor at the School for Environment and Susta...

111: Fisheries policy and catch shares with Dan Holland

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Dan Holland. Dan is a senior scientist at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center within the US National Oceanic a...

IJC#10: Picking a bone with Elinor Ostrom? A conversation with Landon Yoder & Courtney Hammond Wagner

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

IJC#10: Picking a bone with Elinor Ostrom? A conversation with Landon Yoder & Courtney Hammond Wagner Listen to a conversation that Frank van Laerhove...

110: Carbon markets with Danny Cullenward

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Danny Cullenward. Danny is a lawyer and climate economist working on the design and implementation of scientifica...

109: Forests as pathways to prosperity with Daniel Miller

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Divya Gupta speaks with Dr. Daniel Miller. Dan is an Associate Professor in the School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre D...

Insight Episode #45: Courtney Carothers on the importance of indigenous knowledge systems

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode seventy-nine with Courtney Carothers.  Courtney is a professor in the college of Fisheries and Oceans at...

108: Localizing development with Esther Zeledon

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Dr. Esther Zeledon. Esther is a senior development advisor, former diplomat, President and founder of Optimax Int...

107: Zoning policy with William Fischel

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Michael speaks with Bill Fischel, professor of Economics at Dartmouth College. Bill is arguably the global expert on zoning rules used...

Insight Episode #44: Derek Kauneckis on watersheds and smart tech

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode seventy-seven with Derek Kauneckis. Derek is an associate professor at the Desert Institute in Nevada whe...

106: The Surrounds with AbdouMaliq Simone

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Hita speaks with her colleague, Prof. AbdouMaliq Simone, a Senior Professorial fellow at the Urban Institute of The University of Shef...

105: The Rights of Nature with Julia Talbot-Jones

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Julia Talbot-Jones, Senior Lecture in the School of Government at the University of Wellington. Julia studies how...

IJC#9: Magical realism, water and power with Valentina Fonseca Cepeda

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to a conversation that Frank van Laerhoven had with Valentina Fonseca Cepeda . Together with Daniel Castillo-Brieva, Luis Baquero-Bernal, Luz A...

IJC#8: Blockchain networks as knowledge commons with Ilia Murtazashvili

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to a conversation that Frank van Laerhoven had with Ilia Murtazashvili. Together with Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, Martin Weiss, and Michael M...

Insight Episode #43: Hillary Angelo on social imaginaries

23 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode seventy-six with Hillary Angelo.  Hillary is a professor of sociology at the University of California, S...

104: Creating Knowledge for Change with Sharachchandra Lele

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Divya speaks with Sharachchandra or Sharad Lele, Distinguished Fellow in Environmental Policy and Governance at ATREE (Ashoka Trust f...

103: Gathering tides with Mehana Blaich Vaughan

12 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Mehana Blaich Vaughan, associate professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Department of Natural R...

Insight Episode #42: Graeme Cumming on scale mismatch and mismanagement

09 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode seventy-five with Graeme Cumming.  Graeme is a Professor at James Cooke University in Townsville, Austra...

IJC#7: Sacred groves (or commons with a difference) with Samuel Adeyanju

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to a conversation that Frank van Laerhoven had with Samuel Adeyanju. Together with Janette Bulkan, Jonathan C. Onyekwelu, Guillaume Peterson St...

Insight Episode #41: Sara Meerow on the concept of resilience

26 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode seventy-four with Sara Meerow. Sara is an assistant professor at the School of Geographical Sciences and...

102: Rights for Rivers with Erin O’Donnell

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Erin O’Donnell, Early Career Academic Fellow at Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne. Erin is a ...

Insight Episode #40: Bridie McGreavy on the importance of indigenous perspectives in Maine shellfish fisheries

12 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode seventy-one with Bridie McGreavy. Bridie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and...

102: Environmental economics and conservation with Priya Shyamsundar

09 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Michael speaks with Priya Shyamsundar, lead economist at the Nature Conservancy. Priya speaks about her career trajectory that led her...

101: Commoning with David Bollier

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael and Hita speak with David Bollier. David is an author, activist, blogger and consultant who spends a lot of time exploring th...

100: Our 100th episode!

25 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is our 100th (full) episode! To celebrate, a group of us from the In Common team got together to do some reflecting, with each participant respon...

IJC#6: Social-ecological fit in Wisconsin lakes with Dane Whittaker

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Sivee Chawla speaks with Dane Whittaker about their research published in the International Journal of the Commons. They have authore...

Insight Episode #39: Kimberley Peters on the changing governance of the oceans

16 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode sixty-eight, Stefan and Courtney's conversation with Kimberley Peters.   Kimberley is a Professor of Mar...

099: The politics of environmental access and risk with Jesse Ribot

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Jesse Ribot, Professor at the School of International Service at American University. Jesse is a human geographer...

Science and Practice #3 Stories of a chronicler with Arati Kumar Rao

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Hita and Michael speak with Arati Kumar Rao who describes herself as a chronicler of landscapes - of both biodiversity as well as liv...

Science and Practice #2: Applying behavior science for conservation with Erik Thulin

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Erik Thulin, Behavioral Science Director at Rare, an NGO dedicated to employing behavioral and social change for ...

Insight Episode #38: Emily Boyd on the challenges and benefits of interdisciplinary training and sustainability science

24 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode sixty, Stefan's conversation with Emily Boyd. Emily is the Director of Lund University Centre for Sustai...

098: A biography of Water with Giulio Boccaletti

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Dustin and Hita speak with Giulio Boccaletti, a writer, entrepreneur and honorary research associate at the Smith School of Enterp...

097: People, Science and Cross-Disciplinary Research in Conservation with Ghazala Shahabuddin

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Divya speaks with Dr. Ghazala Shahabuddin. Ghazala is an ecologist based in India, where she currently teaches at the Ashoka Universi...

096: Institutional diversity and the evolution of water markets with Dustin Garrick

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Hita and Michael spoke with Dustin Garrick who is an Associate Professor at the School of Environment, Resources, and Sustainability a...

095: Agrarian reforms and the property rights gap with Mike Albertus

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Mike Albertus, associate professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. They talk about Mike’s mo...

Insight Episode #37: Henrik Österblom on unsustainable science

13 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode sixty-two, Michael and Stefan's conversation with Henrik Österblom. Henrik is the Science Director of t...

Science and Practice #1: Conservation and social science with Nathan Bennett

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is the first episode of a new series of the podcast that we are calling "Science and Practice". In this series we will be interviewing guests who...

Insight Episode #36: Brent Loken on how food production and animal conservation are related

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode 059, Michael's conversation with Brent Loken. Brent is a Global Food Lead Scientist at the World Wildlif...

094: Protected areas with Dan Brockington

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael and Stefan speak with Dan Brockington, Professor and director of the Sheffield Institute for International Development at the...

093: Complexity and the Subaks of Bali with Steve Lansing

18 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with one of his intellectual heroes, Dr. Steve Lansing. Steve is an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute and...

Insight Episode #35: Jessica Gephart on seafood trade discrepancies

15 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode 052, Michael and Stefan's conversation with Jessica Gephart.    Jessica is an Assistant Professor of En...

092: Sustainable development with Kaitlin Cordes

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Kaitlin Cordes, an international lawyer and researcher who focuses on human rights and sustainable development. M...

091: Marine conservation in Haiti with Jean Wiener

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Michael speaks with Jean Wiener, the founder and director of the Foundation for the Protection of Marine Biodiversity, or FOPROBIM. J...

IJC#5: Guiding would-be institutional crafters with Jim Sinner

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this IJC episode, Frank van Laerhoven has a conversation with Jim Sinner.   Together with Marc Tadaki, Edward Challies, Margaret Kilvington, Parat...

Insight #34: Beatriz Dos Santos Dias on modeling and historical ecology

30 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This insight episode comes from full episode 051, Michael's conversation with Beatriz Dos Santos Dias.  Beatriz is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Colle...

090: Histories of disease and its links to urban planning with Aditya Ramesh

23 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Hita spoke with Aditya Ramesh, Presidential Fellow of Environmental History at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Th...

089: Biocultural relationships with Noa Kekuewa Lincoln

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Michael speaks with Dr. Noa Kekuewa Lincoln, a professor in the department of tropical plant and soil sciences at the University of Ha...

IJC #4: Historical commons in the Low Lands with Maurice Paulissen

11 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Frank van Laerhoven is speaking with Maurice Paulissen. Is it a historian? Is it an ecologist? No, it is a landscape historian! Maurice is one of the ...