THE STEWARDSHIP MAPPING AND ASSESSMENT PROJECT
(STEW-MAP)
This project,
which is a collaboration with colleagues at the US Forest Service, studies
how civic groups are working together to steward their local communities
in New York City (we surveyed 2767 civic groups in 2007). We are currently
writing up findings and conducting network analysis of the connections
among these groups and mapping them and their connections geographically.
Continuation of the Project was funded as part of the NSF ULTRA-Ex program
in fall 2009 to understand the relationship between urban civic
stewardship and re-greening efforts in NYC. For more information, see the
Environmental Stewardship Project at ISERP
THE PROTEST PROJECT
This project
analyzes the people who participate in large-scale protest events around
the world: who are they, what motivates them to protest, and how are they
similar and different?
Currently, I am studying who participates in global days of action. By
collecting data during the big days of action against climate change in
fall 2007 in multiple countries, this study will help us to answer broad
questions about large scale political mobilizations, as well as those
about political engagement, organizational embeddedness and network
connections among protest participants. Using an identical methodology in
multiple countries on the same day of action to compare, data will provide
comparable data about a global social movement.
COMPARING CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY NETWORKS (COMPON)
PROJECT
This project
aims to explore transnational comparisons of national policy responses to
global climate change focusing on the role of social and advocacy
networks. Funded by a grant from the Human and Social Dynamics Program of
the National Science Foundation, I am directing the US case study for this
project.
department of
sociology ▪ columbia university
▪ drf2004@columbia.edu