Faculty

Ben Bradshaw

Ben Bradshaw

PhD, University of Guelph, 1999
Associate Professor

Office: Hutt 120
Tel:519-824-4120 ext. 58460
bbradsha@uoguelph.ca
Specialization

Environmental governance, resource management.

Research Interests and Areas of Expertise

Most broadly, my research seeks to identify the economic, political and cultural determinants of environmental degradation in Western society, and the various tools of governance that might best alleviate such degradation. To date, specific foci have included corporate social/environmental responsibility, agricultural trade liberalization, community-based resource management, agricultural biotechnology adoption, and climate change adaptation in agriculture.  While much of my research is aimed at academic audiences, I have regularly contributed to policy development and debates.  Of course, I welcome communication from other researchers, professionals, and potential graduate students with overlapping interests.

Ongoing Projects
Professional Activities
  • Treasurer (2004- ) and Chair (2001-04), Environment and Resources Study Group, Canadian Association of Geographers
  • Member, Advisory Committee for the British Columbia region of the Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network, 2001-04
  • Member, Steering Committee for the Agricultural Sector of the Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network (2001-02)
  • Consultant to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Council, Statistics Canada, and the private sector.
Selected Recent Publications

Bradshaw, B. (2007) On Definitions of "Success" and Contingencies Affecting Success in Community Forestry: A Response to Reed and McIlveen (2006) and Pagdee et al. (2006). Society & Natural Resources 20(8): 751 - 753

Galbraith, L., Bradshaw, B. and Rutherford, M. (2007) Towards a new supraregulatory approach to environmental assessment in Northern Canada. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 25(1): 27-41

Knowler, D. and Bradshaw, B. (2007) Farmers’ adoption of conservation agriculture: A review of synthesis of recent research Food Policy 32(1): 25-48

Belliveau, S., Smit, B. and Bradshaw, B. (2006) Multiple exposures and dynamic vulnerability: evidence from the grape industry in the Okanagan Valley, Canada. Global Environmental Change 16(4): 364-378

McIlveen, K. and Bradshaw, B. (2006) A preliminary review of British Columbia’s Community Forest Pilot Project. Western Geography 15/16: 68-84

Belliveau, S., Bradshaw, B., Smit, B., Reid, S., Ramsey, D., Tarleton, M. and Sawyer, B. (2006) Farm-Level Adaptation to Multiple Risks: Climate Change and other Concerns, Department of Geography Occasional Paper #27, University of Guelph.

Bradshaw, B., Dolan, A., and Smit, B. (2004) Farm-level adaptation to climatic variability and change: crop diversification in the Canadian prairies. Climatic Change 67(1): 119-141.

Graduate Students Supervised (since 2005)
Program Year Student Title
Active
Doctoral   Camponeschi, Chiara
Participatory approaches to social innovation and urban resilience.
Doctoral   Holmes, Elizabeth
Governance mechanisms associated with the protection of ecological goods and services; landowner engagement in environmental stewardship.
Masters   Klink, Robert Identifying ideal mechanisms for communicating knowledge of a proposed project and its likely impacts within Aboriginal communities.
Masters   Rozon, Kimberly Training and employment opportunities for Aboriginal communities in Northern Ontario's 'Ring of Fire'.
Masters   Shaw, Christina Agri-environmental Behaviour; Beneficial Management Practices; Adoption; Governance Mechanisms; and Environmental Stewardship.
Completed
Masters 2012 Schmidt, Dominique Market-based governance of seafood in the Canadian food retail sector.
Masters 2012 Farkas, Rita Canadian environmental policy, understanding prevalence and impacts of soft regulations.
Masters 2012 Peterson, Kelsey Community experience of mining development in Baker Lake, NU
Masters 2010 de Oliveira, Gustavo
Resource extraction and community relations in Paracatu, Brazil.
Masters 2009 Lapierre, Dianne Determining corporate incentives for negotiating impact and benefit agreements.
Masters 2009 Siebenmorgen, Peter Investigating the long-term utility of Impact and Benefit Agreements in northern communities.
Masters 2008 Matheson, Laura Adaptation to climate change and other risks in the Niagara Wine Industry.
Masters 2007 Prno, Jason Assessing the effectiveness of Impact and Benefit Agreements from the perspective of their Aboriginal signatories.