Sean Markey, Simon Fraser University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Simon Fraser University profile.

rural development indigenous development nature-based solutions infrastructure renewal climate change resource development royalties regional development

Latest papers

An Evaluation Framework for Best Practices and Expected Outcomes in Collaborative Planning and Water Resource Management.
Environmental management · 2026 · senior author
Scaling up and scaling down supply chains in volatile resource-based economies.
Local economy · 2020

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Nature-based Rural and Indigenous Infrastructure Solutions
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,641
Nature-based Rural and Indigenous Infrastructure Solutions
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$21,180
Protecting and Honouring Archaeological Heritage in the Salish Sea Through Community-Engaged Research
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$272,640

All 21 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

An Evaluation Framework for Best Practices and Expected Outcomes in Collaborative Planning and Water Resource Management.

Bradshaw P, Gunton T, Markey S

Environmental management2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00267-026-02493-2 PMID: 42103990

02

Scaling up and scaling down supply chains in volatile resource-based economies.

Ryser L, Markey S, Halseth G

Local economy2020

DOI: 10.1177/0269094221993439 PMID: 34040273

Nature-based Rural and Indigenous Infrastructure Solutions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Markey, Sean P.

Keywords: rural development; indigenous development; nature-based solutions; infrastructure renewal; climate change

$100,641

Nature-based Rural and Indigenous Infrastructure Solutions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Markey, Sean P.

Keywords: rural development; indigenous development; nature-based solutions; infrastructure renewal; climate change

$21,180

Protecting and Honouring Archaeological Heritage in the Salish Sea Through Community-Engaged Research

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lepofsky, Dana

Keywords: community-based archaeology; Northwest Coast; Salish Sea; local governance; heritage protection

$272,640

Entrepreneurialism and rural/small-town local government

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Halseth, Greg R.

Keywords: rural; government; innovation; entrepreneurship; Canada

$149,138

Protecting and Honouring Archaeological Heritage in the Salish Sea Through Community-Engaged Research

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lepofsky, Dana

Keywords: community-based archaeology; Northwest Coast; Salish Sea; local governance; heritage protection

$98,040

Entrepreneurialism and rural/small-town local government

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Halseth, Greg R.

Keywords: rural; government; innovation; entrepreneurship; Canada

$250

Évaluation du rôle et des actions de fondations subventionnaires canadiennes en réponse à l'enjeu des inégalités sociales et des défis environnementaux

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

Keywords: impact evaluation; partnership research; grant-making foundations; philanthropy; collective impact; philanthropic ecosystem

$2,068,800

Examining the role of place-based collective endowments in the Canadian periphery

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gibson, Ryan F.

Keywords: regional development; philanthropy; wealth; community development; public policy

$205,726

Évaluation du rôle et des actions de fondations subventionnaires canadiennes en réponse à l'enjeu des inégalités sociales et des défis environnementaux

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Grants

Keywords: impact evaluation; partnership research; grant-making foundations; philanthropy; collective impact; philanthropic ecosystem

$431,200

Resource royalties: returns to producing rural regions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Markey, Sean P.

Keywords: resource development; royalties; rural development; regional development

$119,359

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Greg Halseth

Urban and regional planning

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: rural development Dear Professor Markey, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "An Evaluation Framework for Best Practices and Expected Outcomes in Collaborative Planning and Water Resource Management." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Nature-based Rural and Indigenous Infrastructure Solutions" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]