Dr. Christine J. Kirchhoff
Dr. Christine J. Kirchhoff
Associate Professor and Associate Director of Law, Policy and Engineering and Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Turning Research Into Action
I use inter- and transdisciplinary research approaches and study how these approaches help drive change and support the production of actionable knowledge, and evidence informed decision making.
- In 2022, I helped the Global Council for Science and the Environment create a Science as Actionable Knowledge video series to be a resource for anyone looking to learn more about how to engage in transdisciplinary research and produce knowledge that is relevant, useful, and impactful for society.
- I am also part of a community of social scientists, engaged researchers, and practitioners who study the Science of Actionable Knowledge as well as the Transforming Evidence Network, and community of scholars, practitioners, funders, and leaders working to break down barriers and enable transdisciplinary research.
Awards & Accomplishments
$17m+
in external research funding
173
citations across 140 policy documents
50+
peer-reviewed publications
4k+
citations in peer-reviewed publications
NSF CAREER Award Winner
I received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award to support my work humanizing engineering and resilience. The NSF CAREER award is one of the most prestigious awards for early career faculty in the U.S.
This award funded work aimed at advancing theory and methods for understanding and assessing human dimensions of resilience while providing practical and applied insights for practitioners and policy makers for measuring and improving infrastructure resilience. A key challenge I address concerns “why infrastructure managers overwhelmingly focus on building resilience to the past, bouncing back from disruption, rather than bouncing forward or building resilience to future hazards and surprises."
Service to Science & the Public
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