Nives Dolšak
Professor and director, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs
Clean energy, Climate change (global), COVID-19, Policy
Expertise: Climate change, policy, common pool resources
Nives Dolšak is a professor and director of the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs. She studies how common pool resources are governed. She looks at the role of community action, social capital, market-based instruments, as well as traditional regulatory policies. Her research has examined these issues in the context of Washington state, the United States, Eastern and Central Europe, as well as whole world. A special area of focus is on global climate change policies that have been developed and implemented from the local to international level. Regionally she studies collaborative salmon management through research funded by Washington Sea Grant, and serves as a member of the science panel of the Puget Sound Partnership.
