Julia Baird, Brock University

Research

social-ecological systems leverage points resilience individual differences intervention water governance water resilience freshwater

Latest papers

Testing the Influence of Tactics on an Intention to Participate in an Environmental Management Collaborative.
Environmental management · 2024
The who, what, and how of virtual participation in environmental research.
Socio-ecological practice research · 2023
Assessing Factors of Environmental Stewardship Success: Organizational Perceptions from the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada.
Environmental management · 2022

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Building empathy for sustainable water futures
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$83,618
Global Center for Climate Change Impacts on Transboundary Waters
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$774,992
The impact of structural features of sound and music on player experience in video games
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$773,220

All 10 grants and awards

14 publications.

01

Testing the Influence of Tactics on an Intention to Participate in an Environmental Management Collaborative.

Heaney S, Plummer R, Baird J, Bowen A, Dale G

Environmental management2024

DOI: 10.1007/s00267-024-02013-0 PMID: 39102053

02

The who, what, and how of virtual participation in environmental research.

Holzer JM, Baird J, Hickey GM

Socio-ecological practice research2023

DOI: 10.1007/s42532-023-00146-w PMID: 37313418

03

Assessing Factors of Environmental Stewardship Success: Organizational Perceptions from the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada.

Kapeller B, Plummer R, Baird J, Jollineau M

Environmental management2022

DOI: 10.1007/s00267-022-01669-w PMID: 35650409

04

How is the ecosystem services concept used as a tool to foster collaborative ecosystem governance? A systematic map protocol.

Holzer JM, Hobbs I, Baird J, Hickey G

Environmental evidence2022

DOI: 10.1186/s13750-022-00278-8 PMID: 39294763

05

Use of crowdsourced images for determining 2D:4D and relationship to pro-environmental variables.

Pickering GJ, Anger N, Baird J, Dale G, Tattersall GJ

Acta ethologica2022

DOI: 10.1007/s10211-022-00401-5 PMID: 36097527

06

Evaluating ecological outcomes from environmental stewardship initiatives: A comparative analysis of approaches.

Baird J, Plummer R, Jollineau M, Dale G

Journal of environmental management2021First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113266 PMID: 34274770

07

The Inner-Workings of Collaboration in Environmental Management and Governance: A Systematic Mapping Review.

Feist A, Plummer R, Baird J

Environmental management2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00267-020-01337-x PMID: 32734324

08

Examining Collaborative Processes for Climate Change Adaptation in New Brunswick, Canada.

Feist A, Plummer R, Baird J, Mitchell SJ

Environmental management2020

DOI: 10.1007/s00267-020-01284-7 PMID: 32215695

09

How do biosphere stewards actively shape trajectories of social-ecological change?

Plummer R, Baird J, Farhad S, Witkowski S

Journal of environmental management2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110139 PMID: 32148254

10

Individual differences predict endorsement of water resilience.

Baird J, Dale G, Farhad S

Scientific reports2020First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62896-x PMID: 32249810

Building empathy for sustainable water futures

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Baird, Julia M.

Keywords: empathy; resilience; flooding; augmented reality; pro-environmental behaviour

$83,618

Global Center for Climate Change Impacts on Transboundary Waters

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023National Science Foundation Global Centres

Principal investigators: Krantzberg, Gail

Keywords: climate change; hydrology; modelling; ecosystem impacts; Indigenous knowledge; extreme weather events; decision making; governance; water resources management; community decision making

$774,992

The impact of structural features of sound and music on player experience in video games

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lind, Stephanie K.

Keywords: video game; media; music; music analysis; digital culture; music theory

$773,220

Individual interventions to transform water governance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Baird, Julia M.

Keywords: individual differences; intervention; leverage points; social-ecological systems; water governance; water resilience

$151,571

Individual interventions to transform water governance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Baird, Julia M.

Keywords: individual differences; intervention; leverage points; social-ecological systems; water governance; water resilience

$71,956

Human Dimensions of Water Resources and Water Resilience

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Baird, Julia

$200,000

Human Dimensions of Water Resources and Water Resilience

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Baird, Julia

Keywords: Resilience Freshwater Sustainability Stewardship Social-ecological systems Transdisciplinary research Empathy Leverage points

$75,000

NSERC ResNet: A network for monitoring, modelling, and managing Canada's ecosystem services for sustainability and resilience

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Strategic Network Grants Program

Principal investigators: Bennett, Elena EM

Keywords: complex systems; ecosystem modelling; ecosystem services; enviromental monitoring; global change; landscape ecology; natural resource management; resilience; sustainability science; translational science

$5,500,000

A comparative analysis of approaches to evaluating ecological outcomes from environmental stewardship

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Baird, Julia

Keywords: (1) environmental stewardship; (2) ecological outcomes; (3) field data; (4) stakeholder perceptions; (5) citizen science; (6) remote sensing; (7) accuracy; (8) comparative assessment

$69,621

Human Dimensions of Water Resources and Water Resilience

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Baird, Julia

Keywords: resilience;freshwater; stewardship; social-ecological systems; transdisciplinary research

$585,000

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

Environmental Management
Interdisciplinary Studies
Other

Co-authors at Brock University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Derek Armitage

Faculty

3 shared papers, latest 2019

Gordon Hickey

Interdisciplinary Studies

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: social-ecological systems Dear Professor Baird, 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 "Testing the Influence of Tactics on an Intention to Participate in an Environmental Management Collaborative." (2024), 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 "Building empathy for sustainable water futures" (2025), 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]