- Identifying components of social-ecological resilience: The role of local knowledge and social networks in constructing values and incentives for management of ecosystem services. Foass (Assistant Professor) awarded by Formas, 2007/8.
 
- The Decision Centre for a Desert City (DCDC) as a boundary organization: An assessment of the knowledge co-production process, knowledge transfer and the role of social networks. Partly funded by DCDC, ASU. Co-PI John Parker, ASU and National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, UCSB.
 
- Phoenix Ethnohydrology Study. Funded by DCDC, ASU. Co-PIs Amber Wutich, CSID/ASU and Paul Westerhoff, Civil & Environmental Engineering, ASU.
 
- Migrant fishers and fishing in theWestern Indian Ocean : Socio-economic dynamics and implications for management. MASMA commissioned research grant. Funded by WIOMSA. Co-PIs Sergio Rosendo,UniversityofEast Anglia , Innocent Wanyonyi and David Obura, CORDIOEast Africa.
 
- Local ecological knowledge and sustainable development. Knowledge acquisition to enhance capacity of co-management initiatives in natural resource management. Funded by the Swedish Research Council. Co-PIs Cecilia Lundholm and Ola Halldén, Dept of Education, Stockholm University.
 
- Periurban Mangroves as Phytoremediators of Sewage inEast Africa(PUMPSEA) — Stakeholder analysis in conjunction with initiatives to use coastal peri-urban mangroves as bio-filters in sewage treatment. (Terminated Sept 2008) Funded by EU, 6th Framework. WP 9.