Michael is an assistant professor of Environment and Business in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) at the University of Waterloo. He holds a PhD in strategy and sustainability from the Ivey Business School. His research examines organisational perceptions and responses to sustainability issues through the lens of space, time, scale, and social license to operate within the contexts of the insurance industry, mining, carbon management, Blue Economy, sustainable concerts and venues, and climate change and global security. His research has most recently been published in the Academy of Management Review.

Michael Wood is a Research Partner in the The Economics & Environmental Policy Research Network project.