Wolf, Steven A.
Associate Professorresearch
primary investigator of
co investigator of
research areas
- biocomplexity | collaborative research area (CALS)
- development sociology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- entrepreneurship | collaborative research area (CALS)
- forest management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- international development | collaborative research area (CALS)
- natural resources | collaborative research area (CALS)
- resource policy and management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- science and technology studies | collaborative research area (CALS)
- sustainable agriculture | collaborative research area (CALS)
- sustainable development | collaborative research area (CALS)
international geographic focus
- Finland | country
domestic geographic focus
- New York State | state
submitted impact statement
- Implications of pursuing long-term sustainability through short-term policy instruments | 2007 Impact statement
- Associate editor of a new journal: Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research | 2007 Impact statement
- Analysis of "fault lines" and sources of resilience in U.S. agrifood systems | 2007 Impact statement
- Maple syrup as a model system for development of multifunctional, working landscapes | 2005 Impact statement
- Maple syrup as a model system for development of multifunctional working landscapes | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Natural Resources (NTRES/DNR) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Development Sociology | graduate field
- Natural Resources | graduate field
- Public Affairs | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Center for the Environment (CFE) | former research center
teaching
teaches
- DSOC 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- DSOC 8720 - Development Sociology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- DSOC 8900 - Master's-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- DSOC 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 4970 - Individual Study in Environmental Science and Resource Policy (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 6970 - Graduate Individual Study in Natural Resources (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 8900 - Master's Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- NTRES 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- BSOC 3311 - Environmental Governance (MW 01:25:PM-02:15:PM) | spring 2009 class
- DSOC 3311 - Environmental Governance (MW 01:25:PM-02:15:PM) | spring 2009 class
- DSOC 6320 - Environmental Governance (MW 01:25:PM-02:15:PM) | spring 2009 class
- DSOC 6940 - Special Topics in Development Sociology (W 11:30:AM-01:00:PM) | spring 2009 class
- DSOC 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- DSOC 8720 - Development Sociology (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- DSOC 8900 - Master's-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- DSOC 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 3311 - Environmental Governance (MW 01:25:PM-02:15:PM) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 4970 - Individual Study in Environmental Science and Resource Policy (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 4980 - Undergraduate Teaching in Natural Resources (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 6940 - Graduate Special Topics in Natural Resources (W 11:30:AM-01:00:PM) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 6970 - Graduate Individual Study in Natural Resources (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 8900 - Master's Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- NTRES 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- STS 3311 - Environmental Governance (MW 01:25:PM-02:15:PM) | spring 2009 class
service
event organizer
event participant
background
educational background
- Ph.D, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996
- M.S., University of Virginia, 1991
- B.S., University of Vermont, 1986
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley and Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique, Toulouse, France
featured in
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
- S. Wolf and J. Klein. Forthcoming. Enter the working forest: Discourse analysis in the Northern Forest. Geoforum.
- Klein, J. and S. Wolf. In press. Toward multifunctional landscapes: Cross-sectional analysis of management priorities in New York's Northern Forest. Rural Sociology.
- Wolf S. and S. Hufnagl-Eichiner. In Press. External Resources and Development of Forest Landowner Collaboratives. Accepted for publication, Society and Natural Resources.
- Melo C., S. Wolf. In Press. Eco-certification of Ecuadorian bananas: Prospects for progressive North-South linkages. Accepted for publication, Studies in Comparative International Development.
- Brown, C., S. Wolf and J. Lassoie. In press. Participation in co-management in community forests in Cameroon, Progress in Development Studies.
- Wolf, S. 2006. Commercial restructuring of collective resources in agrofood systems of innovation. Pp. 91-121 in The New Political Sociology of Science: Institutions, Networks, and Power, S. Frickel and K. Moore (eds.). Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
- Wolf, S. and E. Primmer. 2006. Between incentives and action: A pilot study of biodiversity conservation competencies for multifunctional forest management in Finland. Society and Natural Resources. 19:845-861.
- Young, R. and S. Wolf. 2006. Goal attainment in urban ecology research: A bibliometric review 1975-2004, Urban Ecosystems. 9:179-193.
- Just, D., S. Wolf, and D. Zilberman. 2006. Effect of Information Formats on Information Services: Analysis of Four Selected Agricultural Commodities. Agricultural Economics. 35: 289-301.
- Melo, C. and S. Wolf. 2005. Empirical Assessment of Eco-Certification: The Case of Ecuadorian Bananas. Organization and Environment 18(3): 287-317.
- Allaire, G. and S. Wolf. 2004. Cognitive models and institutional hybridity in agrofood innovation. Science, Technology and Human Values, 29 (4): 431-458.
speaker at Cornell event
Keywords: agriculture, environmental management, environmental social science, forest management, innovation, institutions, multifunctionality, natural resource conservation, organic, organization, organizational adaptation and learning, sustainability, technology, water quality