Paul Ganster is a longtime scholar of the U.S.-Mexico border region and Director Emeritus of the Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias at San Diego State University. His expertise includes border conflict and cooperation, quality-of-life indicators in the San Diego–Tijuana region, cross-border environmental issues, and the management of human and natural systems in the binational Tijuana River watershed. His academic and policy work has deepened understanding of regional cooperation and the social, environmental, and governance challenges affecting border communities.
