Peer-reviewed publications (grouped by theme)
Collective action and collaborative governance
2023. McCumber+, A., Sullivan, A.^, Houser, M., Muthukrishnan, R. Are lakes a public good or exclusive resource? Towards value-based management for aquatic invasive species. Environmental Science & Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.10.022
2022. Sullivan, A. Bridging the rural and urban community-based forestry divide: A bibliometric review. Forest Policy and Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102826
2022. Yabiku, S., Sullivan, A., York, A., Zhao, Q., Glick, J., Hall, S., Ghimire, D., An, L. Drivers of prohibited natural resource collection in a protected area invaded by the mile-a-minute weed (Mikania micrantha). Environmental Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892922000121
2021. Sullivan, A. and A. York. Collective action for changing forests: A spatial, social-ecological perspective on invasive plant management. Global Environmental Change, 71: 102366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102366
2019. York, A., Sullivan, A., Bausch, J.C. Cross-scale interactions of socio-hydrological subsystems: Examining the frontier of common pool resource governance in Arizona. Environmental Research Letters,14(12). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab51be/pdf
2019. Sullivan, A., White, D., Hanemann, M. Designing collaborative governance: Insights from the drought contingency planning process for the lower Colorado River basin. Environmental Science and Policy, 91(1): 39-4. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901118305124
2018. Sullivan, A, An, L., York, A. Which perspective of institutional change best fits empirical data? An agent-based model comparison of rational choice and cultural diffusion in invasive plant management. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/21/1/5.html
2017. Sullivan, A., York, A. M., An, L., Yabiku, S., Hall, S. How does perception at multiple levels influence collective action in the commons? The case of Mikania micrantha in Chitwan, Nepal. Forest Policy and Economics, 80(2017): 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2017.03.001
2017. Sullivan, A., York, A., White, D., Hall, S., Yabiku, S. De jure versus de facto institutions: Trust, information, and collective efforts to manage the invasive mile-a-minute weed (Mikania micrantha). The International Journal of the Commons. https://www.thecommonsjournal.org/articles/10.18352/ijc.676/
2017. Schoon, M., York, A., Sullivan, A., Baggio, J. The emergence of an environmental governance network: The case of the Arizona borderlands. Regional Environmental Change, 17(3):677-689. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-016-1060-x
2016. Sullivan, A., York, A., Yabiku, S. Moving towards sustainability: Integrating inter- and intra-generational equity in institutional analysis. In Institutional Diversity in Self-Governing Societies. Eds. Castiglione, D. and Sabetti, F. Lexington. https://tinyurl.com/y6dpvcmk
2022. Sullivan, A. Bridging the rural and urban community-based forestry divide: A bibliometric review. Forest Policy and Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102826
2022. Yabiku, S., Sullivan, A., York, A., Zhao, Q., Glick, J., Hall, S., Ghimire, D., An, L. Drivers of prohibited natural resource collection in a protected area invaded by the mile-a-minute weed (Mikania micrantha). Environmental Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892922000121
2021. Sullivan, A. and A. York. Collective action for changing forests: A spatial, social-ecological perspective on invasive plant management. Global Environmental Change, 71: 102366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102366
2019. York, A., Sullivan, A., Bausch, J.C. Cross-scale interactions of socio-hydrological subsystems: Examining the frontier of common pool resource governance in Arizona. Environmental Research Letters,14(12). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab51be/pdf
2019. Sullivan, A., White, D., Hanemann, M. Designing collaborative governance: Insights from the drought contingency planning process for the lower Colorado River basin. Environmental Science and Policy, 91(1): 39-4. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901118305124
2018. Sullivan, A, An, L., York, A. Which perspective of institutional change best fits empirical data? An agent-based model comparison of rational choice and cultural diffusion in invasive plant management. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/21/1/5.html
2017. Sullivan, A., York, A. M., An, L., Yabiku, S., Hall, S. How does perception at multiple levels influence collective action in the commons? The case of Mikania micrantha in Chitwan, Nepal. Forest Policy and Economics, 80(2017): 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2017.03.001
2017. Sullivan, A., York, A., White, D., Hall, S., Yabiku, S. De jure versus de facto institutions: Trust, information, and collective efforts to manage the invasive mile-a-minute weed (Mikania micrantha). The International Journal of the Commons. https://www.thecommonsjournal.org/articles/10.18352/ijc.676/
2017. Schoon, M., York, A., Sullivan, A., Baggio, J. The emergence of an environmental governance network: The case of the Arizona borderlands. Regional Environmental Change, 17(3):677-689. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-016-1060-x
2016. Sullivan, A., York, A., Yabiku, S. Moving towards sustainability: Integrating inter- and intra-generational equity in institutional analysis. In Institutional Diversity in Self-Governing Societies. Eds. Castiglione, D. and Sabetti, F. Lexington. https://tinyurl.com/y6dpvcmk
Societal and sustainability transitions
2021. Iribarnegaray, M.A., Sullivan, A., Rodriguez-Alvarez, M.S., Brannstrom, C., Seghezzo, L., White, D. Identifying diverging sustainability meanings for water policy: A Q-method study in Phoenix, Arizona. Water Policy, 23(2): 291-309. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2021.033
2020. Wutich, A., DeMeyers, C., Bausch, J. C., White, D., Sullivan, A. Stakeholders and social influence in a shadow network: Implications for transitions toward urban water sustainability in the Colorado River basin. Ecology and Society, 25(1):28. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11451-250128
2019. White, D., Rauh, E., Sullivan, A., Larson, K., Wutich, A., Linthicum, D., Horvath, V., Lawless, K. Public attitudes toward urban water sustainability transitions: A multi-city survey in the western United States. Sustainability Science, 14:1469-1483. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-019-00658-z
2017. Sullivan, A., White, D.D., Larson, K.L., Wutich, A. Towards water sensitive cities in the Colorado River Basin: A comparative historical analysis to inform future urban water sustainability transitions. Sustainability, 9(5): 761. doi:10.3390/su9050761
2016. Waring, T. , Sullivan, A. , Stapp, J. Campus prosociality as a sustainability indicator. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 17(6): 895-916. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/IJSHE-05-2015-0091
2014. Waring, T., Hughes Goff, S. *, McGuire, J. *, Moore, Z. *, Sullivan, A.* Cooperation across organizational boundaries: Experimental evidence from a major sustainability science project. Sustainability, 6(3): 1171-1190. https://doi.org/10.3390/su6031171
2020. Wutich, A., DeMeyers, C., Bausch, J. C., White, D., Sullivan, A. Stakeholders and social influence in a shadow network: Implications for transitions toward urban water sustainability in the Colorado River basin. Ecology and Society, 25(1):28. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11451-250128
2019. White, D., Rauh, E., Sullivan, A., Larson, K., Wutich, A., Linthicum, D., Horvath, V., Lawless, K. Public attitudes toward urban water sustainability transitions: A multi-city survey in the western United States. Sustainability Science, 14:1469-1483. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-019-00658-z
2017. Sullivan, A., White, D.D., Larson, K.L., Wutich, A. Towards water sensitive cities in the Colorado River Basin: A comparative historical analysis to inform future urban water sustainability transitions. Sustainability, 9(5): 761. doi:10.3390/su9050761
2016. Waring, T. , Sullivan, A. , Stapp, J. Campus prosociality as a sustainability indicator. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 17(6): 895-916. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/IJSHE-05-2015-0091
2014. Waring, T., Hughes Goff, S. *, McGuire, J. *, Moore, Z. *, Sullivan, A.* Cooperation across organizational boundaries: Experimental evidence from a major sustainability science project. Sustainability, 6(3): 1171-1190. https://doi.org/10.3390/su6031171
Climate change risk perceptions and framing
2021. Yoder, L., Houser, M., Bruce, A., Sullivan, A., Farmer, J. Are climate risks encouraging cover crop adoption among farmers in the southern Wabash River Basin? Land Use Change, 102. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837720326065
2020. Sullivan, A., White, D. Climate change as catastrophe or opportunity? Climate change framing and implications for water and climate governance in a drought-prone region. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 10:1-11. https://rdcu.be/b1g8I
2019. Sullivan, A., White, D. An assessment of public perceptions of climate change risk in three western US cities. Weather, Climate, and Society, 11(2):449-463. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-18-0068.1
2020. Sullivan, A., White, D. Climate change as catastrophe or opportunity? Climate change framing and implications for water and climate governance in a drought-prone region. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 10:1-11. https://rdcu.be/b1g8I
2019. Sullivan, A., White, D. An assessment of public perceptions of climate change risk in three western US cities. Weather, Climate, and Society, 11(2):449-463. https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-18-0068.1
Transdisciplinary research and methods for complex systems
2022. Reynolds, H., Mincey, S., Montoya, R., Hamlin, S., Sullivan, A., Thapa, B., Wilson, J., Rosing, H., Jarzen, J., Grove, M. Green Infrastructure for Urban Resilience: A Trait-based Framework. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2446
2021. Houser*, M., Sullivan*, A., Smiley, T., Muthukrishnan, R., Grennan Browning, E., Fudickar, A., Title, P., Bertram, J., Whiteman, M. What fosters the success of a transdisciplinary environmental research institute? Reflections from an interdisciplinary research cohort. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2020.00132
*These authors share first authorship and are listed alphabetically
2021. An, L., Grimm, V., Sullivan, A., Turner II, B.L., Malleson, N., Heppenstall, A., Vincenot, C., Robinson, D., Ye, X., Liu, J., Lindvist, E., Tang, W. Challenges, tasks, and opportunities in modeling agent-based complex systems. Ecological Modeling, 457: 109685, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109685
2018. Sullivan, A., Brewis, A., Wutich, A. Studying children's cultural knowledge and behaviors related to environment, health, and food: Methods for ethnoecological research with children. Journal of Ethnobiology 38(2): 276-293. https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-38.2.276
2021. Houser*, M., Sullivan*, A., Smiley, T., Muthukrishnan, R., Grennan Browning, E., Fudickar, A., Title, P., Bertram, J., Whiteman, M. What fosters the success of a transdisciplinary environmental research institute? Reflections from an interdisciplinary research cohort. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2020.00132
*These authors share first authorship and are listed alphabetically
2021. An, L., Grimm, V., Sullivan, A., Turner II, B.L., Malleson, N., Heppenstall, A., Vincenot, C., Robinson, D., Ye, X., Liu, J., Lindvist, E., Tang, W. Challenges, tasks, and opportunities in modeling agent-based complex systems. Ecological Modeling, 457: 109685, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109685
2018. Sullivan, A., Brewis, A., Wutich, A. Studying children's cultural knowledge and behaviors related to environment, health, and food: Methods for ethnoecological research with children. Journal of Ethnobiology 38(2): 276-293. https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-38.2.276
Writing for a general audience
2020. Earth Day in the coronavirus era: Can resilience thinking provide a way forward? Op-ed with the Environmental Resilience Institute Fellows for Mongabay.
2018. Sullivan, A and Houser, M. Addressing climate change through degrowth: It may be less contentious than you think. Op-Ed for Common Dreams.
2018. Sullivan, A and Houser, M. Addressing climate change through degrowth: It may be less contentious than you think. Op-Ed for Common Dreams.
