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Based in Canada, Dr. Plummer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Tourism and Environment and a Chancellor´s Chair for Research Excellence at Brock University. He holds degrees from Lakehead University, the University of New Brunswick and the University of Guelph. Dr. Plummer´s research primarily concerns environmental governance and social-ecological systems. He studies the process of adaptive co-management and is striving to advance knowledge of collaboration, adaptation and adaptive capacity within complex systems. Water is the resource context around which most of his research occurs. His current research involves the following four main funded projects:- First Nations and Source Waters: Understanding Vulnerabilities and Building Capacity for Governance - Governance for Watershed-Based Source Water Protection in Canada: A National Evaluation - Improving Water Governance Through Policy Transfer and Lesson Learning - Adaptive Collaborative Risk Management and Climate Change in the Niagara Region: A Participatory Integrated Assessment Approach for Sustainable Solutions and Transformative Change Dr. Plummer works closely with colleagues in Canada and internationally. His work with graduate students is facilitated by his Associate Graduate Faculty status at the University of Guelph and the University of Waterloo as well as his role as a Faculty Investigator with the Water Policy and Governance Group. He has authored/co-authored/edited multiple books, several book chapters and numerous journal articles. The outcomes of his research have been published in such journals as Ecology and Society, Society and Natural Resources, Journal of Environmental Management, Environmental Management, Ecological Economics, Global Environmental Change, and the UN journal, Natural Resources Forum. He serves as an Associate/Subject Editor for Ecology and Society, the Canadian Water Resources Journal and Tourism and Marine Environments.
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