Dr. Alexandra Fischer

Biography

Paige Fischer serves as an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS). Her research group focuses on the human dimensions of environmental change. The primary goal of her research is to increase scientific understanding of how human behavior relates to sustainability within socio-ecological systems. Her work emphasizes human adaptation to climate change and natural hazards, particularly in wildfire-affected forested areas. Fischer is especially interested in the capacity of individuals, such as private landowners, and organizations, including natural resource agencies and environmental organizations, to adapt to environmental changes through individual and collective natural resource management and conservation actions. She employs theories from natural resource sociology and human-environment geography, utilizing methods such as qualitative interview analysis, quantitative survey analysis, and social network analysis. Fischer collaborates with researchers across diverse disciplines, employing a broad range of analytical approaches to address concerns of local practitioners. She has been recognized as one of 50 leading female scholars in the international field of fire science.

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