Dr Geoffrey Wood

Lecturer in Energy and Environmental Law

Law University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Geoffrey Wood

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About me

About me

Dr Geoffrey Wood joined the Law School at the University of Stirling in September 2014. He is a Lecturer in Energy and Environmental Law.

Education: Geoff graduated from the Centre for Energy Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) at the University of Dundee with a PhD in Energy Law Policy and Regulation (2014), a Masters with distinction in Renewable Energy and Environmental Modelling (from the School of Engineering Physics and Mathematics at the same institution), and a BSc (Hons) in Ecological Geography and Animal Behaviour from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. 

Dr Geoffrey Wood has won a number of awards, including a Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience Scholarship Award and the Scottish Green Energy Award in 2009. He has also published in peer-reviewed journals, published a book on renewable energy policy in Scotland, contributed to various journals, blogs, media, parliamentary committee inquiries and consultations.

Teaching: As a member of the Law School, Geoffrey has acted as Module Coordinator and Lecturer for a number of postgraduate and undergraduate modules including Energy Law and Policy, Low Carbon Energy Law, Environmental Law, International Law and Sustainable Development, Training for Masters in the Arts & Humanities, Undergraduate Research Methods, postgraduate and undergraduate Dissertation modules, and Regulating Corporate Social Responsibility I and II. Geoff has been active in undergraduate and postgraduate supervision (MSc/LL.M/PhD).

Geoff has also worked as a Contributing Lecturer for various universities and institutions elsewhere in the UK and abroad (primarily Africa and Europe).

Geoff is very happy to supervise undergraduate, taught postgraduate and PhD projects from a diverse range of topics in energy and environmental law, policy and governance.

Research

Geoffrey has a multi and interdisciplinary academic and professional background encompassing the international, national and sub-national level. In particular, his research involves the analysis of detailed legislation and legal cases. This involves an appreciation of the interaction between EU, UK and Scottish law across a range of disciplines and areas of law, including energy law, environmental law, public law, private law and human rights. Geoffrey's research investigates the development of legal, policy and regulatory (governance) frameworks for sustainable energy transitions in order to optimise policy delivery in terms of environmental, social, economic and technological outcomes. His research interests also include renewable/low carbon energy and fossil fuels (with a particular focus on unconventional hydrocarbons), multi-level governance, constitutional and administrative law, devolution and energy, energy-social-behavioural-environmental interactions, human rights (focused on energy and environmental issues), understanding new models of government-stakeholder partnerships in energy and environmental governance, public participation and engagement (including planning law and EIA), systems theory, sustainable development and climate change law and policy.

Outputs (25)

Outputs

Book Chapter

Baker K & Wood G (2019) Our Time is Up. In: Wood G & Baker K (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Fossil Fuels and Energy Transitions. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 617-620. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28076-5_24


Book Chapter

Wood G (2019) Managing the Decline of Fossil Fuels: A Long Goodbye?. In: Wood G & Baker K (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Fossil Fuels and Energy Transitions. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 611-615. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28076-5_23


Book Chapter

Wood G (2019) Fossil Fuels in a Carbon-Constrained World. In: Wood G & Baker K (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Managing Fossil Fuels and Energy Transitions. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 3-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28076-5_1


Book Chapter

Wood G (2018) Policy Risk, Politics and Low Carbon Energy. In: Considine J & Paik K (eds.) Handbook of Energy Politics. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 405-434. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-of-energy-politics-9781784712297.html


Book Chapter

Wood G & Baker K (2017) Introduction: Aye. Naw. Mibbe. In: Wood G & Baker K (eds.) A Critical Review of Scottish Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Policy. Energy, Climate and the Environment. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 3-11. https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319568973; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56898-0_1


Book Chapter

Baker K & Wood G (2017) Epilogue: Scotland Moving Forward. In: Wood G & Baker K (eds.) A Critical Review of Scottish Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Policy. Energy, Climate and the Environment. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 211-214. https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319568973; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56898-0_11


Book Chapter

Wood G (2017) Large-Scale Renewables: Policy and Practice Under Devolution. In: Wood G & Baker K (eds.) A Critical Review of Scottish Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Policy. Energy, Climate and the Environment. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 13-34. https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319568973; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56898-0_2


Other

Baker K & Wood G (2017) Response to consultation - Talking "Fracking": A Consultation on Unconventional Oil and Gas. Scottish Government, p. Response 288083450. https://consult.gov.scot/energy-and-climate-change-directorate/fracking-unconventional-oil-and-gas/consultation/view_respondent?show_all_questions=0&sort=submitted&order=ascending&_q__text=wood&uuId=288083450


Book Chapter

Wood G (2016) A systemic approach to renewable electricity technology deployment: The 'missing link' in optimising policy delivery in the UK?. In: Heffron R & Little G (eds.) Delivering Energy Law and Policy in the EU and the US: A Reader. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 515-519. https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-delivering-energy-law-and-policy-in-the-eu-and-the-us.html


Other

Wood G (2016) House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs, 2nd Report of Session 2016-17. The Price of Power: Reforming the Electricity Market. Ordered to be printed 8 February 2017 and published 24 February 2017. HL Paper 113. Dr Geoffrey Wood – Written evidence (UEM0062): Wider Discussion of the Issues of the EAC Inquiry pp.1022-1026. London: House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs. https://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-committees/economic-affairs/The-Economics-of-UK-Energy-Policy/The-Economics-of-UK-Energy-Policy-FINAL.pdf


Website Content

Wood G (2014) What lessons can be learned from onshore wind deployment for a developing UK shale gas sector? Feature contribution to good-fit practice activities in the international oil, gas and mining industries. Good-Fit Practice Activities in the International Oil, Gas and Mining Industries, 2014. http://www.eisourcebook.org/2985_FeaturedCEPMLPalumnusDrGeoffWood.html


Website Content

Wood G (2014) Geoffrey Wood: The Independence Debate and Scottish Renewable Energy Policy and Practice: Is the Referendum That Important?. Scottish Constitutional Futures Forum (SCFF) Blog, 08.09.2014. http://www.scottishconstitutionalfutures.org/OpinionandAnalysis/ViewBlogPost/tabid/1767/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/4217/Geoffrey-Wood-The-Independence-Debate-and-Scottish-Renewable-Energy-Policy-and-Practice-Is-the-Referendum-That-Important.aspx


Other

Wood G (2013) House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee (HC180). Local Energy: Sixth Report of Session 2013-14. Volume II: Additional Written Evidence Ordered by the House of Commons to be published 9 May and 16 July 2013. Written evidence submitted by Geoffrey Wood, Ev w48-w54. London: The Stationery Office. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmenergy/180/180vw.pdf


Authored Book

Wood G (2010) Renewable Energy Policy in Scotland. CEPMLP Energy Series. University of Dundee: Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy. http://www.buyat.dundee.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=2&modid=1&catid=37


Teaching

Teaching

I have taught on the following modules:

Undergraduate Energy Law and Policy (LAWPP13) (module coordinator);

Postgraduate Energy Law and Policy (LAWU9EN) (module coordinator);

Undergraduate Research Dissertation (LAWU9LD);

Postgraduate Research Dissertation (LAWPPLD);

Undergraduate Research Methods (LAWU9RM) (module coordinator);

Postgraduate Research Methods (ARTPL02) (module coordinator);

Postgraduate Low Carbon Energy Law (LAWPP14) (module coordinator);

Postgraduate Corporate Social Responsibility I (LAWPRC) (module coordinator);

Postgraduate Corporate Social Responsibility II (LAWPPSR) (module coordinator);

Undergraduate Environmental Law (LAWU9EL);

Postgraduate Environmental Law (LAWPP09);

International Law and Sustainable Developments (LAWPP19) (module coordinator).