Adjunct Senior Lecturer

Dr Julia Baird is a Canada Research Chair and an Associate Professor in the Environmental Sustainability Research Centre and Department of Geography and Tourism Studies at Brock University in Ontario, Canada. Julia is a sustainability scientist with a focus on the human dimensions of water and water resilience. Her research addresses water governance challenges and decision-making through the lenses of individual attitudes and collaborative approaches. She has received national and institutional awards for her research and its contributions to practice. Julia leads the Water Resilience Lab based at Brock University.

Qualifications

PhD, University of Saskatchewan; Master of Science, University of Saskatchewan; Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, University of Alberta.

Research areas

• Water governance
• Water resilience
• Environment and Sustainability
• Agriculture

Memberships

• Advisor, Canadian Coalition for Healthy Waters
• Academic Advisor, POLIS Water Sustainability Project
• Member, Resilience Collaborative

Awards

• Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Human Dimensions of Water Resources and Water Resilience (2017 – 2022)
• Canadian Water’s Next Award Winner (Academic Leader) (2020)
• Early Career Researcher of the Year, Faculty of Social Sciences, Brock University (2020)

Key Research Publications

Baird, J., Plummer, R., Jollineau, M., & Dale, G. (2021). Evaluating ecological outcomes from environmental stewardship initiatives: A comparative analysis of approaches. Journal of Environmental Management. 297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113266

Baird, J. and Plummer, R., Eds. (2020). Water Resilience: Management and Governance in Times of Change. Switzerland: Springer Nature. 311 p.

Baird, J., Dale, G. & Farhad, S. (2020). Individual differences predict endorsement of water resilience. Scientific Reports, 10 (1), 1-11. Available at: https://rdcu.be/b3qhd

Baird, J., Plummer, R., Dale, G., Kapeller, B., Mallette, A., Feist, A., & Kataoka, Y. (2020). The emerging scientific water paradigm: precursors, hallmarks and trajectories. WIREs Water. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1489

Feist, A., Plummer, R., & Baird, J. (2020). The inner-workings of collaboration in environmental management and governance: A systematic mapping review. Environmental Management, 66(5), 801-815. Available at: https://rdcu.be/b5Z8a

Baird, J., Schultz, L., Plummer, R., Armitage, D., & Bodin, Ö. (2018). Emergence of collaborative environmental governance: What are the causal mechanisms? Environmental Management, 63(1), 16-31.

Plummer, R., Dzyundzyak, A., Baird, J. Schultz, L., Armitage, D., & Bodin, Ö. (2017). How do environmental governance processes shape evaluation of outcomes by stakeholders? A causal pathways approach. PLoS One, 12(9): e0185375. [online] URL: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0185375