Professors

Berill BLAIR

Associate Professor

Resilience & Transformation, Développement durable, Multistakeholder Processes, Cross-sector Partnerships, Environmental Management, Responsible Innovation, Climate Change, Arctic Affairs

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Academy

Globalization

Research center

SKEMA Centre for Sustainability Studies

Location

Paris

Discipline

Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Berill Blair is Associate Professor of Resource Governance and Sustainability at SKEMA Business School. Berill studies innovation and change management associated with the governance of natural resources, with particular attention to climate change adaptation and resilience of regions, sectors and communities. Berill focuses on the interaction between climate information, technological systems, stakeholder strategies, policy, and societal needs. This includes the co-production of solutions through partnerships between academia, institutions, business, and local communities. Her work examines both the development of new technologies and solutions and the transformation of established governance systems in response to environmental and societal challenges.

Previously, Berill held two postdoctoral positions, most recently at the Environmental Systems Analysis Group at Wageningen University (Netherlands). Her postdoc work focused on responsible innovation in climate services for marine transport sectors, and sustainable water consumption in the tourism sector in coastal mass tourism destinations.

Education
2017
PhD Natural Resources and Sustainability, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States of America
2010
Master of Arts, Global Environmental Policy, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States of America
2002
Bachelor of Science, Computer science, Western Oregon University , United States of America

2012
Resilience and Adaptation Program Fellow, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States of America
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2022
Associate Professor, SKEMA Business School, France
2017 - 2022
Postdoctoral researcher, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
Research grants, Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
2012
Resilience and Adaptation Program Fellowship, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States of America
Research Grants
2020
Advancing sea ice and weather information in the Arctic to support sustainable development, Research Council of Norway
2014
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, National Science Foundation, United States of America
Other research activities
Reviewer for:
Weather, Climate, and Society, Ecology and Society
Organization of a conference or a research seminar
2024
GRONEN 2024, Group for Research on Organizations and the Natural Environment
2023
Co-convener, ISAGA 2023 workshop, International Simulation and Gaming Association
2023
Co-convener, EGU 2023 session SC3.15, European Geosciences Union
2018
European PolarBoard Open Session (PPP-SERA), World Meteorological Organization, The Netherlands
2014
Resilience 2014 | Session 'Pathways of Resilience in a Rapidly Changing Alaska', CIRAD, France

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Book chapters

Keynote speaker

Guest editor of a journal special issue

Conference presentations

Faculty research seminar presentations

Technical reports