Catherine Ashcraft
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR: NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Catherine Ashcraft, Ph.D., is interested in the human dimensions of ecological systems. Dr. Ashcraft focuses on how environmental policies and institutions are negotiated and designed, how they respond to change, and are renegotiated. Dr. Ashcraft applies this research to develop actionable recommendations for negotiators to better manage conflict and uncertainty and for international and global institutions to promote sustainability and environmental justice.

She is particularly interested in freshwater systems and the nexus between water, energy, climate and agriculture. Dr. Ashcraft is eager to build bridges between environmental research, teaching and practice. Current research projects include adaptive and integrated approaches to flood risk management in Europe and New England, institutions for managing conflict and uncertainty in the Danube and Nile Rivers, and international water diplomacy.