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Overview

Ioan Fazey is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and social sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as sociology and political science, global and planetary change, management science and operations research, general health professions, and education.

The scientist's main research topics cover sustainability and climate change governance, complex systems and decision making, environmental education and sustainability, disaster management and resilience, climate change adaptation and migration, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, and innovation in sustainability and human-machine systems.

Ioan Fazey has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Sustainability Science
  • Frontiers in Sustainability
  • Nature Sustainability
  • Energy Research & Social Science
  • Environmental Science & Policy

Notable recent papers by Ioan Fazey include:

  • "Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth: Visions of future systems and how to get there," 2020, Energy Research & Social Science
  • "A pluralistic and integrated approach to action-oriented knowledge for sustainability," 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • "Building community resilience in a context of climate change: The role of social capital," 2022, AMBIO
  • "The Regenerative Lens: A conceptual framework for regenerative social-ecological systems," 2023, One Earth
  • "Practical wisdom and virtue ethics for knowledge co-production in sustainability science," 2023, Nature Sustainability

Among their frequent coauthors are Esther Carmen, Sam J. Buckton, Eugyen Suzanne, Graham Leicester, and Peter Ball. These collaborations reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work and engagement with social and environmental sciences communities.

Best Publications

  • What is social learning

    Mark Reed;Mark Reed;Anna Clair Evely;Georgina Cundill;Ioan Fazey

  • Integrating local and scientific knowledge for environmental management

    Christopher M. Raymond;Ioan Fazey;Mark S. Reed;Lindsay C. Stringer

  • Reconceptualising adaptation to climate change as part of pathways of change and response

    R. M. Wise;I. Fazey;M. Stafford Smith;S. E. Park

  • What are shared and social values of ecosystems

    Jasper O. Kenter;Jasper O. Kenter;Liz O'Brien;Neal Hockley;Neil Ravenscroft

  • What do conservation biologists publish

    Ioan Fazey;Joern Fischer;David B. Lindenmayer

  • Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research

    Ioan Fazey;Niko Schäpke;Guido Caniglia;James Patterson

  • Five principles for the practice of knowledge exchange in environmental management.

    M. S. Reed;L. C. Stringer;I. Fazey;A. C. Evely

  • A pluralistic and integrated approach to action-oriented knowledge for sustainability

    Guido Caniglia;Guido Caniglia;C. Luederitz;C. Luederitz;T. von Wirth;I. Fazey

  • An evaluation of monetary and non-monetary techniques for assessing the importance of biodiversity and ecosystem services to people in countries with developing economies

    Mike Christie;Ioan Fazey;Rob Cooper;Tony Hyde

  • The nature and role of experiential knowledge for environmental conservation

    Ioan Raymond Albert Fazey;John A. Fazey;Janet G. Salisbury;David B. Lindenmayer

  • Knowledge exchange: a review and research agenda for environmental management

    Ioan Fazey;Anna C. Evely;Mark S. Reed;Lindsay C. Stringer

  • The importance of deliberation in valuing ecosystem services in developing countries - evidence from the Solomon Islands

    Jasper O. Kenter;Tony Hyde;Michael Christie;Ioan Fazey

  • Adaptive capacity and learning to learn as leverage for social–ecological resilience

    Ioan Fazey;John A. Fazey;Joern Fischer;Kate Sherren

  • Three horizons: A pathways practice for transformation

    Bill Sharpe;Anthony Hodgson;Graham Leicester;Andrew Lyon

  • Combining analytical frameworks to assess livelihood vulnerability to climate change and analyse adaptation options

    M S Reed;G Podesta;I Fazey;N Geeson

  • Building community resilience in a context of climate change: The role of social capital

    Esther Carmen;Ioan Fazey;Helen Ross;Melissa Bedinger

  • Participatory scenario development for environmental management: a methodological framework illustrated with experience from the UK uplands

    M.S. Reed;J. Kenter;A. Bonn;A. Bonn;K. Broad

  • Human behavior and sustainability

    Joern Fischer;Robert Dyball;Ioan Fazey;Catherine Gross

  • Transformation in a changing climate: a research agenda

    Ioan Fazey;Peter Moug;Simon Allen;Katherine J Beckmann

  • Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth: visions of future systems and how to get there

    Ioan Fazey;Niko Schäpke;Guido Caniglia;Anthony Hodgson

  • Past and future adaptation pathways

    Ioan Fazey;Russell M. Wise;Christopher Lyon;Claudia Câmpeanu

  • Shared values and deliberative valuation: Future directions

    Jasper O. Kenter;Rosalind Bryce;Michael Christie;Nigel Cooper

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Reed
Mark Reed Scotland's Rural College
Joern Fischer
Joern Fischer Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Lindsay C. Stringer
Lindsay C. Stringer University of York
David B. Lindenmayer
David B. Lindenmayer Australian National University
Aletta Bonn
Aletta Bonn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Nathalie Pettorelli
Nathalie Pettorelli Zoological Society of London
Karen O'Brien
Karen O'Brien University of Oslo
Klaus Hubacek
Klaus Hubacek University of Groningen
Christopher M. Raymond
Christopher M. Raymond University of Helsinki
Mandy Ryan
Mandy Ryan University of Aberdeen

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