Associate Professor and Graduate Officer

Balsillie School, Departments of Geography and Environmental Studies (WLU)

Contact Information

Office Number 3E7
Phone Number: x2653
Email Address: darmitage @ wlu.ca
Personal Websites: http://info.wlu.ca/~wwwgeog/People/DEREK%20A%20Web%20materials/home.htm

Education

PhD, University of Waterloo
MSc., University of Guelph
BES, University of Waterloo

Areas of Specialization

Human dimensions of environmental change
Environmental governance
Arctic and Southeast Asia

Short Bio

Derek Armitage is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, and Associate of the Cold Regions Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. His research interests centre on the human dimensions of environmental change and the formation of adaptive, multi-level governance systems. The problem of ‘fit' is a central interest - how complex governance systems and institutions can better match the dynamics of biophysical systems, with a primary focus on the Arctic and Southeast Asia. His publications have appeared in such journals as Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Global Environmental Change, Ecology and Society, and International Journal of the Commons. He is co-editor (with Fikret Berkes and Nancy Doubleday) of ‘Adaptive Co-Management: Collaboration, Learning and Multi-Level Governance' (UBC Press, 2007) and co-editor (with Ryan Plummer) of a forthcoming book on adaptive capacity and environmental governance (Springer). He has served as a consultant on a variety of projects for government agencies in Canada (Fisheries and Oceans, OMNR, Alberta Environment), the Global Environmental Facility (World Bank), ADB and IADB. He is a Senior Fellow, Earth Systems Governance project, Working Group Leader - Oceans Management Research Network (Canada), and Adjunct Professor - Natural Resources Institute (University of Manitoba). He serves as Associate Editor for Ecology and Society and Environments.

Most recent scholarly publications

Armitage, D. and R. Plummer. (Eds.). Adaptive Capacity and the Making of Environmental Governance. Springer (forthcoming, 2010)

Armitage, D. Plummer, R., Berkes, F., Arthur, R., Charles, A., Davidson-Hunt, I., Diduck, A., Doubleday, N., Johnson, D., Marschke, M., McConney, P., Pinkerton, E. and L. Wollenberg. 2009. Adaptive co-management for social-ecological complexity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 7(2): 95-102.

Armitage, D. 2008. Governance and the Commons in a Multi-Level World. International Journal of the Commons. 2(1): 7-32.

Armitage, D., Marschke, M. and R. Plummer. 2008. Adaptive Co-Management and the Paradox of Learning. Global Environmental Change. 18(1): 86-98.

Armitage, D., Berkes, F. and Doubleday. (Eds.). 2007. Adaptive Co-Management: Collaboration, Learning and Multi-Level Governance. UBC Press, Vancouver

Recent academic/professional awards

Petro-Canada Young Innovators Award

Courses taught

IP613 - Special Topics in International Environmental Policy
IP614 - Interdisciplinary Seminar in International Environmental Policy