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Steven Alexander is a Postdoctoral Fellow dually affiliated with the Stockholm Resilience Centre. As an environmental social scientist his research focuses on community-based conservation and natural resource management, environmental governance, and the human dimensions of environmental change. Past projects have examined the role of social networks for the management of marine protected areas in Jamaica and the governance dimensions of climate change adaptation in coastal communities. Here at SESYNC he is currently involved in two research projects. The first, Governing social-ecological systems – Insights from a social-ecological network perspective employs a suite of network analysis and modeling methods to understand the relationship between diverse governance arrangements, managed ecosystems, and natural resource management outcomes. Previous in-depth research in three marine reserves in Jamaica provides the empirical foundation for this project. In addition, he co-leads a graduate pursuit – Governance and Surprise – which examines how governance can better account for and accommodate surprise in social-ecological systems. Steven received his Ph.D. in Social and Ecological Sustainability from the University of Waterloo in 2015 where he was affiliated with the Environmental Change and Governance Group. He also holds a M.S. in Science Education from Montana State University – Bozeman. However, it was a B.S. in Geology from St. Lawrence University, a small liberal arts college in northern New York, and a semester abroad in East Africa studying conservation and development that provided the foundation for considering the complexities of human-environment interactions and bridging the natural and social sciences.
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| Qualitative Data Recommendations for Researchers |
Feb 08, 2018 This is a two-page summary of key opportunities and challenges for sharing and re-using qualitative data in socio-environmental synthesis, with recommendations for actions that individual researchers and research teams can take to encourage and support qualtiative data sharing and re-use. |
| Qualitative Data Recommendations for Research Funders |
Feb 08, 2018 This is a two-page summary of key opportunities and challenges for sharing and re-using qualitative data in socio-environmental synthesis, with recommendations for actions that research funders can take to encourage and support qualtiative data sharing and re-use. |
| List of qualitative data repositories |
Feb 07, 2018 This is a list of major research data repositories that accept qualitative and/or social science data. |
| Qualitative data sharing and re-use for socio-environmental systems research: A synthesis of opportunities, challenges, resources and approaches |
Feb 01, 2018 This white paper discusses opportunities, challenges, resources and approaches for qualitative data sharing and re-use for socio-environmental research. The content and findings of the paper are a synthesis and extension of discussions that began during a workshop funded by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) and held at the Center Feb. 28-March 2, 2017. |
| Ecological surprise: concept, synthesis, and social dimensions |
Dec 08, 2017 |
| The social structural foundations of adaptation and transformation in social–ecological systems |
Nov 21, 2017 Article published in Ecology and Society. |
| Examining horizontal and vertical social ties to achieve social–ecological fit in an emerging marine reserve network |
Jun 09, 2017 Article published in Aquatic Conservation. |
| Communities, Multi-level Networks and Governance Transformations in the Coastal Commons |
Jan 01, 2017 Chapter published in Governing the Coastal Commons: Communities, Resilience and Transformations. |
| Special Issue: Network Governance and Large Landscape Conservation |
Apr 04, 2016 Article published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. |
| Navigating governance networks for community-based conservation |
Apr 04, 2016 Article published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. |