DillingLisa Dilling

Lisa Dilling is assistant professor of Environmental Studies, a fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and a member of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She studies decision making, the use of information and science policies related to climate change, adaptation, and carbon management. Her current projects examine drought in urban water systems, water governance and climate change, municipal adaptation to hazards, and public lands management in the context of climate change. Her career has spanned both research and practice arenas of the science-policy interface, including program leadership for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Global Change Research Program. She has authored numerous articles and is co-editor of the book, “Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change.” She received her PhD in biological sciences from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Creating usable science: Opportunities and Constraints for Climate Knowledge Use and Their Implications for Science Policy
With Maria Carmen Lemos
Global Environmental Change, 2011

Presentation: 37th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Application Workshop

NHC