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Michael L. SchoonWork: Home:School of Sustainability 9025 N 83rd Way,Arizona State UniversityP.O. Box 875502

Scottsdale, AZ 85258 M: (480) 398-5550

Tempe, AZ 85287-5502 michael.schoon@asu.eduW: (480) 965-0919 www.michaelschoon.com

I. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy – School of Public and Environmental Affairs and Department of Political Science, Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana 47405. Awarded: August, 2008. Dissertation Chair – Dr. Elinor Ostrom.

Concentrations: Environmental Policy, International Relations and Public Policy Dissertation Title: “Building Robustness to Disturbance: Governance in Southern African Peace Parks”Won American Political Science Association’s Harold Lasswell Award for best doctoral dissertation in public policyWon Indiana University’s Greenough Dissertation Award for best dissertation in political science

Masters of Business Administration – Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Bloomington, IN 47405. Awarded: May 1999, 3.95 GPA.

Major: Strategy and Operations Minors: International Business and Entrepreneurship

BS in Mechanical Engineering and BS in Aerospace Engineering, University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ 85721. Awarded: May 1993, 3.2 GPA.

II. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORArizona State University, 08/2018 – present.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY Arizona State University, 08/2012 – 07/2018.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS INITIATIVE Arizona State University, 05/2010 – 08/2012.

Develop and promote the complex systems paradigm, building a research program and teaching series on campuso Designing an undergraduate concentration and a doctoral certificationo Building an campus-wide, interdisciplinary network of scientists engaged in complexity researcho Leading a Complexity speaker series with experts from around the world participating in 3 day mini-workshops

Manage and coordinate the strategic and scientific agendas of the Consortium for Biosocial Complex Systems and its three research centers

Create partnerships between ASU and other research institutions for joint hiring, shared post-doctoral positions, and collaborative grant proposals

Host conferences and workshops on complexity and innovation, social networks, and sustainability

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER Arizona State University, Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, 09/2008 – 06/2010.

Continuing research on the robustness of institutions; international, collaborative, multi-level governance; and sustainability of social-ecological systems in conservation projects.Project 1 – Collaborative Transformations toward Ecosystem StewardshipProject 2 – Collaborative Governance in Cross-border Environmental Policy and Conservation in the Arizona borderlandsProject 3 – Modeling Complexity in Networked Social-Ecological SystemsProject 4 – Institutional Robustness in Transboundary Conservation in Southern Africa

PUBLICATIONS

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BooksBiggs, Oonsie, Maja Schluter and Michael Schoon (eds.). 2015. Principles for Building Resilience: Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Social-Ecological Systems, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Vasilijevic, Maja, Kevan Zunkel, Michael Schoon, Matthew McKinney, Boris Erg, and Tanya Rosen Michel. 2015. Transboundary Conservation: A Global Guide, Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines on Transboundary Conservation, Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.

Peer-Reviewed Journal ArticlesMathias, Jean-Denis, John Anderies, Jacopo Baggio, Jennifer Hodbod, Sylvie Huet, Marco Janssen, Manjana Milkoreit, and Michael Schoon. 2020. “Exploring non-linear transition pathways in social-ecological systems”. Scientific Reports 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-59713-w

Cox, Michael, Natalie Ban, Graham Epstein, Louisa Evans, Forrest Fleischman, Mateja Nenadovic, Gustavo García-López, Frank van Laerhoven, Chanda Meek, Irene Perez Ibarra, Michael Schoon, and Sergio Villamayor-Tomas. 2020. “From concepts to comparisons: a resource for diagnosis and measurement in social-ecological systems”, Environmental Science and Policy 107: 211-216. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.02.009

van Laerhoven, F., Schoon, M., & Villamayor-Tomas, S. (2020). Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Ostrom’s Governing the Commons: Traditions and Trends in the Study of the Commons, Revisited. International Journal of the Commons, 14(1), pp. 208–224. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1030

Baggio, Jacopo, Michael Schoon, and Sechindra Vallury. 2019. “Managing networked landscapes: conservation in a fragmented, connected world”, Regional Environmental Change 19 (8): 2551-2562.

Janssen, Marco, Skaidra Smith-Heisters, Rimjhim Agrawal, and Michael Schoon. 2019. “’Tragedy of the Commons’ as conventional wisdom in sustainability education”. Environmental Education Research 25(11): 1587-1604.

(S) Antoni, Carolin, Humberto Reyes Hernández, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Anuschka van´t Hooft, Michael Schoon. 2018. “Socio-ecological dynamic of a tropical agricultural region: historical analysis of system change and opportunities”, Land Use Policy 81: 346-59.(S) = student paper

Schoon, Michael L. and Michael E. Cox. 2018. “Collaboration, Adaptation and Scaling: Perspectives on Environmental Governance for Sustainability”, Sustainability 10 (3): 679.

Milkoreit, Manjana, Jennifer Hodbod, Jacopo Baggio, Karina Benessaiah, Rafael Calderon- Contreras, Jonathan F. Donges, Jean Denis Mathias, Juan Carlos Rocha, Michael Schoon, Saskia E. Werners. 2018. “Defining Tipping Points for Social-ecological Systems Scholarship”, Environmental Research Letters 13(3): 033005

Schoon, M., York, A., Sullivan, A., & Baggio, J. 2017. The emergence of an environmental governance network: the case of the Arizona borderlands. Regional Environmental Change, 17(3), 677-689.

(S) Taggart-Hoge, Tanya and Michael Schoon. 2016. “The challenges and opportunities of transboundary cooperation through the lens of the East Carpathians Biosphere Reserve”, Ecology and Society 21 (4): 2. (S) = student paper

Barreteau, O., D. Giband, M. Schoon, J. Cerceau, F. DeClerck, S. Ghiotti, T. James, V. A. Masterson, R. Mathevet, S. Rode, F. Ricci and C. Therville. 2016. “Bringing together social-ecological system and territoire concepts to explore nature-society dynamics”, Ecology and Society 21 (4): 42.

Chai, Ying and Michael Schoon. 2016. “Configurations of Local Institutions and the Decentralization of Irrigation Management in China”, International Journal of the Commons 10 (1): 21-44.

Ban, N. C., L. S. Evans, M. Nenadovic and M. Schoon. 2015. Interplay of multiple goods, ecosystem services, and property

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rights in large social-ecological marine protected areas. Ecology and Society 20 (4):2.

Schoon, Michael and Sander van der Leeuw. 2015. “The Shift toward Social-Ecological Systems Perspectives: Insights into the Human-Nature Relationship”, Natures Sciences Sociétés 23 (2): 166-174.

Ban, Natalie, Emily Boyd, Michael Cox, Chanda Meek, Michael Schoon, Sergio Villamayor-Tomas. 2015. “Linking classroom learning and research to advance ideas about social-ecological resilience”. Ecology and Society 20 (3): 35.

Green, Olivia, Ahjond Garmestani, Sandra Albro, Natalie Ban, Adam Berland, Caitlin Burkman, Mary Gardiner, Lance Gunderson, Matthew Hopton, Michael Schoon, William Shuster. 2015. “Adaptive Governance to Promote Ecosystem Services in Urban Green Spaces”, Urban Ecosystems 19: 77-93.

Cumming, Graeme, Craig Allen, Natalie Ban, Duan Biggs, Harry Biggs, David Cumming, Alta de Vos, Graham Epstein, Michel Etienne, Kristi Maciejewski, Raphael Mathevet, Christine Moore, Mateja Nenadovic and Michael Schoon. 2015. “Understanding Protected Area Resilience: a Multi-Scale, Social-Ecological Approach”, Ecological Applications 25 (2): 299-319.

Milkoreit, Manjana, Chanda Meek, Michele-Lee Moore, and Michael Schoon. 2015. “Resilience Scientists as Change Makers - Growing the Middle Ground Between Science and Advocacy?”, Environmental Science and Policy 53: 87-95.* Featured as a Research Highlight in Nature Climate Change

Epstein, Graham, Chanda Meek, Irene Pérez, Michael Schoon. 2014. “Governing the Invisible Commons: Ozone regulation and the Montreal Protocol”, International Journal of the Commons. 8(2): 337-360.

Evans, Louisa, Natalie Ban, Michael Schoon, Mateja Nenadovic. 2014. “Explaining the Great in the Great Barrier Reef: The GBR Marine Park as a large-scale social-ecological system”, International Journal of the Commons. 8(2): 396-427.

Norström, A. V., A. Dannenberg, G. McCarney, M. Milkoreit, F. Diekert, G., Engström, R. Fishman, J. Gars, E. Kyriakopoolou, V. Manoussi, K. Meng, M., Metian, M. Sanctuary, M. Schlüter, M. Schoon, L. Schultz and M. Sjöstedt. 2014.“Three necessary conditions for establishing effective Sustainable Development Goals in the Anthropocene”. Ecology and Society 19 (3): 8. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss3/art8/

Schoon, Michael, Kehinde Salau, Jacopo Baggio, and Marco Janssen. 2014. “Insights for Managers from Modeling Species Interactions across Multiple Scales in an Idealized Landscape”, Environmental Modelling and Software 54: 53-59.* Featured on the www.conservationcorridors.org web digest

Schoon, Michael L. 2013. “Governance Structures in Transboundary Conservation: How Institutional Evolution Influences Cross-Border Cooperation”, Conservation and Society 11(4): 420-428.

(S) Childs, Cameron, Abigail York, Dave White, Michael Schoon, and Gita Bodner. 2013. “The Emergence of Adaptive Co-Management in the Agua Fria Watershed, Arizona, USA”, Ecology and Society 18 (4): 11. (S) = student paper

Norström AV, Dannenberg A, McCarney G, Milkoreit M, Diekert F, Engström G, Fishman R, Gars J, Kyriakopolou E, Manoussi V, Meng K, Metian M, Sanctuary M, Schlüter M, Schoon M, Schultz L, Sjöstedt M. 2013. “Social change vital to sustainability goals: a Response to Griggs and colleagues”, Nature 498 (7454): 299.

Schoon, Michael L. and Michael E. Cox. 2012. “Understanding Disturbances and Responses in Social-Ecological Systems”. Society and Natural Resources 25(2): 141-155.

Salau, Kehinde, Michael Schoon, Jacopo Baggio and Marco Janssen. 2012. “Varying Effects of Connectivity and Dispersal on Interacting Species Dynamics”, Ecological Modeling 242: 81-91.

Biggs, R. et al. 2012. “Toward Principles for Enhancing the Resilience of Ecosystem Services”, Annual Review of Environment and Resources 37: 421-48.

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Baggio, Jacopo, Kehinde Salau, Marco Janssen, Michael Schoon, and Orjan Bodin. 2011. “Landscape Connectivity and Predator-Prey Population Dynamics ”, Landscape Ecology 26 (1): 33-45. (%age contribution: equal division, 20%)

Schoon, Michael L., and Abigail M. York. 2011. "Cooperation across Boundaries: The Role of Political Entrepreneurs in Environmental Collaboration", Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research 3 (2): 113-123.

Robards, Martin, Michael Schoon, Chanda Meek, and Nathan Engle. 2011. “The Importance of Social Drivers in the Resilient Provision of Ecosystem Services”, Global Environmental Change 21 (2): 522-529.

Schoon, Michael L., Christo Fabricius, Marty Anderies, and Margaret Nelson. 2011. “Synthesis: Vulnerability, Traps, and Transformations – Long Term Perspectives from Archaeology”, Ecology and Society 16 (2): 24. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss2/art24/.

Biggs, D., R. Biggs, V. Dakos, R. J. Scholes and M. Schoon. 2011. “Are We Entering an Era of Concatenated Global Crises?”, Ecology and Society 16 (2): 27. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss2/art27/Reprinted in 2011: Mother Pelican: A Journal of Sustainable Human Development 7 (9): Art. 6. http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv07n09page6.html

York, Abigail and Michael Schoon. 2011. “Collective Action on the Western Range: Coping with External and Internal Threats”, International Journal of the Commons 5 (2): 388-409. http://www.thecommonsjournal.org/index.php/ijc/article/view/286/228

York, Abigail and Michael Schoon. 2011. “Collaboration in the Shadow of the Wall: Shifting Power in the Borderlands”, Policy Sciences 44: 345-365.

Dressler, Wolfram, Bram Buscher, Michael Schoon, Dan Brockington, Tanya Hayes, Christian Kull, James McCarthy, and Krishna Streshta. 2010. “From Hope to Crisis and Back Again? A Critical History of the Global CBNRM Narrative”, Environmental Conservation 37 (1): 1-11.

Cox, James, Elinor Ostrom, James Walker, Jamie Castillo, Eric Coleman, Robert Holahan, Michael Schoon, and Brian Steed. 2009. "Trust in Private and Common Property Experiments", Southern Economics Journal 75 (4): 957-975.

Büscher, Bram and Michael L. Schoon. 2008. “Competition over Conservation: Governance, the State and Negotiating Transfrontier Conservation”, Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy 12 (2): 33-59.

Janssen, Marco A., Michael L. Schoon, Katy Borner, and Weimao Ke. 2006. "Scholarly Networks on Resilience, Vulnerability, and Adaptation", Global Environmental Change 16 (3): 240-52.

Book Chapters Schoon, Michael, Graham Epstein, and Sergio Villamayor-Tomas. 2020. “Institutional Analysis”. In Biggs, Renate, Haley Clement, Alta de Vos, Maja Schlüter, and Rika Preiser.“SES Handbook of Methods”.

Cox, Michael and Michael Schoon. 2019. “Adaptive governance from an evolutionary perspective”, In Galaz, Victor and Andreas Duit. “Global Challenges, Governance and Complexity”. Elgar Press.

Schoon, Michael, Maja Vasilijevic, and Boris Erg. 2015. “Definition and Typology of Transboundary Conservation”. In Vasilijevic, Maja, Kevan Zunkel, Michael Schoon, Matthew McKinney, Boris Erg, and Tanya Rosen Michel. Transboundary Conservation: A Global Guide, Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines on Transboundary Conservation, Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.

McKinney, Matthew and Michael Schoon. 2015. “Transboundary Conservation Governance”. In Vasilijevic, Maja, Kevan Zunkel, Michael Schoon, Matthew McKinney, Boris Erg, and Tanya Rosen Michel. Transboundary Conservation: A Global Guide, Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines on Transboundary Conservation, Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.

Zunkel, Kevan, Tanya Rosen, and Michael Schoon. 2015. “The Establishment and Management of Transboundary Conservation Initiatives”. In Vasilijevic, Maja, Kevan Zunkel, Michael Schoon, Matthew McKinney, Boris Erg, and Tanya Rosen Michel. Transboundary Conservation: A Global Guide, Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines on Transboundary Conservation, Gland, Switzerland: IUCN.

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Biggs, Oonsie, Maja, Schluter, and Michael Schoon. 2015. “The Resilience Approach: Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Social-Ecological Systems” In Principles for Building Resilience: Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Social-Ecological Systems, edited by Oonsie Biggs, Maja Schluter and Michael Schoon. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Schoon, Michael, Martin Robards, Chanda Meek, Nathan Engle, and Katrina Brown. 2015. “Politics and the Selection of Ecosystem Services”. In Principles for Building Resilience: Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Social-Ecological Systems, edited by Oonsie Biggs, Maja Schluter and Michael Schoon. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Schoon, Michael, Martin Robards, Chanda Meek, and Victor Galaz. 2015. “Promoting Polycentric Governance Systems”. In Principles for Building Resilience: Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Social-Ecological Systems, edited by Oonsie Biggs, Maja Schluter and Michael Schoon. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Biggs, Oonsie, Maja, Schluter, Michael Schoon, Martin Robards, and Marty Anderies. 2015. “Building resilience in social-ecological systems: interactions among principles and implications for governance”. In Principles for Building Resilience: Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Social-Ecological Systems, edited by Oonsie Biggs, Maja Schluter and Michael Schoon. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Schoon, Michael L. 2012. "Governance in Southern African Transboundary Protected Areas." In Parks, Peace, and Partnerships, pp. 205-236. edited by Michael Quinn, Len Broberg and Wayne Freimund. Calgary: University of Calgary Press (http://dspace.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/1880/49304/15/UofCPress_ParksPeacePartnership_2012_Chapter08.pdf).

Spenceley, Anna, and Michael L. Schoon. 2007. "Peace Parks as Social Ecological Systems: Testing Environmental Resilience in Southern Africa". In Peace Parks: Conservation and Conflict Resolution, edited by Saleem Ali. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Manuscripts Under ReviewCundill, Georgina, James Gambiza, Tally Palmer, Tony Palmer, Michael Schoon and Lawrence Sisitka. “The Importance of Agency in Fractured Governance Contexts”, under review with Journal of Nature Conservation.

Biggs, Duan, Natalie Ban, Bob Pressey, Lance Gunderson, Michael Schoon. “Operationalizing resilience for conservation planning”, under review with Conservation Letters.

(S) Bettis, Anna, Gabrielle Blanchette, and Michael Schoon. “Collaborative Governance for Sustainable Recreation on Rivers and Uplands: Verde Valley, Arizona, USA”, under review with Environmental Management.(S) = student paper

Biggs, Oonsie, Hayley, Rika, and Michael Schoon. “Principles for Building Resilience”. In Boyd, Emily “Routledge Handbook of Social and Ecological Resilience”.

Yu, David, Jason Hawes, Suresh Rao, Seungyoon Lee, Michael Schoon, Laura Siebeneck, and Satish Ukkusuri. Toward General Principles for Resilience Engineering, under review with Risk Analysis.

Cockburn, Jessica, Steve Alexander, Jacopo Baggio, Ceclie Barnaud, Mollie Chapman, Georgina Cundill, Rosemary Hill, Gustavo Garcia Lopez, Marina Garcia Llorente, Chinwe Ifejika Speranza, Jean Lee, Chanda Meek, Catherine Robinson, Lisen Schultz, Gladman Thondhlana, and Michael Schoon. “Multifaceted collaborative initiatives for social-ecological sustainability: A methodological framework for investigating contextual influences”, under review in Ecology and Society.

Kittinger, Jack, Miranda Bernard, Elena Finkbeiner, Erin Murphy, Pablo Obregon, Dane Klinger, Michael Schoon, Kevin Dooley, and Leah Gerber. “Integrating market incentives and governance improvements for sustainable ocean production at the ecosystem scale”. Under review in Conservation Letters.

Book ReviewsSchoon, Michael L. 2014. “A Review of ‘Eco-Business: A Big-Brand Takeover of Sustainability’ by Peter Dauvergne and Jane Lister”. Global Governance 20 (4): forthcoming.

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Schoon, Michael L. 2014. “A Review of ‘Transfrontier Conservation Areas: People Living on the Edge’ edited by Jens Andersson, Michel de Garine-Wichatitsky, David H.M. Cumming, Vupenyu Dzingirai and Ken E. Giller”. Global Governance 20 (3): 483-484.

Schoon, Michael L. 2014. “A Review of ‘Comparative Environmental Politics’ edited by Paul Steinberg and Stacy VanDeveer”. Global Governance 20 (2): 350.

Schoon, Michael L. 2013. “A Review of ‘Transforming the Frontier: Peace Parks and the Politics of Neoliberal Conservation in Southern Africa’ by Bram Büscher”. Global Governance 20 (1): 163.

Schoon, Michael L. 2011. “A Review of ‘Fairness in International Climate Change Law and Policy’ by Friedrich Soltau”. Environmental Conservation.

Schoon, Michael L. 2010. “A Review of Systemic Management: Sustainable Human Interactions with Ecosystems and the Biosphere by Charles W. Fowler”. Environmental Conservation 36 (3): 261-262.

Schoon, Michael L. 2010. “A Review of Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed, and a Sustainable Future by Saleem Ali”. Global Environmental Politics 10 (3): 150-151.

Working PapersGarcia Lopez, Gustavo, Jaime Aburto Frias, Marina Llorante Garcia, Jacopo Baggio, Ute Brady, Candice Carr Kelman, and Michael Schoon. 2019. “Factores para una colaboración efectiva en el manejo ambiental, guía para profesionales de campo ”, CBIE Working Paper Series #CBIE-2019-003, Arizona State University.

Janssen, Marco, Skaidra Smith-Heisters, Rimjhim Aggarwal and Schoon, Michael. 2019. “Tragedy of the Commons as Conventional Wisdom in Sustainability Education”, CBIE Working Paper Series #CBIE-2019-001, Arizona State University.

Kelman, Candice Carr, Ute Brady, Jacopo Baggio, Jean Lee, Christopher Rojas, Jaishri Srinivasan, Sechindra Vallury and Schoon, Michael. 2018. “Practitioner Brief on Factors for Effective Environmental Management Collaboration”, CBIE Working Paper Series #CBIE-2018-003, Arizona State University.

Hill Clarvis, Margot and Michael Schoon. 2014. “Business and Resilience: Convergence or Critical Mis-Match?”, University of Geneva Climate Change and Climate Impacts Research Team: http://www.unige.ch/climate/Team/Hill/Resilience.ConvergenceorMismatch.pdf

Schoon, Michael, Kehinde Salau, Jacopo Baggio, and Marco Janssen. 2013. “What to Monitor and at which Scale: Fragmented Landscapes and Insights on Large-Scale Conservation Management”, CSID Working Paper Series #CSID-2013-003.

Schoon, Michael L. 2005. “A Short Historical Overview of the Concepts of Resilience, Vulnerability, and Adaptation”, Working Paper W05-4, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis.

Reports, Conference Proceedings and Other Publications

Sturle Hauge Simonsen, Reinette (Oonsie) Biggs, Maja Schlüter, Michael Schoon, Erin Bohensky, Georgina Cundill, Vasilis Dakos, Tim Daw, Karen Kotschy, Anne Leitch, Allyson Quinlan, Garry Peterson, Fredrik Moberg. 2014. “Applying Resilience Thinking: Seven Principles for Building Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems”. Stockholm Resilience Centre.

Schoon, Michael L. 2011. “Commons Complexity and Understanding Transboundary Conservation Areas”. The Commons Digest Issue 10 edited by Alyne Delaney.

Schoon, Michael L. 2010. Governance and decision-making: Fencing in the Great Limpopo and the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Areas. In A review of the environmental, social and economic impacts of game and veterinary fencing in Africa with particular reference to the Great Limpopo and Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Areas edited by K. Ferguson and J. Hanks. Pretoria, South Africa: University of Pretoria.

Schoon, Michael L. 2007. “Institutional Disturbances in Transfrontier Conservation” for the Proceedings of the Parks, Peace and Partnerships Conference.

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Schoon, Michael L. and Abigail York. 2006. “The Song Remains the Same: Cooperation and Coordination in Cross-Border Governance from Local to International Scales” for the Proceedings from the Lineae Terrarum International Border Conference.

Schoon, Michael L. 2005. “Do Parks Harm More Than They Help? The Role of Peace Parks in Improving Robustness in Southern Africa”, published as a chapter in USGS Scientific Investigations Report.

WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES ORGANIZED

Organized and led a Collaborative Governance webinar series for the Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society, monthly from November 2019 – present.

November 2019 – Steve Alexander on Social Network Analysis of SES collaborationsDecember 2019 – Jacopo Baggio on Agent-based Modeling of SES collaborationsJanuary 2020 – Ro Hill and Maria Tengö on Indigenous collaborationFebruary 2020 – Abigail York on Institutional AnalysisMarch 2020 – Hita Unnikrishnan on Historical AnalysisApril 2020 – Rebecca Freeth on Conflict MediationMay 2020 – Bimo Nkhata on Natural Resource ManagementJune 2020 – Gustavo Garcia Lopez on Political EcologyJuly 2020 – Floriane Clement on Gender and Power

Participated in the PECS Science Committee meeting (December 2-5, 2019, Leuphana University, Luneburg, Germany).

Organized and led Collaborative Governance Workshop for 20 people as a post-conference event for the Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (November 11, 2017 in Oaxaca, Mexico).

Co-organized (on leadership team) Hands across Borders International Workshop on Transboundary Conservation for 50 people with IUCN and Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park (September 13-18, 2016 in East Glacier, Montana).

Organized Satellite Session on The Robustness of Coupled Infrastructure Systems for CCS-2015 Conference on Complex Systems (September 30, 2015 in Tempe, AZ).

Organized Satellite Session on Social Tipping Points for CCS-2015 Conference on Complex Systems (September 30, 2015 in Tempe, AZ).

Co-organized Workshop on the Governance of the Commons at Different Scales for 25 people with the Center for Behavior, Institutions, and the Environment (March 19-20, 2015 in Tempe, AZ).

Organizing Committee – Conference on Complex Systems, CCS-2015.

Organizing Committee – United States Society for Ecological Economics Annual Conference – 2015.

Reviewer – Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society Annual Conference – 2015.

Organized and led three day Resilience Alliance Young Scholars Workshop for 25 people (May 3-4, 2014 in Montpellier, France).

Science Committee – Resilience 2014 Conference (700 conference participants).

Organized and led three day Workshop on SESMAD Meta-Analysis Coding Manual for 7 people (October 31-November 2, 2013 in Tempe, AZ).

Co-organized and led four day Workshop on Large-scale Common-Pool Resources for 10 people (November 8-11, 2012 in Hanover, NH).

Organized and led five day Resilience Alliance Young Scholars Workshop for 25 people (August 20-24, 2012 in Askö, Stockholm).

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Organized and led one day Workshop on Linking CPR and International Regime Theory for 12 people (April 4, 2012, in San Diego, CA).

Organized and led three day Workshop on Cross-Scale Governance for 12 people (October 27-29, 2011 in Tempe, AZ).

Organized and led three day Resilience Alliance Young Scholars Workshop for 45 people (March 9-11, 2011 in Payson, AZ).

Science Committee – Resilience 2011 Conference (700 conference participants).

Planning Committee – Resilience 2011 Conference (700 conference participants).

Planning Committee – International Association for the Study of the Commons North American Conference – 2010 (125 conference participants).

INVITED TALKS AND KEYNOTE SPEECHES

“Collaboration and Conflict: Cases in Ecuador”, for University of Cuenca, Ecuador, LlactaLab on Space and Collaboration (December 2019 in Cuenca, Ecuador).

“Fortalecer la resiliencia en sistemas socio-ecológicos: Gobernancia y atributos espaciales que proveen robustez a perturbaciones internos y externos” or “Building resilience in socio-ecological systems: governance and spatial attributes that provide robustness to internal and external perturbations ”, Lenfest Workshop in Galapagos National Park, (November 24-25, 2019 in Puerto Ayora, Ecuador).

“Collaborative Governance, Systems Thinking and Sustainability”, for Navajo Sustainability Symposium (April 30, 2019 in Flagstaff, AZ).

“Commentary on the Social and Ecological Ramifications of the Border all”, for ASU Organ Recital, “Walls of Sound: The Ecology of the Borderlands” (September 16, 2018 at ASU Organ Hall, Tempe, AZ).

“Conservation in South Africa with the Decision Theater”, presented at Decision Theater in South Africa trip (May 29, 2017 at Klaserie Private Game Reserve, South Africa).

“Principles for Building Resilience in Social-Ecological-Technical Systems”, presented at New Perspectives on Sustainability and Resilience Workshop (March 23-24, 2017 at the Purdue University Center for the Environment, West Lafayette, Indiana).

“Transboundary Conservation Initiatives”, presented at Hands across Borders International Workshop on Transboundary Conservation (September 14, 2016 in Glacier National Park, Montana).

“Governance in Transboundary Conservation”, presented at Hands across Borders International Workshop on Transboundary Conservation (September 15, 2016 in Glacier National Park, Montana).

“Working across Borders, Working across Scales” presented at the College of Natural Resources at Utah State University (November 4, 2015 in Logan, Utah).

“Sustainability and Governance in the Navajo Nation” presented at the Meeting with the Navajo Division of Community Development and Navajo Government Development (April 29, 2014 in Tempe, AZ).

“Viewing the World from a Social-Ecological Systems Perspective” presented at Confronting “socio-ecological systems” and “territoire” as suitable lenses to tackle resilience issues (October 21, 2013 in Montpellier, France). Keynote speaker.

“Transboundary Conservation Definitions and Best Practices”, presented at IUCN’s International workshop on defining transboundary conservation principles (16-18 October 2013 in Thayatal National Park, Austria).

“Communicating Sustainability in Complex Systems for Public Policy” panel participant for Decision Center for a Desert City’s Water/Climate Briefing (September 4, 2013 in Tempe, AZ).

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“Cooperation across Borders: Large-scale Environmental Governance in an Era of Climate Change” at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Conference on Adaptation to Climate Change (September 28, 2011 in Mexico City, Mexico). Invited Keynote Speaker.

“Researcher Ethics and Local Communities surrounding Protected Areas” presented at the TPARI Community Engagement Workshop with the University of the Western Cape (August 5, 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa).

“Institutional Disturbances in Transfrontier Conservation” presented at the Parks, Peace and Partnerships Conference (September 10-13, 2007 in Waterton Lakes, Canada).

“Transfrontier Conservation Challenges: A Game Theoretic Perspective” presented at University of South Africa’s Economics Faculty Colloquium (August 22, 2007 in Pretoria, South Africa).

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND MAJOR PRESENTATIONS

“Collaboration and Resource Management in the New West: A Case Study of Wild Horses”, presented at PERC Workshop on Shifting Environmental Demands: Old West vs. New West (October 19, 2018 in Tempe, AZ).

“Collaborative Governance”, Chair and Discussant at the Program on Ecosystem Change and Society Conference (November 8, 2017 in Oaxaca, Mexico).

“Social Tipping Points – A Review”, presented at the Program on Ecosystem Change and Society Conference (November 8, 2017 in Oaxaca, Mexico).

“Multi-level Governance and Biosphere Stewardship”, Chair and Discussant (August 9, 2017 at the Resilience 2017 Conference in Stockholm, Sweden).

“The Day-to-day Operation of an Open Access Journal”, presented at the International Association for the Study of the Commons Conference (July 12, 2017 in Utrecht, Netherlands).

“Avoiding, Accepting, and Embracing Common Pools of Financial Risk: Environmental Approaches to Governing Financial Markets”, Chair and Discussant (July 12, 2017 at the International Association for the Study of the Commons Conference in Utrecht, Netherlands).

“Collaboration towards Transformation”, presented at Innovative Green Development Model in Less Developed Regions in China collaboration between GIOS, the Global Green Growth Initiative and the Chinese Development Research Center of the State Council (August 8, 2016).

“Applying Resilience Thinking: Seven Principles for Building Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems” Webinar for Security and Sustainability Forum”, organizer, speaker and moderator (March 5, 2016, available at https://vimeo.com/157642643)

“Breakfast on Transnational Conservation” prepared for the COP21@ASU (December 1, 2015 in Tempe, AZ).

“Collaboration and Engineering” presented at the Engineers without Borders Mountain Region Conference (November 8, 2015 in Tempe, AZ). Invited talk.

“Crossing Boundaries, Crossing Scales” presented at the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics Young Scholars Workshop (May 4-8, 2015 in Fejan, Sweden).

“Crossing Scale: Lessons in Comparing Common-Pool Resource Theory and International Environmental Politics” plenary talk at Workshop on the Governance of the Commons at Different Scales for CBIE (March 20, 2015 in Tempe, AZ).

“Collaboration and Ecosystem Stewardship” presented to The Nature Conservancy, (December 17, 2014 in Tucson, AZ). Invited talk.

“Understanding Boundaries in Social-Ecological Systems” presented with David Manuel-Navarrete at the Resilience 2014 conference (May 4-8, 2014 in Montpellier, France).

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“Principles for Building Resilience: Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Social-Ecological Systems – the RAYS Book” chaired with Oonsie Biggs and Maja Schlueter at the Resilience 2014 conference (May 4-8, 2014 in Montpellier, France).

“SES and the Main Nature/Society Relationship Concepts” panel participant at the Resilience 2014 conference (May 4-8, 2014 in Montpellier, France).

“Collaborative Governance” presented at the Resilience 2014 conference (May 4-8, 2014 in Montpellier, France).

“Collaborative Governance Panel” Chaired with Georgina Cundill at the Resilience 2014 conference (May 4-8, 2014 in Montpellier, France).

“Transboundary Protected Areas and the Study of Large-Scale SES” presented at the Resilience 2014 conference (May 4-8, 2014 in Montpellier, France).

“Migratory Species, Governance and Conservation: A Comparative Analysis of Large-Scale Social-Ecological Systems” presented at the Resilience 2014 conference (May 4-8, 2014 in Montpellier, France).

“Investing in Resilience Panel, Business Day at the Resilience Conference” Chaired with Margot Hill at the Resilience 2014 conference (May 4-8, 2014 in Montpellier, France).

“Decentralization, Local Institutions and the Efficiency of Government Spending: a Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) of Irrigation Governance in Southern China” presented at CSID Lunch Series with Chai Ying (February 24, 2014 in Tempe).

“Sustainability in Africa: Environmental Challenges and Community Partnerships”, presented to the Mastercard Scholars (February 14, 2014 in Tempe, AZ).

“Scaling Up CPR Theory to Large-Scale Social-Ecological Systems” presented at CSID Lunch Series (November 25, 2013 in Tempe, AZ).

“Complexity and Sustainability: a Dynamical Discussion” presented at CSDC’s Dynamical Discussion Series (November 7, 2013 in Tempe, AZ).

“Applying Sustainability to the Southern Africa Context”, presented to the Mastercard Scholars (November 21, 2012 in Tempe, AZ).

“How Far Does the Bottom Up Take Us”, presented at the Think Locally, Act Globally Workshop at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (November 2-3, 2012 in Tempe, AZ).

“Modeling Decision-making across Habitat Patches: Moving from Isolated Management to Collaborative Management”, presented at the Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity Colloquia (October 29, 2012 in Tempe, AZ).

“Complex Dynamics in the Sustainable Governance of Social-Ecological Systems”, presented at the Stockholm Resilience Centre (August 30, 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden).

“Scaling Up Common-Pool Resource Theory to the Governance of Large-Scale Environmental Problems”, presented at the International Studies Association convention (April 1-4, 2012 in San Diego, CA).

“From Case Studies to Agent-based Modeling: Multiple Methods in the Study of Complexity”, presented at the More is Different Conference on Complexity at the Nanyang Technical University (February 26 – March 3, 2012, in Singapore).

“The State of Resilience Scientists’ Young Scholars” presented at the Resilience Alliance Science Meeting (January 9-14, 2012 in Montpellier, France).

“Scaling Up CPR theory to a Broad-Scale” presented at the Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity Colloquia (October 10, 2011 in Tempe, AZ).

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“Applying common-pool resource theory to the governance of large-scale environmental problems” presented at the Stockholm Resilience Centre (August 29, 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden).

“Governance Structures in Transboundary Conservation: How Institutional Structure and Evolution Influences Cross-Border Response in the Face of Complexity” presented at the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences conference (June 23-26, 2011 in Burlington, VT).

Chaired panel on “Common Property: Management and Conflict” (American Society for Environmental History Conference, April 14-17, 2011 in Phoenix, AZ)

“Emerging Networks of Collaboration: When Does Cross-border Governance Build Resilience?” presented at the Resilience 2011 conference (March 11-16, 2011 in Tempe, AZ).

Co-chaired panel on “The Policy Translation and Communication of Resilience” (Resilience 2011, March 11-16, 2011 in Tempe, AZ).

Co-chaired panel on “Characteristics of Social Networks as Indicators of Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems” (Resilience 2011, March 11-16, 2011 in Tempe, AZ).

“Transboundary Protected Areas and the Commons” presented at the International Association for the Study of the Commons-North American conference (September 30-October 2, 2010 in Tempe, AZ).

“Rangeland Collaboration-Bridging and Bonding in An Ecology of Games” presented at the International Association for the Study of the Commons-North American conference (September 30-October 2, 2010 in Tempe, AZ).

Chaired panels on “Ecosystem Services and the Commons” and “Protected Areas” at the International Association for the Study of the Commons-North American conference (September 30-October 2, 2010 in Tempe, AZ).

“Communicating Concepts of Resilience to Policymakers in Transboundary Protected Areas”, presented at the Resilience Alliance Science Meeting (September 25-October 2, 2009 in Nanaimo, British Columbia).

“Types of Goods and the Scale of Effects in Transboundary Protected Areas” presented at the Workshop on the Workshop IV at Indiana University (June 3-6, 2009 in Bloomington, IN).

“Governance Structures in Transboundary Conservation: How Institutional Evolution Influences Cross-Border Cooperation” presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting (February 15-18, 2009 in New York, NY). “Transfrontier Conservation in Southern Africa: Advancing Rural Livelihoods or Preserving Global Biodiversity” presented at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting (November 13-16, 2008 in Chicago, IL). “Robustness in Transfrontier Parks: Institutional Design in Southern African Peace Parks” presented at the Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity speaker series, Arizona State University (September 24, 2008 in Tempe, AZ). “Governance in Transfrontier Parks: The Influences of Scale, Path Dependency and Institutional Evolution” presented at the Society for Conservation Biology Annual Conference (July 14-18, 2008 in Chattanooga, TN).

“Adaptive Governance in Transboundary Conservation: Influences of Institutional Evolution” presented at the Resilience 2008 Conference (April 14-17, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden).

“Institutional Disturbances in Transfrontier Conservation” presented at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Colloquium Series at Indiana University (September 6, 2007 in Bloomington, IN).

“Competition over Conservation: Governance, the State, and Negotiating Transfrontier Conservation” presented at the Society for Conservation Biology Annual Conference (July 1-5, 2007 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa).

“Building Robustness to Disturbance: Governance in Southern African Peace Parks” presented at the Kruger National Park Annual Science Conference (April 20, 2007 in Skukuza, South Africa).

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“How to Improve Governance in Southern African Peace Parks” presented at the University of the Witwatersrand Environmental Forum (March 16, 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa).

“Crossing Borders: Responding to Disturbance in Transboundary Protected Areas” presented at University of Pretoria Political Science Colloquium (October 13, 2006 in Pretoria, South Africa).

“The Song Remains the Same: Managing Across Borders at the Municipal and International Level” presented with Abigail York at the Lineae Terrarum International Border Conference (March 28, 2006 in Las Cruces, NM).

“Neo-Imperial Conservation: The Relationship between South Africa and Its Neighbors in Transboundary Protected Areas” presented at the International Studies Association Annual Conference (March 22, 2006 in San Diego, CA).

Chaired panel on “Biodiversity, Conservation, and Agriculture” at the International Studies Association Annual Conference (March 22, 2006 in San Diego, CA).

“Understanding Institutional Design in the Transboundary Protected Areas of Southern Africa” presented at University of South Africa’s Economics Faculty Colloquium (May 25, 2005 in Pretoria, South Africa).

“Institutional Design and Robustness of Peace Parks in Southern Africa” presented at University of Witwatersrand Graduate Student Colloquium (May 24, 2005 in Johannesburg, South Africa).

“Looking Beyond Traditional International Relations Paradigms in the Study of Transboundary Protected Areas”, presented at the Midwest Political Science Annual Conference (April 7-10, 2005 in Chicago, IL).

“Do Parks Harm More Than They Help? The Role of Peace Parks in Improving Robustness in Southern Africa” presented at the Institutional Analysis for Environmental Decision-making Workshop (January 28-29, 2005 in Fort Collins, CO).

GRANTS AWARDEDCenter for Biodiversity Outcomes Focal Areas Seed Grant, Collaborative Governance for Improving Biodiversity Outcomes, PI. 2015. $7,000.C3R ASU-SFI Seed Grant, Working across Scales in the Governance of Social-Ecological Systems, PI. 2015. $1,000.Resilience Alliance Seed Grant, The resilience (robustness) of coupled infrastructure systems, PI. 2015. $5,000.International Social Science Council (ISSC), Transformations to Sustainability Grant, co-PI. 2014. €30,000. FORMAS Networking Grant, co-PI. 2012. 36,000 SKAdvancing Conservation in a Social Context Seed Funding Grant 2009. $5000Indiana University DeVault Graduate Fellowship, 2008. $24,000Indiana University Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis Dissertation Writing Grant, 2007. $24,000National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant through the Decision, Risk and Management Sciences. and the Ethics and Values of Science and Society Programs, 2006. $24,000Transboundary Protected Area Research Initiative Pre-Dissertation Grant, 2005. $2,500Indiana University Pre-Dissertation International Travel Grant, 2005. $1,000

GRANTS SUBMITTEDNSF DRMS Grant, Collaborative Governance, PI. Under review 2020. $500,000.Belmont Foundation, “Economy-Culture-Sustainability”, co-PI. Under review 2017. $100,000.NSF CAREER Grant through Decision, Risk and Management Sciences, PI. 2017. $470,000.SESYNC Pursuit Grant, “Design principles for large ecosystem governance (ECOGOV)”, co-PI. 2016.International Social Science Council (ISSC), Transformations to Sustainability Grant, co-PI. 2015. €900,000. NSF RCN Grant, “Comparing Environmental Governance Systems Across Levels of Social Organization”, PI. 2014. $390,000.NSF CNH Grant, “Understanding the sustainability of large-scale social-ecological systems: a meta-analysis”, co-PI. 2013. $400,000. SESYNC Pursuit Grant, “Social-Ecological Systems Meta-Analysis Database”, co-PI. 2012.

HONORS/AWARDSCollege Marshal for Commencement Ceremonies, Fall 2018Scientific Advisory Board for the Slovene National Research Agency - 2017American Political Science Association’s Harold Lasswell Award for best doctoral dissertation in public policy, 2009.Indiana University’s Greenough Dissertation Award for best dissertation in political science, 2009.

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Indiana University Chancellor’s Fellowship Recipient, 2003-2005.Dean’s Merit Scholar – Awarded to top 5 students in MBA graduating class, Indiana University, 1999.Member of National Business Honorary – Beta Gamma Sigma, 1999 – present.Patent awarded for printing refeeder machine, 1996.First place awarded in Senior Aircraft Conceptual Design Competition, University of Arizona, 1993.Certified Engineer-in-Training, 1993.

EDITORIAL BOARD Editorial Board, Resource Efficient Technologies, 2015 - 2017.

Editorial Board and Associate Editor, Global Governance, 2012 – 2015. Co-Editor-in-Chief for International Journal of the Commons, 2011 – present. Editorial Board and Associate Editor, Society and Natural Resources, 2010 – present.

Editorial Board and Subject Editor, Ecology and Society, 2009 – present.

JOURNAL REVIEWSAmbio Global Challenges Natural Resource ForumAnthropocene Global Environmental Change Nonprofit Management & LeadershipBiological Conservation Human Organization Policy SciencesConservation and Society International Environmental Agreements Policy Studies JournalConservation Letters International Journal of the Commons Political GeographyDevelopment Southern Africa International Journal of Sustainability in Higher

EducationPolitics and Governance

Development and Society Int’l Journal of Urban Sustainable Development PLOS-OneEcological Economics Geojournal PNASEcology and Society Journal of Development Studies Regional Environmental ChangeEcosystems Journal of Environmental Management Resource-Efficient TechnologiesEnvironment Journal of Environmental Studies & Sciences Review of Policy ResearchEnvironmental Conservation Journal of Institutional Economics Society and Natural ResourcesEnvironmental Management Journal of Policy Analysis and Management South African Journal of ScienceEnvironmental Policy & Governance Journal of Public Admin Research & Theory SustainabilityEnvironmental Science and Policy Landscape Ecology Water PolicyForest Policy and Economics Land Use Policy World Development

BOOK/MANUSCRIPT REVIEWSReviewer for Island PressReviewer for MIT PressReviewer for Oxford University PressReviewer for Routledge PressReviewer for Springer – Social and Behavioral ScienceReviewer for University of Kwazulu-Natal PressReviewer for Westview Press – Global Environmental Politics

THESIS AND GRANT REVIEWSReferee for Animal Health for the Environment and Development-Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (AHEAD-GLTFA) Seed Grants Program, 2008Referee for anonymous U of Cape Town Master’s Thesis, 2010Reviewer for South Africa’s National Research Foundation, 2009 – present.External Reviewer, Rhodes University PhD thesis, 2012, Gladman Thondhlana, "Dryland Conservation Areas, Indigenous People, Livelihoods and Resource Values in South Africa: The Case of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park".External Reviewer, University of KwaZulu Natal PhD thesis, 2013, Alfons Mosimane. “Collective Identity and Collective Action in the Management of Common Pool Resources: A Case of Doro !Nawas Conservancy in Namibia”.External Reviewer, University of KwaZulu Natal PhD thesis, 2013, Nelly Mwango. “Perceptions of the Conservancy Concept, CPRs and the Challenge of Collective Action across Private Property Boundaries: A Case Study of the Dargle Conservancy”.External Grant Reviewer, Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Secretariat of Natural Environment Research Council, 2013.External Grant Reviewer, the Dutch Council for Earth and Life Sciences Eco-Engineering proposal, 2013.External Grant Reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2013.

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External Reviewer for the Resilience 2014: Resilience and development: mobilizing for transformation conference in Montpellier, France.External Grant Reviewer, European Research Council, 2014.External Reviewer, University of Cape Town PhD thesis, 2015, Julia Baum, "The Influence of Location on the Structure and Functioning of Private Land Conservation Networks in the Western Cape Provinceof South Africa".External Reviewer, University of Witwatersrand PhD thesis, 2016, Sergio Ntamack, "Reification of space within knowledge production: the case of the circulating idea of resilience internationally and in the context of South African cities".External Reviewer, South African National Research Foundation grant applications, 2017.External Reviewer, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University PhD thesis, 2018, LM Heider, "Motivation for Landscape Stewardship as a Driver of Change in the Garden Route, South Africa”.External Reviewer for the International Association for the Study of the Commons bi-annual conference in Lima, Peru 2019.External Grant Reviewer, Mission Research Board (MRB) in the School of Forestry at Northern Arizona University, 2019.

POPULAR PRESS CITATIONSInterviewed for Chicago Tribune article on transfrontier conservation and global warming, released November 2, 2007.Kruger Park Times article on dissertation research, released March 26, 2008.Interviewed for Indiana Business Review on sustainability, released May 5, 2008.Interviewed for Indiana University Publications on “SPEA and the Workshop of Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom”, released March, 2010.Previewed in Stockholm Resilience Centre blog and newsletter: http://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/researchnews/aworryingchainofevents.5.17f61104130b69a66e6800017487.htmlInterviewed and quoted in New York Times article: “How a Sea Floor Blob Became Mexico’s ‘Black Gold’” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/science/sea-cucumbers-mexico.html?action=click&module=Discovery&pgtype=Homepage, October 5, 2018Interviewed and quoted in White Mountain Independent story on wild horse management ”Heber Wild Horse Territory Working Group Completes Report”. December 25, 2018. https://www.wmicentral.com/news/latest_news/heber-wild-horse-territory-work-group-completes-report/article_43c3802e-1dd8-5cda-833c-eb7a01dde770.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-shareInterviewed on camera for Fox News story on wild horses. Aired December 20, 2018. https://www.foxnews.com/tech/with-wild-horses-facing-drought-non-profit-started-emergency-feed-programInterviewed and quoted in White Mountain Independent story on wild horse management ”Response to Heber Horse Recommendations a Mixed (Saddle) Bag”. January 18, 2019. https://www.wmicentral.com/news/latest_news/response-to-heber-horse-recommendations-a-mixed-saddle-bag/article_49d0926b-1d32-5180-b81c-0704f257dd76.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Associate for Transboundary Protected Area Research Initiative (TPARI), an IUCN-South Africa and University of Witwatersrand affiliated research group, 05/2005 – 07/2007.Applying social ecological concepts of resilience, robustness, vulnerability, and adaptability to communities surrounding transboundary protected areas in an effort to understand the impacts of protected areas on the surrounding communities and ecosystems. Analyzing the institutional design of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Protected Area in comparison with the institutional design of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Protected Area.

Research Associate for International Human Dimensions Programme, Bonn, Germany 04/2004 – 02/2006.Studying social ecological concepts of resilience, robustness, vulnerability, and adaptability. Co-authored paper on historical mapping of resilience, vulnerability, and adaptability.Created annotated bibliography and database of literature on resilience, vulnerability, and adaptability.

Research Associate for Indiana University’s Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, 04/2004 – 08/2008.Training undergraduate honors student interns on the concepts of resilience, vulnerability, and adaptability.Conducting double-blind experiments on trust and reciprocity in the Interdisciplinary Experimental Laboratory.Conducting computer experiments on common pool resource usage in the Interdisciplinary Experimental Laboratory.

Research Associate for Business Management and Strategy Department at Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, 1998 – 1999.

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Research Associate for Center for International Business and Education Research (CIBER) at Indiana University, 1997 – 1998.

III. TEACHING

COURSES TAUGHTCo-develop and taught 500-level “Conservation and Sustainable Development” course at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, Spring, 2019.

Developed 300-level “Policy and Governance” online course at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, Spring, 2018.

Taught 500-level/400-level “Study Abroad: Sustainability Challenges of the Wildlife Economy in South Africa”, 1 credit pre-course, Spring, 2016 and the 3 credit Study Abroad trip, June 8-21, 2016.

Co-developed graduate course “Risk and Sustainability”, Summer 2016 for Beijing Normal University with Marty Anderies, Marco Janssen, Jose Lobo, Bjorn Hagen, and Sander van der Leeuw.

Taught graduate level “Sustainability Summer Course”, July 27-August 14, 2015 at Beijing Normal University.

Taught 500-level “Social-Ecological-Technical Systems” course at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, Fall, 2014; Fall, 2015; Fall, 2016; Fall, 2017; Fall, 2018.

Taught 200-level “Systems Thinking” course at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, Fall, 2013; Fall, 2014; Fall 2015; Fall 2016; Fall, 2017; Fall 2018.

Developed 200-level “Systems Thinking” online course at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, Spring, 2016.

Taught 500-level/400-level “Transformative Sustainability Research” course at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, Spring, 2013.

Taught 500-level “Applied Project Management” course at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, Spring, 2014.

Taught 300-level “Policy and Governance in Sustainable Systems” course at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, Spring, 2011; Spring, 2012; Spring, 2014; Spring 2015; Spring 2016; Spring 2017; Spring 2018.

Taught MSc. level “Governance, Society and the Environment” section of a “Conservation Biology” course at the University of Cape Town, August, 2008 and August, 2009.

Taught 100-level “People and the Environment” course at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Spring, 2008.

Taught sessions on protected areas for 500-level “Conservation Biology” course at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Spring, 2008.

Taught 200-level public management course at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Spring, 2006.

Organized and led a for-credit, student-run doctoral seminar on international environmental policy for first, second, and third year Ph.D. students, 03/2004 – 2006.

STUDENTS SUPERVISED

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Biao Huang, 2011 – 2014. Ph.D., School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, working on econometric analysis on transboundary cooperation in territorial use rights for fishing.

Annie McVay, 2012 – 2017. Doctoral Candidate, Department of Community Resources and Development, Arizona State University, working on public perceptions of state parks.

Skaidra Smith-Heisters, 2013 – present. Doctoral Candidate, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, working on large-scale irrigation systems as common pool resources.

Jaishri Srinivasan, 2014 – present. Chair. Doctoral Candidate, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, working on environmental policy and the resilience of social-ecological systems.

Ute Brady, 2014 – 2020. Doctoral Candidate, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, working on CITES as a social-ecological system.

Vanessa Lueck, 2015 – present. Co-Chair. Doctoral Candidate, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University,

Ryan Davilla, 2016 – 2020. Doctoral Candidate, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University,

Danielle Chipman, 2016 – 2018. Chair. Doctoral Candidate, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University,

Christopher Rojas, 2016 – 2019. Ph.D., Biology and Society, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University

Tracie Lorenzo, 2016 – present. Doctoral Candidate, Biology and Society, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University

Julie Murphree, 2016 – present. Co-Chair. Doctoral Candidate, Biology and Society, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University

Menelisi Falayi, 2017 – present. Co-Supervisor, “Assessing transformative environmental governance in degraded landscapes of Macubeni, South Africa” Department of Environmental Sciences, Rhodes University, South Africa.

Katie Surrey-Bergman, 2018 – present. Co-Chair. Doctoral Candidate, Biology and Society, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University

Tiffany Lewis, 2019 – present. Doctoral Candidate, Biology and Society, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University

MastersSigma Dolin, 2013 – 2014. MSUS graduate, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, working on international development, urban design, the Maus Haus.

Joshua Davis-Welty, 2013 – 2014. MSUS graduate, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, working on Zero Waste goals in the Paradise Valley School District.

Aisling Force, 2013 – 2015. MSUS Candidate, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, working on biodiversity conservation in Costa Rica.

MSUS Mentor, 2014 – present. Mentor for new MSUS cohort (10 in 2014, 11 in 2015, 8 in 2016).

Nathan Martin, 2014 – 2016. MSUS Candidate, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

Andrea Levy, 2015 – present. Interdisciplinary Research Colloquium mentee and MSUS Candidate.

Anna Bettis, 2015 – 2016. MSUS candidate.

Leigh-Ann Tower, 2015 – 2017. Chair. MA Candidate, School of Sustainability.

Darragh O’Keefe, 2016 – 2017. MA Candidate, School of Sustainability.16

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Brenda Campbell, 2016 – 2018. MA Candidate, School of Community Resources & Development.

David Morrison, 2016 – 2018. MS Candidate, School of Sustainability.

Honors UndergraduatesJoseph Williams, 2011 – 2012. Undergraduate Honors Intern, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, working on engineering solutions to renewable energy provision at the community level in conjunction with the Sonoran Institute.

Erin Barton, 2011 – 2012. Undergraduate Honors Intern, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, working on urban state land development in conjunction with the Sonoran Institute.

Mirna Hodzic, 2011 – 2012. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, “Global Health and Sustainability Collaborative Research Networks as Models of Collective Action”. School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University.

Hyejung Kim, 2012 – 2013. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, “An Analysis of South Korean Government’s Grand Canals Civil Engineering and Architectural Project”. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

Katie Schumacher, 2012 – 2013. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, “Documenting the Development of ASU’s Green Bin Program”. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

Kevin Keleher, 2013 – 2014. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, “Creating a Sustainability Consulting Business”. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

Derek Pezzela, 2013 – 2014. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, “Collaborative Governance”. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

Desiree Serna, 2013 – 2014. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, “A User Guide to Aquaponics”. School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University.

Akane Ota, 2014. Carnegie Mellon Venture Challenge Competition Award Winner, “Kalanchoe: Security Watch for Women”. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

Madelyn Romero, 2014 – 2015. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, “Urban Agriculture”. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

Saritha Ramakrishna, 2014 – 2015. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, “Psychological and Measurable Effects of Green/Public Spaces”. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

Angela Abolhassani, 2014 – 2015. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, “White Gold: A Case Study for the Application of Common Pool Resource Theory to the Management of South Pacific Albacore Tuna”. School of Global Studies, Arizona State University.

Erin Rugland, 2015. School of Sustainability Honors Academy mentee.

Haley Downing and Kaelyn Polick-Kirkpatrick, 2015- 2016. Undergraduate Honors Thesis, “Feminism and Wilderness”. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

Derek Duran, 2015 – 2017. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, “Collaborative Governance”. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

Madeline Mahnick, 2016 – 2017. School of Sustainability Honors Academy mentee.

Stephanie Hoyt, 2016 – 2017. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, “Borderlands Policy”, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

Julia Colbert, 2017 – 2018. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, “Circle of Sustainability Education Tool”. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

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Becky Lydford, 2017 – 2018. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

Sage Hanson, 2018 – 2020. Undergraduate Honors Thesis committee, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

Kinley Reagan, 2018 – 2019. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University.

Kiana Duran, 2018 – 2019. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University.

Christa Buress, 2019. Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University.

Visiting Scholars Chai Ying, 2013-2014. Associate Professor, Guangzhou Business University, working on institutional analysis of irrigation systems in China.

Mateja Smid, Fall, 2015. Researcher, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, working on polycentric governance of (rural) cultural landscapes.

Carolin Antoni, Spring, 2016. Doctoral student, Universidad de San Luis Potosi, Mexico, working on resilience assessments of social-ecological systems in the ejidos of Mexico.

Jessica Cockburn, Spring, 2018. Post-doctoral researcher, Rhodes University, South Africa, working on landscape stewardship and collaboration.

Menelis Fayali, Fall, 2020. Doctoral Student, Rhodes University, South Africa, working on collaborative governance and rural land management.

IV. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

EMPLOYMENTStrategy Consultant, Kurt Salmon Associates, Atlanta, GA 8/99 – 6/2003

International DevelopmentInstructed the government of El Salvador on how to focus business incentives for apparel exports to the US under new free trade policies.Analyzed the offshore garment production environment for a Honduran joint venture and presented findings to the JV partners and to the Latin American division of the World Bank, resulting in a loan of $25 million.

Strategy DevelopmentBuilt a go-to-market strategy for a manufacturing division of a large Japanese firm, guiding senior management to re-align company directives in sales, manufacturing, inventory, and IT, returning the division to profitability. Assessed and outlined retail strategy options for a French manufacturer with the goal of improving the retail experience – conducting focus groups and a market assessment to identify new retail formats and working with ad agencies to build message for consumers.

Quantitative Research and AnalysisCreated a new corporate vision and strategy through detailed economic analysis and market research for a major home textile firm leading to a new positioning of brands, in product categories and channels, as well the development of as a new organizational structure. Stock prices have increased 300% and the company is no longer on the verge of bankruptcy.Generated a launch strategy for a newly developed product with a multinational chemical company, estimating market share gains and competitive responses. Product launch is currently proceeding as scheduled.Formulated supply chain strategies for an international apparel organization, using B2B technology to increase efficiencies organization-wide and with key supply chain partners.

R&D Engineer, Gämmerler (US) Corp, Hanover Park, IL 1/94 - 7/97 Innovation

Invented and patented printing industry refeeder machine with $1.5 million market, taking design from concept through sale. Implemented all design-engineering processes for $18 million US division, growing from one person to a division of nine. Created all engineering standards for refeeder and flat conveying production lines, resulting in over 100 easy-to-use designs.

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Established engineering communications with German parent firm, linking projects and design concepts, through frequent trips and business sessions in European office. Initiated and managed first US-division new product development team, providing contact between customers and engineering.Studied German formally to the intermediate level to facilitate international work.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Society of Mechanical Engineers member, 1990 – present.American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics member, 1990 – present.Beta Gamma Sigma, National Business Honorary, 1999 – present.American Political Science Association member, 2003 – present.International Studies Association member, 2003 – present.International Association for the Study of the Common, 2003 – present.Midwest Political Science Association member, 2003 – present.Transboundary Protected Area Research Initiative, 2003 – present.Society of Conservation Biology, 2005 – present.IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas member, 2005 – present.George Wright Society member, 2006 – present.Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 2006 – present.African Studies Association, 2006 – present.Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2010 – present.

Transboundary Protected Area Research Initiative – co-director, 2007 – 2010.Resilience Alliance Young Scholars group, 2007 – present.Resilience Alliance Young Scholars Executive Committee, 2009 – present.Resilience Alliance Young Scholars Director, 2011 – present.Resilience Alliance Board of Directors, 2012 – present.Resilience Alliance Board Chairperson, 2019 – present.IUCN Transboundary Protected Area Taskforce – vice-chairperson, 2010 – present.Society for American Baseball Research – statistician, 2011 – 2016.Complex Systems Society, 2011 – present.Indiana University’s Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Affiliated Faculty, 2011 – present.Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics Young Scholars Program, 2012 – 2016.Future Earth Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) Collaborative Governance Working Group Leader, 2014 – present. (http://pecs-science.org/research/news/news/newpecsworkinggroup.5.2ddf60d614460536c4e9b4.html)Future Earth Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) Science Board, 2019 – present.

V. PUBLIC SERVICESCHOOL OF SUSTAINABILITY ACTIVITIES

Faculty Honors Advisor for the Barrett Honors College, August 2012 – May 2014.Academic Program Review Committee, August 2012 – May 2013.School of Sustainability representative to the Curriculum and Academic Programs Committee, August 2012 – 2014.Faculty Advisor, Greenlight Solutions Sustainability Consulting student organization, January 2013 – present.

Winners of the ASU Pitchfork Award “Most Promising New Student Organization” – 2014Winners of the ASU Pitchfork Award “Changemaker Entrepreneur of the Year” – 2014, 2015Winner, ASU Innovation Challenge Business Plan Competition - $1500. 2014.

Greenlight Solutions Foundation, Board of Directors, 2016 – present.School of Sustainability Curriculum Committee, August 2013 – present.Sustainability School at Lagos Review Committee, March-July, 2014.School of Sustainability MSUS Project Review and Advisory Committee, 2014 – present.School of Sustainability job search committee, 2014-2015.School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Environmental Social Science PhD faculty, 2015 – present.School of Life Sciences, Biology and Society PhD faculty, 2019 – present.

UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES

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ASU-SFI Center for Biosocial Complex Systems, 2015 – present.ASU Leadership Academy, 2014 – present.Complex Adaptive Systems Science Faculty, Arizona State University, August 2011 – present.Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity Core Faculty, ASU, 2011 – present.Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity Core Faculty, 2011 – present.Coordinator, Late Lessons from Early History Speaker Series, Arizona State University, August 2010 – August 2011.Elected to Executive Council of Association for SPEA PhD Students at Indiana University, 2003-2004 and 2004-2005.Member of Organizing Committee for Indiana University Young Researchers Conference, 2004 and 2005.Elected by student body as Vice President of MBA class, 1998-1999.Selected as member of the Board of Directors for the Indiana University Entrepreneurship Academy, 1998 – 1999.Selected for Leadership Development Institute of Indiana University, 1997-1999 – Inaugural class and mentor group for leadership skill-building.Udall Scholarship Review Committee, 2019.

PUBLIC ACTIVITIESAmerican Political Science Association’s Paul Sabatier Award Committee for the Best Paper at the APSA Annual Conference, 2015.Nominated to IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Transboundary Protected Area Taskforce, 2005 – present.Presented “Visions of Peace Parks” to the Pretoria Central, South Africa Rotary Club, July 19, 2007.Taught class on Sustainability to Danville (IL) High School advanced Economics courses, April 24, 2008.International School of Arizona, Board of Directors, 2018 – present.Heber Wild Horse Territory Collaborative Management Group Convener with US Forest Service and Southwest Decision Resources facilitation team, 2017 – present.

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