Areas of Academic Interest

• Future of the environmental movement
• Environmental assessment
• Scenario planning
• Environmental history
• Northern Canada
• Rural and ex-urban places
• China

Major research projects

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, ("Towards Sustainability in Headwaters Country: An Action - Based Research Program). Three year project, 2005-2008.

Select publications

2011 Li, Y., X.Yang, X. Zhu, P.R. Mulvihill, H.D. Matthews, and X. Sun "Integrating climate change factors into China's development policy: Adaptation strategies and mitigation to environmental change". Ecological Complexity, 8 (2011), 294-298.

2010 Mulvihill, P. R. & V. Kramkowski. "Extending the influence of scenario development in sustainability planning and strategy". Sustainability, Volume 2, Issue 8 (July 2010), 2449-2466.

2009 Mulvihill, P. R. "Endless paradox: Environmentalism in transition". Futures, Volume 41, Issue 7 (September 2009) 502-506.

2008 Ali-Khan, F. & P.R. Mulvihill. "Exploring collaborative environmental governance: Perspectives on bridging and actor agency". Geography Compass, Volume 2, Number 6, (November 2008) 1974-1994

2007 Mulvihill, P.R. & M.J. Milan. "Subtle world: Beyond sustainability, beyond information". Futures 39 (August 2007) 657-668

2007 Mulvihill, P.R. & S.H. Ali. "Disaster incubation, cumulative impacts and the urban/ex-urban/rural dynamic". Environmental Impact Assessment Review 27 (May 2007) 343-358

2006 Mulvihill, P.R., R. MacDonald & J. MacMillan. "Fostering Sustainability in Headwaters Country: Using Bioregional and Social Capital Strategies in Support of Sustainability". Local Environment Vol. 11, No. 6, 663-682, December 2006

2005 Mulvihill, P.R., W.R. Morrison & S. MacIntyre. "Water, Gold and Obscurity: British Columbia's Bullion Pit". The Northern Review No. 25/26, 197-210

2003 Molnar, E. & P.R. Mulvihill. "Sustainability-Focused Organizational Learning: Recent Experiences and New Challenges". Journal of Environmental Planning and Management March 2003. Vol. 46, Issue 2., 167-176

2003 Mulvihill, P.R. "Expanding the scoping community" Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 23 (2003) 39-49

2001 Mulvihill, P.R., D.C. Baker & W.R. Morrison. "A conceptual framework for environmental history in Canada’s north," Environmental History, Vol. 9, No. 4 October.

2001 Mulvihill, P.R. & D.C. Baker. "Ambitious and respective scoping: Case studies from Northern Canada," Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 363-384.

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