Director, Resilience Alliance
Allyson is responsible for organizational effectiveness and research extension. She oversees programming for the Resilience Alliance and is involved with research synthesis, developing new programs and partnerships, and coordinating activities among RA members and early-career researchers.
Allyson has played a leading role in developing and testing resilience assessment tools and focuses on the practical application of resilience thinking in a variety of contexts. She has led resilience assessment projects and training in a wide range of social-ecological systems. She co-authored the original resilience assessment guidebook for practitioners, contributed to the Arctic Council's Arctic Resilience Report and co-authored Wayfinder.earth, a resilience guide for navigating towards sustainable futures. Allyson has authored dozens of articles, reports, and book chapters on the topic of resilience practice. Her primary interest lies in operationalizing resilience for the transformation of social-ecological systems.
Key research Interests: resilience assessment, measuring resilience, ecosystem services, collaborative practices
Member Since: 2002
