Understanding feedbacks within global scale social-ecological systems (SESs) like climate change and international fisheries. Her book, Adaptive Governance: The Dynamics of Atlantic Tuna Management (2009 MIT Press), which posited and tested her vulnerability response framework, won the International Studies Association's Harold and Margaret Sprout Award in 2010. She is also working to develop new methods for exploring SESs and is currently the lead PI on a multi-institutional project called Fishscape: Modeling the Complex Dynamics of the Fishery for Tropical Tunas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, which is funded through NSF’s Coupled Natural and Human Systems program. Dr. Webster teaches courses related to global agricultural and trade systems, green business, marine policy, and environmental institutions. She earned her PhD from the University of Southern California’s Political Economy and Public Policy program in 2005.
