Prof. Jón Geir Pétursson is a Professor of Environment and Natural Resources at the Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology, and Folkloristics and Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Iceland. He holds a Ph.D. in Environment and Development Studies at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), and an MS in Forestry at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. His research interests include Environmental Governance, Environment, and Development, effects of land use, Environment and Natural Resource Management, public policy, and governance.