Robert (Rob) Anderson, PhD
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Rob Anderson is an environmental geographer and social scientist. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Washington, and his published research has examined the human dimensions of a wide range of environmental management issues, including human-wildlife conflict, biodiversity conservation, wildlife and forest restoration, wildfire risk reduction, and more. He also has extensive hands-on experience with restoring and conserving ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest, including implementing salmon habitat construction, forest restoration, and green infrastructure projects, and developing natural resource management plans for public and private partners. His current role at the Puget Sound Institute focuses on developing a deeper understanding of the human dimensions of environmental management actions, and integrating information about human activities and behaviors into scientific models and research efforts related to Puget Sound ecosystems.
Anderson, Robert M.; Hixson, Kathryn; Johnston, Kelly; Mockrin, Miranda; and Mowery, Molly. “Adapting to wildfire: a review of ongoing wildfire planning and mitigation efforts across ten landscapes in the western United States.” General Technical Report, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station. In press, anticipated publication early 2025.
Martin, Jeff V; Anderson, Robert M.; Epstein, Kathleen; and Charnley, Susan. “Managing wolf-livestock conflict on national forests in the American West.” General Technical Report, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station. In press, anticipated publication early 2025.
Anderson, Robert M; Charnley, Susan; Epstein, Kathleen; and Martin, Jeff. “Large, rugged, and remote: Applying tools and techniques for human-wolf-livestock conflict on public lands in the U.S. West.” People and Nature. http://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10713
Anderson, Robert M; Short Gianotti, Anne; and Connors, John Casellas. “Activating uncertainty: Scientific evidence and environmental values in wildlife management.” Geoforum. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2024.103999
Connors, John Casellas; Anderson, Robert M; and Short Gianotti, Anne. “Policy mobilities, infrastructures, and nonhuman political agency.” Annals of the American Association of Geographers. http://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2023.2271554
Anderson, Robert M; Charnley, Susan; Epstein, Kathleen; Gaynor, Kaitlyn M.; Martin, Jeff V.; and McInturff, Alex. (2023) “The socioecology of fear: a critical geographical consideration of human-wolf-livestock conflict.” The Canadian Geographer, 67(1): 17-34. http://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12808
Anderson, Robert M. (2021) “Killing for the common good? The (bio)politics of wolf management in Washington State.” Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 9(1): 00179. http://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2020.00179
Martin, Jeff V; Epstein, Katie; Anderson, Robert M; and Charnley, Susan. (2021) “Coexistence praxis: the role of resource managers in wolf-livestock interactions on public lands.” Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2: 707068. http://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2021.707068
Anderson, Robert M and Lambert, Amy M. (2019) “Endangered butterflies and their non-native host plants: examining shifting values of belonging in restoration.” Case Studies in the Environment (online, October 2019). http://doi.org/10.1525/cse.2019.002147
Biermann, Christine and Anderson, Robert M. (2017) “Conservation, biopolitics, and the governance of life and death.” Geography Compass, 11(10). http://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12329