Research
I engage in research to help lead the latest scientific advances and trends in our field. I believe that such activities–informed by real-world practice through consulting–contributes to the accelerated development of our knowledge base as a society.
I have written and presented on such topics as community resilience, social-ecological systems, livelihoods, natural resources and environmental management and sustainability, citizen science, higher education, ethnobotany, forest markets, local/traditional knowledge, and traditional medicine.
See here for a more complete list of my publications, presentations, and research activities.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Ten rules to increase the societal value of Earth Observations.
2020. A. Virapongse*, F. Pearlman, J. Pearlman, M. Murambadoro, Y. Kuwayama, M. Glasscoe. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-020-00453-w
Rethinking resilience to wildfires.
2019. WcWerthy, D. T. Schoennagel, P. Higuera, M. Krawchuk, B. Harvey, L. Metcalf, C. Schultz, C. Miller, A. Metcalf, B. Buma, A. Virapongse*, J.C. Kulig, R.C. Stedman, Z. Ratajczak, C.R. Nelson, and C. Kolden. Nature Sustainability.
Perspectives on Cyberinfrastructure Needs: A Collection of User Scenarios.
2019. Stocks, K.I, S. Schramski, A. Virapongse*, L. Kempler. Data Science Journal.
Integrating subjective and objective dimensions of Resilience in Fire-Prone Landscapes.
2019. Higuera, P., A. Metcalf, C. Miller, B. Buma, D. McWethy, E. Metcalf, Z. Ratajczak, C. Nelson, B. Chaffin, R. Stedman, S. McCaffrey, T. Schoennagel, B. Harvey, S. Hood, C. Schultz, A. Black, J. Taggerty, R. Keane, M. Krawchuk, J. Kulig, R. Rafferty, A Virapongse*. Bioscience 69(5): 379-388. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz030
Knowledge Mobilization for Community Resilience: Perspectives from Data, Informatics, and Information Science.
2018. Virapongse, A*., R.E. Duerr, E.C. Metcalf. Sustainability Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-018-0612-z.
A New Paradigm for the Scientific Enterprise: Nurturing the Ecosystem.
2018. Lancaster, A., A. Thessen, A. Virapongse*. [version 1; referees: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations.] F1000 Research 2018, 7:803.
Understanding large-scale, complex, human-environmental processes: a framework for social-ecological observatories.
2018. Bourgeon, P., A Kliskey, L. Alessa, H. Loescher, K. Kraze, A. Virapongse*, D. Griffith. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16(S1):S52-S66.
Smallholders and forest landscape restoration in upland northern Thailand.
2017. Virapongse, A*. International Forestry Review 19(S4): 102-119.
Citizen Science Terminology Matters: Exploring Key Terms.
2017. Eitzel, M.E., J.L. Cappadonna, C. Santos-Land, R.E. Duerr, A. Virapongse* et al. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 2(1): 1, pp. 1–20, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.96.
Ecology, livelihoods, and management of the Mauritia flexuosa palm in South America.
2017. Virapongse, A.*, B. Endress, M. Gilmore, C. Horn, and C. Romulo. Journal of Global Ecology and Conservation 10:70-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2016.12.005.
Social mechanisms for livelihood resilience: A case study of buriti (Mauritia flexuosa) in Brazil.
2017. Virapongse, A*. Human Ecology 45(1), 119-129. DOI: 10.1007/s10745-016-9887-9.
A social-ecological systems science approach to environmental management.
2016. Virapongse, A.*, S. Brooks, E.C. Metcalf, M. Zedalis, J. Gosz, et al. Journal of Environmental Management 178: 83-91. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.02.028.
A typology for complex social-ecological systems in mountain communities.
2016. Altaweel M., Virapongse A.*, Griffith D., et al. Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy 11(2) Published online Feb 06, 2016. http:///archives/vol11iss2/1501-001.altaweel.html
Value chain dynamics of an emerging palm fiber handicraft market in Maranhão, Brazil.
2014. Virapongse, A.*, M. Schmink, and S. Larkin. Forest, Trees, and Livelihoods 23(1-2). DOI: 10.1080/14728028.2013.868707
Graduate students and knowledge exchange with local stakeholders: possibilities and preparation.
2009. Duchelle, A.*, K. Biedenweg, C. Lucas, A. Virapongse, J. Radachowsky, D. Wojcik, M. Londres, W.L. Bartels, D. Alvira, and K. Kainer. Biotropica 41(5): 578–585. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00563.x
Researching traditional medicine: A review and evaluation of methodology and objectives.
2005. Virapongse A* and Picheansoonthon C. The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand 30(4) Oct-Dec: 958-967.
Recent advances in quantitative ethnobotanical research.
2004. Virapongse A*, Luecha P, Picheansoonthon C. Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand 29:1032-45.
EDITED PUBLICATIONS
Evaluating Transdisciplinary Approaches.
2019. Belmont Forum. A. Virapongse* was one of the invited participants to the workshop that led to the development of this product. See my blog post about participating in the workshop.
Thailand profile: Smallholder forest use and management of sloping lands.
2014. Virapongse, A.* SLANT report, CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia: CIFOR: 120 p.
Forest products for subsistence and markets: Livelihood systems and value chains of buriti (Mauritia flexuosa) in Brazil.
2013. Virapongse, A*. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Ethnomedicine and Materia medica Used by Kui traditional healers in Northeast Thailand
2006. Virapongse, A*. Master’s thesis, Khon Kaen University. Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Here are some great photos of that work in a presentation I did for the Botany in Action program in Pittsburg, PA.
BOOK REVIEWS
Book review: Local Commons and Demographic Environmental Governance
2013. Virapongse A*. Economic Botany 67 (4): 396.
Book review: Aboriginal People and their plants.
2008. Virapongse A*. Economic Botany 62 (4): 631.
* Founder and Principal of Middle Path EcoSolutions.