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Overview

Lance Gunderson is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work focuses on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, as well as Environmental Chemistry and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research encompasses a range of topics related to environmental systems and sustainability. Key areas of study include:

  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
  • Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

Gunderson has contributed to several peer-reviewed articles published in a variety of scientific venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Governing complexity: Integrating science, governance, and law to manage accelerating change in the globalized commons," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Resilience: Now more than ever," 2021, AMBIO
  • "Panarchy: opportunities and challenges for ecosystem management," 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • "Navigating the chaos of an unfolding global cycle," 2020, Ecology and Society
  • "Towards a global sustainable development agenda built on social-ecological resilience," 2023, Global Sustainability

The scientist frequently publishes in the journal Ecology and Society, with additional articles contributed to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, AMBIO, Global Sustainability, and Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

Collaborations feature several recurring co-authors with whom Gunderson has published multiple papers. These include:

  • Craig R. Allen
  • David G. Angeler
  • Ahjond S. Garmestani
  • J. B. Ruhl
  • Barbara Cosens

Best Publications

  • Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems

    Lance H. Gunderson;C. S. Holling

  • Regime Shifts, Resilience, and Biodiversity in Ecosystem Management

    Carl Folke;Steve Carpenter;Brian Walker;Marten Scheffer

  • Ecological Resilience—In Theory and Application

    Lance H. Gunderson

  • A handful of heuristics and some propositions for understanding resilience in social-ecological systems

    Brian Walker;Lance Gunderson;Ann Kinzig;Carl Folke

  • Barriers and bridges to the renewal of ecosystems and institutions

    Lance H. Gunderson;C. S. Holling;Stephen S. Light

  • Shooting the Rapids: Navigating Transitions to Adaptive Governance of Social-Ecological Systems

    Per Olsson;Lance H. Gunderson;Steve R. Carpenter;Paul Ryan

  • Resilience and adaptive cycles

    C. S. Holling;L. H. Gunderson

  • Ecological Thresholds: The Key to Successful Environmental Management or an Important Concept with No Practical Application?

    Peter M. Groffman;Jill S. Baron;Tamara Blett;Arthur J. Gold

  • Globalization, Roving Bandits, and Marine Resources

    F. Berkes;T. P. Hughes;R. S. Steneck;J. A. Wilson

  • Resilience, Flexibility and Adaptive Management - - Antidotes for Spurious Certitude?

    Lance Gunderson

  • Navigating transformations in governance of Chilean marine coastal resources.

    Stefan Gelcich;Terry P. Hughes;Per Olsson;Carl Folke

  • Panarchy: Theory and Application

    Craig R. Allen;David G. Angeler;Ahjond S. Garmestani;Lance H. Gunderson

  • Resilience implications of policy responses to climate change

    W. Neil Adger;Katrina Brown;Donald R. Nelson;Fikret Berkes

  • Adaptive management and adaptive governance in the everglades ecosystem

    Lance Gunderson;Stephen S. Light

  • Foundations of ecological resilience

    Lance H. Gunderson;Craig R. Allen;C. S. Holling

  • Why systems of people and nature are not just social and ecological systems

    F. Westley;S. R. Carpenter;W. A. Brock;C. S. Holling

  • Transformative Environmental Governance

    Brian C Chaffin;Ahjond S Garmestani;Lance H Gunderson;Melinda Harm Benson

  • Pathology and failure in the design and implementation of adaptive management.

    Craig R. Allen;Lance H. Gunderson

  • Coping with Collapse: Ecological and Social Dynamics in Ecosystem Management

    Stephen R. Carpenter;Lance H. Gunderson

  • Ecological and Human Community Resilience in Response to Natural Disasters

    Lance Gunderson

  • Creation of a Gilded Trap by the High Economic Value of the Maine Lobster Fishery

    R. S. Steneck;R. S. Steneck;T. P. Hughes;J. E. Cinner;W. N. Adger

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University
Craig R. Allen
Craig R. Allen University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Ahjond S. Garmestani
Ahjond S. Garmestani Environmental Protection Agency
C. S. Holling
C. S. Holling University of Florida
David G. Angeler
David G. Angeler Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Per Olsson
Per Olsson Stockholm Resilience Centre
Brian Walker
Brian Walker Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Marten Scheffer
Marten Scheffer Wageningen University & Research
Robert S. Steneck
Robert S. Steneck University of Maine
Marco A. Janssen
Marco A. Janssen Arizona State University

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