Kelly Vodden

• HBA, University of Western Ontario
• MA, Simon Fraser University
• PhD, Simon Fraser University

Sustainable rural community and regional development, rural resilience, community involvement in resource management, collaborative, multi-level governance, community adaptation, complex adaptive social-ecological systems, innovation, green economies and community-corporate relations.

Please see http://ruralresilience.ca/ – see Current and Completed Projects for descriptions.

Examples of Recent Courses Taught:

• Environmental Policy 6002: Research Design and Methods
• Environmental Policy 6003: Environmental Political Thought
• Environmental Policy 6520: Planning and Policy for Sustainable Communities and Regions

Master of Arts (M.A.) in Environmental Policy

Current:

• Stephen Holisko – http://ruralresilience.ca/?page_id=470
• Paul Taylor – http://www.swgc.ca/master-arts-environmental-policy/Pages/graduates.aspx

Complete:

• Erika Parrill – http://ruralresilience.ca/?page_id=653
• Theresa Lightfoot – http://ruralresilience.ca/?page_id=1138

Master of Arts (M.A.) in Geography

Current:

• Raisa Mirza – http://ruralresilience.ca/?page_id=196
• Joshua Barrett – http://ruralresilience.ca/?page_id=621 (co-supervised with K. Storey)

Completed:

• Ekaterina Lysenko – http://ruralresilience.ca/?page_id=194
• Nicole Renaud – http://ruralresilience.ca/?page_id=573
• Janelle Skeard – http://www.mun.ca/geog/people/grad/jskeard.php (co-supervised with A. Keeling)
• Jen Daniels – http://www.mun.ca/geog/people/grad/Jen_Daniels.php (co-supervised with C. Mather)
• Bojan Furst – http://www.mun.ca/geog/people/grad/bfurst.php

Master of Arts (M.A.) in Island Studies (University of Prince Edward Island)

• Emily Thomas – http://ruralresilience.ca/?page_id=341 (co-supervised with Dr. Michael van den Heuvel)

Honours thesis – Geography

Completed:

• Kyle White – http://ruralresilience.ca/?page_id=203 (co-supervised with D. Bavington)

PhD – Geography

Current:

• Michelle Porter – http://ruralresilience.ca/?page_id=199 (co-supervised with D. Bavington)
• Ken Carter (co-supervised with C. Mather)

Completed:

• Ryan Gibson – http://www.mun.ca/geog/people/grad/ryangibson.php (defended successfully Dec. 2013)

PhD – Interdisciplinary

• Sharon Halfyard – http://ruralresilience.ca/?page_id=192
• Sarah Minnes – http://ruralresilience.ca/?page_id=717
• Amy Hudson
• Sherine Khattab

PhD – Sociology

• Matt Grills (co-supervised with N. Power) – http://ruralresilience.ca/?page_id=1041

Irvine, M., R. Keenan, and K. Vodden, Developing Assessment and Adaptation Capacity. In K. Hallstrom, M. A. Beckie, G. T. Hvenegaard, & K. Mündel (Eds.). Sustainability Planning and Collaboration in Rural Canada: Taking the Next Steps. Chapter 6 (pp. 117-144). University of Alberta Press.

Vodden, K., R. Lane, and C. Pollett. Seeking Sustainability through Self-assessment and Regional Cooperation in Newfoundland and Labrador In K. Hallstrom, M. A. Beckie, G. T. Hvenegaard, & K. Mündel (Eds.).  Sustainability Planning and Collaboration in Rural Canada: Taking the Next Steps.  Chapter 14 (pp. 321-346). University of Alberta Press.

Vodden, K., Hunt, L., and R. Bell. (2016) Evolving Conceptions of the Social Economy: The Arts, Culture, and Tourism in Alert Bay In M. Gismondi, S. Connelly, M. Beckie, S.  Markey & M. Roseland (Eds.), Scaling Up: The Convergence of Social Economy and Sustainability. Chapter 6, (pp. 147-168), Athabasca University Press.

Hall, H. M., Vodden, K., & Greenwood, R. (2016). From dysfunctional to destitute: The governance of regional economic development in newfoundland and labrador. International Planning Studies, , 1-19. doi:10.1080/13563475.2016.1167585

Breen, S., J. Daniels, S. Markey and K. Vodden. In Press (forthcoming September 2015) Place-Based Development in Rural Regions. In Vodden, K., G. Baldacchino and R. Gibson (Eds.) Place Peripheral: The Promise and Challenge of Place-Based Development in Rural and Remote Regions (Chapter 13, pp. 283-309). St. John’s: ISER Publications.

Daniels, J., K. Vodden and G. Baldacchino. In Press (forthcoming September 2015) Matters of Place: the Making of Place and Identity. In Vodden, K., G. Baldacchino and R. Gibson (Eds.) Place Peripheral: The Promise and Challenge of Place-Based Development in Rural and Remote Regions (Chapter 2, pp. 23-40). St. John’s: ISER Publications.

Irvine, M., K. Vodden and R. Keenan. In Press (forthcoming October 2015) Developing Assessment and Adaptation Capacity: Integrating Climate Change Considerations into Municipal Planning in Newfoundland and Labrador. In L. Hallstrom, M. Beckie, G. Hvenegaard, and K. Mündel (Eds.), Sustainability Planning and Collaboration in Rural Canada: Taking the Next Steps (Chapter 6). Edmonton: University of Alberta Press.

Markey, S., S. Breen, K. Vodden, J. Daniels. In Press. Evidence of Place: Becoming a Region in Rural Canada. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.

Smith, D., K. Vodden, M. Woodrow. In Press. A boat perspective: Local geographic knowledge of fish harvesters of Change Islands, Newfoundland. Journal of Cultural Geography.

Vodden, K., G. Baldacchino and R. Gibson (Eds.) In Press (forthcoming Sept. 2015). Place Peripheral: The Promise and Challenge of Place-Based Development in Rural and Remote Regions. St. John’s, NL: ISER Publications.

Vodden, K., R. Lane and C. Pollett. In Press (forthcoming October 2015). Seeking Sustainability through Self-Assessment and Regional Cooperation in Newfoundland and Labrador. In L. Hallstrom, M. Beckie, G. Hvenegaard, and K. Mündel (Eds.), Sustainability Planning and Collaboration in Rural Canada: Taking the Next Steps (Chapter 14). Edmonton: University of Alberta Press.

Vodden, K., L. Hunt and R. Bell. In Press (forthcoming July 2015). Tourism and the Arts: Arts, Culture and First Nations-led Tourism Development, Broadening Conceptions of the Social Economy. In Gismondi, M., S. Markey, M. Beckie, S. Connelly and M. Roseland (Eds.) Scaling Up: The Convergence of Social Economy and Sustainability (Chapter 6). Edmonton: Athabasca University Press.

Barrett, J., S. Minnes and K. Vodden. 2015. Exploring Solutions for Sustainable Rural Drinking Water Systems. Plan Canada, Spring 55(1), 32-37.

Vodden, K. 2015 (online 2014). The Promise and Challenge of Collaborative Governance on Canada’s Coasts. Canadian Geographer. 59(2), 167-180.

Smith, D., K. Vodden, M. Woodrow, B. Furst, A. Khan. 2014 (online 2013). The Last Generation? Perspectives of Inshore Fish Harvesters in Change Islands, Newfoundland. Canadian Geographer. 58(1), 95-109.

Vodden, K., Gibson, R. and Porter, M. 2014. A Brighter Future for Whom? Rural and regional development in the Williams era. In Marland, A. and M. Kerby (Eds.), First Among Unequals: The Premier, Politics and Policy in Newfoundland and Labrador (Chapter 11, pp. 213-230), Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press.

Coffey, B. and K. Vodden. 2012. The Politics of Coastal Policy, Planning and Governance in Canada and Australia: Collaborative, at a distance, or business as usual? Australasian Canadian Studies, 30(1), 65-94.

McLeman, R., M. Brklacich, M. Woodrow, K. Vodden, P. Gallaugher and R. Sander-Regier. 2011. Opportunities and Barriers for Adaptation in Canadian Rural and Resource-based Communities. In J. Ford & L. Berrang-Ford (Eds.), Climate Change Adaptation in Developed Nations: From theory to practice (Chapter 33). New York: Springer.

Vodden, K. Heroes, Hope and Resource Development. 2009. In G. Halseth, S. Markey and D. Bruce (Eds.), The Next Rural Economies: Constructing Rural Place in a Global Economy (Chapter 17, pp. 223-238). Oxfordshire, UK: CABI, International.

Vodden, K. Experiments in Collaborative Governance on Canada’s Coasts: Challenges and Opportunities in Governance Capacity. 2009. In L. Felt, R. Greenwood and G. Baldacchino (Eds.), Remote Control: Lessons in Governance from Small Places (Chapter 13, pp. 259-279). St. John’s, NL: Institute of Social and Economic Research.

Research page: http://ruralresilience.ca