Alison M. Meadow
· Associate Research ProfessorUniversity of Arizona · Public & Applied Humanities
Active 1999–2026
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About
Alison M. Meadow is an Associate Research Professor based in the Office of Research and Partnerships (ORP) – Societal Impact at the University of Arizona. She has a background in environmental anthropology, Indigenous studies, and urban planning. Dr. Meadow received her PhD in Anthropology from the Resilience and Adaptation Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her research focuses on the process of linking research with decision making to improve the usability of science, with an emphasis on evaluating the societal impacts of research. She is a co-investigator with the NOAA-funded Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS). Dr. Meadow works with research programs to help them translate research into use by communities, practitioners, and policymakers.
Research topics
- Computer Science
- Business
- Engineering ethics
- Engineering
- Knowledge management
- Sociology
- Political Science
- Biology
- Environmental science
- Geography
Selected publications
Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research
Nature Sustainability · 2020 · 1516 citations
Actionable knowledge and the art of engagement
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability · 2020 · 283 citations
Stakeholder engagement in the co-production of knowledge for environmental decision-making
World Development · 2023-07-14 · 97 citations
articleCurrent Opinion in Environmental Sustainability · 2020 · 76 citations
Producing actionable science to inform decisions on sustainability is an important opportunity for science to serve society and fulfill expectations that come along with public financial support. In turn, how public science funding is managed may help spur different ways of doing science that are better suited to linking kscience with sustainability action. This review identifies opportunities for science funding program management to bolster the generation of actionable science through differen…
Environmental Science & Policy · 2023-03-29 · 62 citations
reviewOpen accessLinking science with action affords a prime opportunity to leverage greater societal impact from research and increase the use of evidence in decision-making. Success in these areas depends critically upon processes of producing and mobilizing knowledge, as well as supporting and making decisions. For decades, scholars have idealized and described these social processes in different ways, resulting in numerous assumptions that now variously guide engagements at the interface of science and socie…
Frequent coauthors
- 12 shared
Gigi Owen
University of Arizona
- 11 shared
Daniel B. Ferguson
University of Arizona
- 10 shared
Jeremy Weiss
University of Arizona
- 9 shared
Michael A. Crimmins
University of Arizona
- 8 shared
James Arnott
Aspen Global Change Institute
- 8 shared
Richard H. Moss
University of Maryland, College Park
- 6 shared
Gabrielle Wong‐Parodi
Palo Alto Institute
- 6 shared
Zack Guido
Education
- 2009
Ph.D., Anthropology
University of Alaska Fairbanks
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