Adam French
Guest Research Scholar
Equity and Justice Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
Biography
Dr. Adam French is the first recipient of IIASA's Peter E. de Janosi Fellowship and joins the Risk and Resilience (RISK) and the Advanced Systems Analysis (ASA) programs following a Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on natural resource governance, socio-environmental conflict, and institutional innovation in multi-level systems being transformed by global change.At IIASA, Dr. French will combine meta-analytical and empirical research to examine the implementation of the Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) paradigm in contexts of the Global South. This work is targeted at the production of policy-relevant insights and analytical tools, including a conceptual framework for identifying key governance factors that facilitate and hinder the development of more integrated—and ultimately more just, adaptive, and sustainable—watershed management practices.
Last update: 28 APR 2016
Publications
Solinska-Nowak, A., Magnuszewski, P., Curl, M., French, A., Keating, A., Mochizuki, J. , Liu, W. , Mechler, R. , Kulakowska, M., & Jarzabek, L. (2018). An overview of serious games for disaster risk management – Prospects and limitations for informing actions to arrest increasing risk. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 31 1013-1029. 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.09.001.
Ncube, B., French, A., & Mupangwa, W. (2018). Chapter 9. Precision Agriculture and Food Security in Africa. In: Systems Analysis Approach for Complex Global Challenges. Eds. Mensah, P., Katerere, D., Hachigonta, S., & Roodt, A., pp. 159-178 Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-71485-1 10.1007/978-3-319-71486-8_9.
Mark, B.G., French, A., Baraer, M., Carey, M., Bury, J., Young, K.R., Polk, M.H., Wigmore, O., Lagos, P., Crumley, R., McKenzie, J.M., & Lautz, L. (2017). Glacier loss and hydro-social risks in the Peruvian Andes. Global and Planetary Change 159 61-76. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.10.003.
Guittard, A., Baraer, M., McKenzie, J.M., Mark, B.G., Wigmore, O., Fernandez, A., Rapre, A.C., Walsh, E., Bury, J., Carey, M., French, A., & Young, K.R. (2017). Trace-metal contamination in the glacierized Rio Santa watershed, Peru. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 189 (649) 10.1007/s10661-017-6353-0.
French, A. & Mechler, R. (2017). Managing El Niño Risks Under Uncertainty in Peru: Learning from the past for a more disaster-resilient future. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis , Laxenburg, Austria.