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Lorien Jasny

Lecturer, Q-Step Centre, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

410-919-4810

Postdoctoral Alumna

I am a computational social scientist focusing on questions of public involvement in environmental decision making. My research agenda focuses on two related themes: how the structure and dynamics of inter-organizational networks affect policy change, and how the structure and dynamics of belief networks affect behavioral change. Substantively, I study how people try to bring about societal change in response to political and environmental concerns. Methodologically, the need to grapple with these often complex phenomena requires the use and development of techniques for handling large, dynamic, and relational datasets.

CV: 

lorien.jasny_.cv_.pdf

Associated Projects: 

Belief Change in Interdisciplinary Research: Comparing Mental Models & Discussion Networks of SESYNC Research Teams

Resources
Network Governance for Invasive Species Management	Apr 20, 2017 Article published in Conservation Letters.
The Power of Peers: How Transnational Advocacy Networks Shape NGO Strategies on Climate Change	Mar 20, 2017 Article published in the Bristish Journal of Political Science.
Capacity to Adapt to Environmental Change: Evidence form a Network of Organizations Concerned with Increasing Wildfire Risk	Jan 01, 2017 Article published in Ecology and Society.
Networks and the Politics of the Environment	Nov 01, 2016 Chapter published in The Oxford Handbook of Political Networks.
A network approach to assessing social capacity for landscape planning: The case of fire-prone forests in Oregon, USA	Mar 01, 2016 Article published in Landscape and Urban Planning.
Not a Snowball's Chance in Science	Nov 16, 2015   Article published in Contexts.
Clone of Not a Snowball's Chance in Science	Nov 16, 2015   Article published in Contexts.
An Empirical Examination of Echo Chambers in US Climate Policy Networks	May 25, 2015 Article published in Nature Climate Change.
Two-mode brokerage in policy networks	Feb 03, 2015 Article published in Social Networks.

Links: 

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Research Interest: 

I study how the structure of inter-organizational networks affect policy, and how the structure and dynamics of belief networks affect behavioral change. I use and develop advanced social network methods to investigate these complex systems.