Gina Gilson

I'm an interdisciplinary researcher working on natural resource governance, with a focus on water policy and politics.

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I am an incoming Assistant Professor of Environmental & Natural Resource Policy at Utah State University (August 2026).​​​

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I was previously a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Reno, and a Researcher at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona. I received my PhD in Geography and the Environment from the University of Oxford in 2025. 

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My interests are broadly related to water governance and the intersection between formal institutions (i.e. legal frameworks and policies) and informal institutions (i.e. social norms and trust). 

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contact: gina.gilson@usu.edu