George Perkins Marsh Institute

Verna DeLauer, Research Assistant Professor

DeLauer The George Perkins Marsh Institute
Clark University
Worcester, MA 01610-1477
508.751.4601 phone
508.751.4600 fax
email: vdelauer@clarku.edu


Current Research Interests

The nexus of science, management, policy and communications; ocean policy reform policy learning; undergraduate learning and assessment; the role of language in framing disputes; the design and evaluation of public participation methods; how conceptualizations of place shape identity and sustainable behavior.

Selected Publications

DeLauer, V. 2011. Science Needs for Ecosystem Based Management. (Section in) New England Recommendations to the National Ocean Council. Submitted by the Northeast Regional Ocean Council.

DeLauer V, R.R. Rosenberg, N.C. Popp, D. Hiley. The Mental Demands of Marine Ecosystem Based Management. Society and Natural Resources. In progress.

DeLauer V., S. Ryan, I. Babb, P. Taylor, P. DiBona. 2011. Linking Science to Management and Policy through Strategic Communication. American Fisheries Society Gulf of Maine Ecosystem Science Symposium Volume (Chapter).

Taylor, P. and V. DeLauer. 2010. Ecosystem-based Management Roadmap. Ecosystem-based Management Tools Network. www.ebmtools.org

McGuigan R., N. Popp, V. DeLauer. 2009. The Complexity of Climate Change and Conflict Resolution: Are We Up to the Challenge? Conflict Resolution. Fall. pp. 16-19.

Delauer V. and R.R. Rosenberg. 2009. Review of Natural Experiments: Ecosystem Based Management and the Environment (Judith Layzer). Journal of Human Ecology (April): 365.

Taylor P. and V. DeLauer. 2009. EBM Tools Needs Assessment report. Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment. 35 pp.

DeLauer, V. 2007. The Needs and Challenges of an Ecosystem-Approach to Management in Massachusetts (report). Massachusetts Ocean Partnership, 22 pp.