Graham Wood
Biographic Data
| ID | 3721102 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Graham Wood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Graham |
| FAMILY NAME | Wood |
| SIGNATURE | WOOD G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oxford Brookes University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0307-9012 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Common experiences and critical reflections
Purpose Higher education institutions are embedding education for sustainability in curricula, but there are many challenges slowing the process down. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses reflections from stakeholders across eight disciplines to identify themes supporting EfS integration across disciplines, using collaborative autoethnography. Findings The paper highlights unique challenges and opportunities in embedding sustainability edu…
Moral Tolerance
In many practical contemporary contexts, people need to make correct ethical judgements about how to respond to perceived wrongdoing—in particular, whether to punish it or tolerate it. This judgement can be challenging when the wrongdoer does not accept the allegation of wrongdoing at the level of moral principle, holding that the type of action in question was not wrong. This paper interrogates the ethics of using social (as opposed to official)…
A synthesis of approaches to support integrated assessments of hazards for the emerging Blue Economy
Growth in offshore blue economies is predicted to accelerate as emerging food and energy production industries look to expand into these environments. Operating in novel environments for these industries inherently fosters uncertainty in outcomes generated by a complex suite of hazards, some of which are unknown prior to deployment. Faced with such uncertainty, a precautionary, flexible, and cross-disciplinary (integrated) approach is recommended…
Co-designing a multi-criteria approach to ranking hazards to and from Australia’s emerging offshore blue economy
A multi-sectoral assessment of risks can support the management and investment decisions necessary for emerging blue economy industries to succeed. Traditional risk assessment methods will be challenged when applied to the complex socio-ecological systems that characterise offshore environments, and when data available to support management are lacking. Therefore, there is a need for assessments that account for multiple sectors. Here we describe…
An evaluation of ecological impact assessment procedural effectiveness over time
Understanding EIA scoping in practice
Environmental impact assessment and the planning process of major sports events in Brazil
This paper investigates the implementation and enforcement of environmental licensing and environmental impact assessment (EIA) regulations and decisions in the context of the Rio 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil. The methodology includes detailed case study analysis involving document analysis and interviews with key stakeholders. The results demonstrate that implementation and enforcement of EIA and environmental licensing still have a long wa…
Cognitive Science and Religious Belief
The cognitive science of religion draws on insights from evolutionary psychology, and offers explanations of religious belief based on natural cognitive processes. This article examines a number of competing explanations of religious belief by considering it as a solution to the challenge of cooperation. The challenge of stopping individuals cheating within a cooperative group has been a problem throughout humanity's evolutionary history. Empiric…
Urban regeneration and impact assessment for social sustainability
This paper provides a working definition of social sustainability and highlights the growing array of social sustainability assessment tools (e.g.SIA, HIA, equality impact assessment, SA).Within EIA the social dimension has been very much the 'poor relation'.However, changes in the UK planning system, the drive for sustainable communities, and for greater public involvement in decision making are raising the profile of the social dimension.This i…
Thresholds and criteria for evaluating and communicating impact significance in environmental statements
Fuzzy Sets and Simulated Environmental Change
The concept of the significance of effects is a critical yet poorly understood component of environmental impact assessment (EIA). In this paper we explore the potential of fuzzy-set theory and simulations of environmental change for delineating evaluations of impact significance made by a range of stakeholders. The theoretical basis of fuzzy sets is explained and the approach is applied to the noise and visual effects associated with a 'live' wi…
Books
The fine-tuning argument
William Dembski claims that the fine-tuning supports the inference that the universe was designed. His ‘design inference’ is based on the identification of two features of the fine-tuning. Dembski claims that it is a ‘specified’ event of small (a priori) probability. Specification, in this context, is the ability to describe an event without using any knowledge of the actual event itself. I argue that we currently do not have the ability to descr…
EIA scoping in England and Wales
Books
Is what you see what you get
Thresholds and criteria for evaluating and communicating impact significance in environmental statements
EIA scoping in England and Wales
Is what you see what you get
Fuzzy Sets and Simulated Environmental Change
The concept of the significance of effects is a critical yet poorly understood component of environmental impact assessment (EIA). In this paper we explore the potential of fuzzy-set theory and simulations of environmental change for delineating evaluations of impact significance made by a range of stakeholders. The theoretical basis of fuzzy sets is explained and the approach is applied to the noise and visual effects associated with a 'live' wi…
Understanding EIA scoping in practice
An evaluation of ecological impact assessment procedural effectiveness over time
Cognitive Science and Religious Belief
The cognitive science of religion draws on insights from evolutionary psychology, and offers explanations of religious belief based on natural cognitive processes. This article examines a number of competing explanations of religious belief by considering it as a solution to the challenge of cooperation. The challenge of stopping individuals cheating within a cooperative group has been a problem throughout humanity's evolutionary history. Empiric…
Is what you see what you get
Books
Books
The fine-tuning argument
William Dembski claims that the fine-tuning supports the inference that the universe was designed. His ‘design inference’ is based on the identification of two features of the fine-tuning. Dembski claims that it is a ‘specified’ event of small (a priori) probability. Specification, in this context, is the ability to describe an event without using any knowledge of the actual event itself. I argue that we currently do not have the ability to descr…
EIA scoping in England and Wales
Thresholds and criteria for evaluating and communicating impact significance in environmental statements
Fuzzy Sets and Simulated Environmental Change
The concept of the significance of effects is a critical yet poorly understood component of environmental impact assessment (EIA). In this paper we explore the potential of fuzzy-set theory and simulations of environmental change for delineating evaluations of impact significance made by a range of stakeholders. The theoretical basis of fuzzy sets is explained and the approach is applied to the noise and visual effects associated with a 'live' wi…
Urban regeneration and impact assessment for social sustainability
This paper provides a working definition of social sustainability and highlights the growing array of social sustainability assessment tools (e.g.SIA, HIA, equality impact assessment, SA).Within EIA the social dimension has been very much the 'poor relation'.However, changes in the UK planning system, the drive for sustainable communities, and for greater public involvement in decision making are raising the profile of the social dimension.This i…
Cognitive Science and Religious Belief
The cognitive science of religion draws on insights from evolutionary psychology, and offers explanations of religious belief based on natural cognitive processes. This article examines a number of competing explanations of religious belief by considering it as a solution to the challenge of cooperation. The challenge of stopping individuals cheating within a cooperative group has been a problem throughout humanity's evolutionary history. Empiric…
Environmental impact assessment and the planning process of major sports events in Brazil
This paper investigates the implementation and enforcement of environmental licensing and environmental impact assessment (EIA) regulations and decisions in the context of the Rio 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil. The methodology includes detailed case study analysis involving document analysis and interviews with key stakeholders. The results demonstrate that implementation and enforcement of EIA and environmental licensing still have a long wa…
Understanding EIA scoping in practice
An evaluation of ecological impact assessment procedural effectiveness over time
A synthesis of approaches to support integrated assessments of hazards for the emerging Blue Economy
Growth in offshore blue economies is predicted to accelerate as emerging food and energy production industries look to expand into these environments. Operating in novel environments for these industries inherently fosters uncertainty in outcomes generated by a complex suite of hazards, some of which are unknown prior to deployment. Faced with such uncertainty, a precautionary, flexible, and cross-disciplinary (integrated) approach is recommended…
Co-designing a multi-criteria approach to ranking hazards to and from Australia’s emerging offshore blue economy
A multi-sectoral assessment of risks can support the management and investment decisions necessary for emerging blue economy industries to succeed. Traditional risk assessment methods will be challenged when applied to the complex socio-ecological systems that characterise offshore environments, and when data available to support management are lacking. Therefore, there is a need for assessments that account for multiple sectors. Here we describe…
Common experiences and critical reflections
Purpose Higher education institutions are embedding education for sustainability in curricula, but there are many challenges slowing the process down. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses reflections from stakeholders across eight disciplines to identify themes supporting EfS integration across disciplines, using collaborative autoethnography. Findings The paper highlights unique challenges and opportunities in embedding sustainability edu…
Moral Tolerance
In many practical contemporary contexts, people need to make correct ethical judgements about how to respond to perceived wrongdoing—in particular, whether to punish it or tolerate it. This judgement can be challenging when the wrongdoer does not accept the allegation of wrongdoing at the level of moral principle, holding that the type of action in question was not wrong. This paper interrogates the ethics of using social (as opposed to official)…
Computer Science (10 works) · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Business (6 works) · Environmental resource management (6 works) · Environmental Science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Environmental impact assessment (5 works)