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Gillon’s primary research and teaching interests are in environmental policy, politics and governance, human and environmental geography, agrifood system studies, and social science research methodologies in environmental studies. Topically, he focuses on cooperation and conflict in agricultural, food, energy, water and conservation issues. He conducts interdisciplinary and problem-driven research aiming toward equitable improvement in policy and practice. To this end, he often adopts a political ecological approach to analyze how nature-society relations and problems are defined and addressed. Gillon continues to conduct research with WSC, after completing his Postdoctoral Fellowship (2011-2013). He received his PhD in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz.