Lindsay Campbell

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Research Interests

Lindsay K. Campbell is a Research Social Scientist with the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, based at the NYC Urban Field Station. Her research explores the dynamics of environmental governance, civic engagement, and natural resource stewardship -- with an emphasis on issues of environmental and social justice. She is joint PI of the Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (STEW-MAP), which maps environmental stewards’ social networks and spatial territories in 20 locations globally. She co-led the Living Memorials Project research, which examined the stewardship of open space post-September 11, received the 2007 EDRA/Places Award for Research, and led to editing the Forest Service volume Green Readiness, Response, and Recovery: A Collaborative Synthesis. In addition to contributing to scholarly understanding of civic capacity, social infrastructure, and urban biocultural stewardship, she aims to amplify the voices and experiences of stewards’ themselves through exhibitions (Who Takes Care of New York?), essays, convenings, and programs.

Campbell has developed a number of applied projects at the interface of research and practice in urban sustainability. She co-led the Social and Site Assessment, a partnership with NYC Parks and the Natural Areas Conservancy to understand the use, value, and meaning of urban green space. She was a member of the MillionTreesNYC Advisory Committee and Research and Evaluation Subcommittee and the Forest for All New York City coalition leadership team. She is the author of City of Forests, City of Farms: Sustainability Planning for New York City’s Nature, published by Cornell University Press. In addition to her research, Lindsay creates transdisciplinary spaces of collaboration between land managers, scientists, artists, and other practitioners and co-directs the NaturePLACE Collaborative Arts Program. Dr. Campbell holds a BA in Public Policy from Princeton University, a Master’s in City Planning from MIT, and a PhD in Geography from Rutgers University.

Publications

Selected publications:

Campbell, L.K.; Svendsen, E. S.; Johnson, M. L.; Piland, N.C.; Locke, D.H.; Sonti, N.F.; Grove, J.M.; Romolini, M.; McMillen, H.L.; Dacks, R.; DuBois, B.; Sayles, J.S.; Muñoz-Erickson, T.A.; Landau, L.; Jasny, L.; Heinlen, K.; Arroyave, M.; McCarthy, C.; Bloniarz, D.; Goldberg, B.A.; Bauer, G.P.; Warziniack, T.; Plitt, S.; Onofre, J.; Heise, N.; Zamora-Rendon, A.; Garcia Castro, A.M.; Harmelin Garcia, N.A.; Flores, B. 2024. Reflecting on Local Ecological Stewardship, Care, and Action across Two Decades of Research. Cities and the Environment. 17(2): 3. 26 p. https://doi.org/10.15365/cate.2024.170203.
Campbell, Lindsay K.; Fremantle, Chris; Maddox, David; Svendsen, Erika; Hines, Sarah; Mattingly, Mary; López-Jensen, Matthew; Lindt, Nikki; Paqueo, Liza; Johnson, Michelle. 2024. Transdisciplinary and arts-centred approaches to stewardship and sustainability of urban nature. Landscape Research. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2024.2325507.
Campbell, Lindsay K.; Svendsen, Erika S.; Johnson, Michelle L.; Plitt, Sophie. 2022. Not by trees alone: Centering community in urban forestry. Landscape and Urban Planning. 224(6): 104445. 8 p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104445.
Campbell, Lindsay K.; Svendsen, Erika; Johnson, Michelle; Landau, Laura. 2021. Activating urban environments as social infrastructure through civic stewardship. Urban Geography. 43(4): 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2021.1920129.
McMillen, Heather L.; Campbell, Lindsay K.; Svendsen, Erika S.; Kealiikanakaoleohaililani, Kekuhi; Francisco, Kainana S.; Giardina, Christian P. 2020. Biocultural stewardship, Indigenous and local ecological knowledge, and the urban crucible. Ecology and Society. 25(2): 9. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11386-250209.