Thad Miller
Affiliate Global Futures Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
Titles
- Affiliate Global Futures Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
Biography
Thaddeus Miller is an assistant professor at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and The Polytechnic School at Arizona State University. His research explores how sustainability is interpreted, contested, materialized and settled in science and technology policy and infrastructure design. He is on the Executive Management Team for the National Science Foundation-funded Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network, and co-PI of the NSF-funded STIR Cities project. His recent book, Reconstructing Sustainability Science: Knowledge and Action for a Sustainable Future, part of the Earthscan Routledge Science in Society Series, examines how scientists can navigate epistemic and normative tensions to link knowledge to social action.
Education
- PhD, Sustainability, Arizona State University, 2011
- MPA, Environmental Science-Policy, Columbia University, 2004
- BA, Economics and Environmental Studies, Bucknell University, 2003
Expertise
Journal Articles
2023
Chester, M. V., T. R. Miller, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, A. Helmrich, D. M. Iwaniec, T. McPhearson, E. M. Cook, N. B. Grimm and S. A. Markolf. 2023. Sensemaking for entangled urban social, ecological, and technological systems in the Anthropocene. npj Urban Sustainability 3:Art. 39. DOI: 10.1038/s42949-023-00120-1. (link )
2022
McPhearson, P. T., E. M. Cook, M. Berbés-Blázquez, C. Cheng, N. B. Grimm, E. Andersson, O. Barbosa, D. G. Chandler, H. Chang, M. V. Chester, D. L. Childers, S. R. Elser, N. Frantzeskaki, Z. J. Grabowski, P. M. Groffman, R. L. Hale, D. M. Iwaniec, N. Kabisch, C. Kennedy, S. A. Markolf, M. Matsler, L. McPhillips, T. R. Miller, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, E. J. Rosi and T. G. Troxler. 2022. A social-ecological-technological systems framework for urban ecosystem services. One Earth 5(5):505-518. DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.007. (link )
2021
Chester, M. V., T. R. Miller and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2021. Infrastructure Governance for the Anthropocene. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 8(10):78. DOI: 10.1525/elementa.2020.078. (link )
Chester, M. V., S. Underwood, B. R. Allenby, M. Garcia, C. Samaras, S. A. Markolf, K. Sanders, B. Preston and T. R. Miller. 2021. Infrastructure resilience to navigate increasingly uncertain and complex conditions in the Anthropocene. npj Urban Sustainability 1(4):. DOI: 10.1038/s42949-021-00016-y. (link )
Munoz-Erickson, T. A., S. A. Meerow, R. J. Hobbins, E. M. Cook, D. M. Iwaniec, M. Berbés-Blázquez, N. B. Grimm, A. Barnett, J. Cordero, C. Gim, T. R. Miller, F. Tandazo Bustamante and A. Robles-Morua. 2021. Beyond bouncing back? Comparing and contesting urban resilience frames in US and Latin American contexts. Landscape and Urban Planning 214:104173. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2021.104173. (link )
2019
Levenda, A. M., J. Richter, T. R. Miller and E. Fisher. 2019. Regional sociotechnical imaginaries and the governance of energy innovations. Futures 109(May):181-191. DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2018.03.001. (link )
Meerow, S. A., P. Pajouhesh and T. R. Miller. 2019. Social equity in urban resilience planning. Local Environment 24(9):793-808. DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2019.1645103. (link )
2018
Markolf, S. A., M. V. Chester, D. A. Eisenberg, D. M. Iwaniec, C. I. Davidson, R. Zimmerman, T. R. Miller, B. L. Ruddell and H. Chang. 2018. Interdependent Infrastructure as Linked Social, Ecological, and Technological Systems (SETSs) to Address Lock‐in and Enhance Resilience. Earth's Future 6(12):1638-1659. DOI: 10.1029/2018EF000926. (link )
2017
Grabowski, Z. J., M. Matsler, C. Thiel, L. McPhillips, R. Hum, A. Bradshaw, T. R. Miller and C. L. Redman. 2017. Infrastructures as socio-eco-technical systems: Five considerations for interdisciplinary dialogue. Journal of Infrastructure Systems 23(4):02517002. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000383. (link )
Munoz-Erickson, T. A., C. A. Miller and T. R. Miller. 2017. How cities think: Knowledge co-production for urban sustainability and resilience. Forests 8(6):203. DOI: 10.3390/f8060203. (link )
Richter, J., A. S. Tidwell, E. Fisher and T. R. Miller. 2017. STIRring the grid: Engaging energy systems design and planning in the context of urban sociotechnical imaginaries. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research 30(3):365-384. DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2016.1237281. (link )
2015
Miller, T. R., E. Goodling, C. Herrington and J. Devlin. 2015. The Community Watershed Stewardship Program: Experiments in engagement and equity in Portland, OR. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 17(Dec):30-35. DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2015.08.008. (link )
2014
Miller, T. R., A. Wiek, D. Sarewitz, L. Olsson, D. Kriebel and D. Loorbach. 2014. The future of sustainability science: A solutions-oriented agenda. Sustainability Science 9(2):239-246. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-013-0224-6. (link )
2013
Lubitow, A. and T. R. Miller. 2013. Contesting sustainability: Bikes, race, and politics in Portlandia. Environmental Justice 6(4):121-126. DOI: 10.1089/env.2013.0018.. (link )
Miller, T. R. 2013. Constructing sustainability science: Emerging perspectives and research trajectories. Sustainability Science 8(2):279-293. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-012-0180-6. (link )
Miller, T. R. and M. W. Neff. 2013. De-facto science policy in the making: How scientists shape science policy and why it matters (or why STS and STP scholars should socialize). Minerva 51(3):295-315. DOI: 10.1007/s11024-013-9234-x. (link )
2011
Miller, T. R. and B. A. Minteer. 2011. The new conservation debate: Beyond parks versus people. Biological Conservation 144. (link )
Miller, T. R., B. A. Minteer and L. C. Malan. 2011. The new conservation debate: The view from practical ethics. Biological Conservation 144(3):948-957. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.07.027. (link )
Miller, T. R., T. A. Munoz-Erickson and C. L. Redman. 2011. Transforming knowledge for sustainability:Towards adaptive academic institutions. International Journal for Sustainability in Higher Education 12(2):177-192. DOI: 10.1108/14676371111118228. (link )
Minteer, B. A. and T. R. Miller. 2011. The new conservation debate: Ethical foundations strategic trade-offs, and policy opportunities. Biological Conservation 144(3):945-947. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.07.027. (link )
2009
Munoz-Erickson, T. A. and T. R. Miller. 2009. A student's perspective on building knowledge for sustainability. International Society for Ecological Economics Newsletter DOI: http://www.ecoeco.org/pdf/Jan2009.pdf. (link )
2008
Miller, T. R., T. D. Baird, C. M. Littlefield, G. P. Kofinas, F. S. Chapin III and C. L. Redman. 2008. Epistemological pluralism: Reorganizing interdisciplinary research. Ecology and Society 13(2):Art. 46. (link )
2006
Miller, T. R., V. Rauh, S. Glied, D. Hattis, A. Rundle, H. Andrews and F. Perera. 2006. The economic impact of early life environmental tobacco smoke exposure: Early interventions for developmental delay. Environmental Health Perspectives 114(10):1585-1588. DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9165.
Books
2015
Miller, T. R. 2015. Reconstructing Sustainability Science: Knowledge and Action for a Sustainable Future. Routledge. ISBN: 9780415632614. (link )
Book Chapters
2021
Munoz-Erickson, T. A., K. Selkirk, R. J. Hobbins, C. A. Miller, M. Feagan, D. M. Iwaniec, T. R. Miller and E. M. Cook. 2021. Anticipatory resilience brining back the futures into urban planning and knowledge systems. Pp. 159-172 In: Hamstead, Z., D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds., Resilient Urban Futures. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63131-4_11. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7.
Munoz-Erickson, T. A., K. Selkirk, R. J. Hobbins, C. A. Miller, M. Feagan, D. M. Iwaniec, T. R. Miller and E. M. Cook. 2021. Anticipatory Resilience: Bringing Back the Future into Urban Planning and Knowledge Systems. Resilient Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7. (link )
2018
Miller, T. R. 2018. Sustainability scienc. Pp. 460-464 In: Castree, N., M. Hulme and J. D. Proctor eds., Companion to Environmental Studies. Routledge. ISBN: 978-1138192201.
2017
Miller, T. R. and A. M. Levenda. 2017. The politics of urban sustainability transitions. Urban Sustainability Transitions. Routledge. ISBN: 9780415784184.
2015
Redman, C. L. and T. R. Miller. 2015. Chapter 17: The technosphere and earth stewardship. Pp. 269-279 In: Rozzi, R., F. S. Chapin III, J. Baird Callicott, S. T. Pickett, M. E. Power, J. J. Armesto and R. H. May Jr eds., Earth Stewardship: Linking Ecology and Ethics in Theory and Practice. Vol 2. Springer International Publishing. ISBN: 978-3-319-12132-1.
Posters
2019
Munoz-Erickson, T. A., M. M. Hinrichs, T. R. Miller, J. Codero Casillas and D. Morrison. 2019. The evolution of the UREx SRN. Poster presented at the UREx SRN 4th Annual All-Hands Meeting, April 16-19, 2019, Baltimore, MD.
2018
Markolf, S. A., M. V. Chester, T. R. Miller, D. Eisenberg, R. Zimmerman, C. I. Davidson and T. P. Seager. 2018. Infrastructure as linked social, ecological, and technological Systems (SETS) to address lock-in and improve resilience. Poster presented at the 20th CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 5, 2018, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )
2017
Feagan, M., K. Selkirk, P. Pajouhesh, T. R. Miller and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2017. Deepening co-production at the researcher-practitioner interface: Challenges and opportunities confronting the Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network (UREx SRN). Poster presented at the 2nd Annual UREx SRN All Hands Meeting, New York, NY.
Pajouhesh, P. and T. R. Miller. 2017. An equity turn for urban resilience. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual UREx All Hands Meeting, New York, NY.
Selkirk, K., C. Gim, E. Friedman, P. Pajouhesh, R. J. Hobbins, E. B. Kennedy, M. Feagan, M. Matsler, A. L. Brawley-Chesworth, M. M. Hinrich, C. A. Miller, T. R. Miller and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2017. Knowledge systems analysis and innovation for urban resilience. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual UREx SRN All Hands Meeting, New York, NY.
2015
Grimm, N. B., C. L. Redman, M. V. Chester, D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, T. R. Miller and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2015. Urban resilience to extremes: A proposed Sustainability Research Network. Poster presented at the Seventeenth Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 16 January 2015, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )
2009
Miller, T. R., T. D. Baird, M. Caitlin, M. Littlefield, G. Kofinas, F. S. Chapin III and C. L. Redman. 2009. Epistemological pluralism: Reorganizing interdisciplinary research. Poster presented at February 13 at the Graduate in Earth, Life and Social Sciences Research Symposium, Arizona State University, Tempe.
Miller, T. R., T. A. Munoz-Erickson and C. L. Redman. 2009. Transforming knowledge for sustainability: Perspectives from the School of Sustainability. Poster presented October 8 at the 2nd Conference for Sustainable IGERT: Sociological Transformations and Sustainability (C4SI2) Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2008
Miller, T. R. and B. A. Minteer. 2008. Parks, people and posterity: A normative analysis of international conservation. Poster presented February 1 Graduates in Earth, Life and Social Science (GELSS) Symposium, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Miller, T. R. and B. A. Minteer. 2008. Parks, people and posterity: Reconsidering the ethical implications of international conservation. Poster presented July 14-15 at the Society for Conservations Biology Annual Meeting, Chattanooga, TN.
Munoz-Erickson, T. A. and T. R. Miller. 2008. Reorganizing knowledge for sustainability: Perspectives from the School of Sustainability. Poster presented at the April 3, Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences: Linking Knowledge to Action for Sustainable Development, Washington, DC. (link )
Munoz-Erickson, T. A., T. R. Miller and C. L. Redman. 2008. Adaptive learning and knowledge for sustainability: Perspectives from the School of Sustainability, Arizona State University. Poster presented at the April 3, Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences: Linking Knowledge to Action for Sustainable Development, Washington, DC.
2007
Darby, K. and T. R. Miller. 2007. Arizona State University's IGERT in Urban Ecology: Integrating towards sustainability. Invited poster presented at October 10, 2007 Conference for Sustainability IGERTs, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK.
Miller, T. R. and B. A. Minteer. 2007. An ecological ethics for a crowded planet: Assessing the normative foundations of an emerging ESA vision. Poster presented August 8 at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Abstract PS 19-180, San Jose, CA.
Miller, T. R. and B. A. Minteer. 2007. Parks, people and posterity: A normative analysis of international conservation projects. Poster presented June 18 at the annual meeting of International Symposium on Society and Resource Management; Abstract PC10, Park City, UT.
Presentations
2019
Munoz-Erickson, T. A., E. M. Cook, O. Barbosa, M. Feagan, R. J. Hobbins, D. M. Iwaniec, L. Mannetti, C. A. Miller, T. R. Miller and K. Selkirk. 2019. Anticipatory knowledge systems to co-produce transformative visions for urban resilience. Presentation at the 2019 International Transformations Conference, October 16-18, 2019, Santiago, Chile.
2018
Munoz-Erickson, T. A., E. M. Cook, M. Feagan, R. J. Hobbins, D. M. Iwaniec, C. A. Miller and T. R. Miller. 2018. Designing anticipatory knowledge for resilient and sustainable urban futures. Presentation at the IFoU 2018: Reframing Urban Resilience Implementation: Aligning Sustainability and Resilience, December 10-12, 2018, Barcelona, Spain. (link )
Selkirk, K., P. Pajouhesh and T. R. Miller. 2018. Futures thinking: Tools for knowing and managing tomorrow. Presentation at the 3rd Annual UREx All Hands Meeting, March 19-21, 2018, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2017
Grimm, N. B., C. L. Redman, M. V. Chester, E. M. Cook, D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, T. R. Miller and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2017. A social-ecological-technical systems approach to understanding urban complexity and building climate resilience. Presentation at the II Conference of the Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society: Place-based Transdisciplinary Research for Global Sustainability, November 7-10, 2017, Oaxaca, Mexico. (link )
2015
Chester, M. V., N. B. Grimm, C. L. Redman, T. R. Miller, P. T. McPhearson, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and D. G. Chandler. 2015. Developing a concept of social-ecological-technological systems to characterize resilience of urban areas and infrastructure to extreme events. Presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting 2015, 14-18 December 2015, San Francisco, California. (link )
Grimm, N. B., C. L. Redman, M. V. Chester, D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, T. R. Miller and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2015. Developing a concept of social-ecological-technological systems to characterize resilience of urban areas and infrastructure to extreme events. Presentation at the Complex Systems Symposium, Tempe, Arizona.
Grimm, N. B., C. L. Redman, M. V. Chester, D. M. Iwaniec, T. McPhearson, T. R. Miller and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2015. Developing a concept of social-ecological-technological systems to characterize resilience of urban areas and infrastructure to extreme events. Presentation at the Ecological Science at the Frontier: Celebrating the ESA Centennial 1915-2015, 9-14 August 2015, Baltimore, Maryland. (link )
Miller, T. R. 2015. Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network. Presentation at the Environmental Studies Symposium, Lewis and Clark, Portland, Oregon.
Miller, T. R. 2015. Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network. Presentation at the City of Portland Climate Preparedness Coordinating Committee, Portland, Oregon.
Miller, T. R. 2015. Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network. Presentation at the First Friday Symposium, School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.
2010
Miller, T. R. 2010. Integration through adaptation: IGERT in Urban Ecology at Arizona State University. Presentation at the September 30-October 2 "Enhancing Communication in Cross-Disciplinary Research, An International Solutions-Focused Conference sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the University of Idaho, Coeur d'Alene, ID.
2009
Miller, T. R. 2009. Constructing sustainability. Presentation October 27-30 at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, Washington DC.
Miller, T. R., T. D. Baird, C. M. Littlefield, G. Kofinas, F. S. Chapin III and C. L. Redman. 2009. Epistemological pluralism: Reorganizing interdisciplinary research. Presentation May 14-15 at the Understanding Sustainability: Perspectives from the Humanities, Portland State University, Portland OR.
Miller, T. R., T. A. Munoz-Erickson and C. L. Redman. 2009. Reorganizing knowledge for sustainability: Adaptability in academic institutions. Presentation July 6 at the 15th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands.
2008
Redman, C. L., T. R. Miller and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2008. Fostering epiphanies: Adaptive cycles and knowledge for sustainability. Presentation April 14-17 at the Resilience, Adaptation, and Transformation in Turbulent Times International Science and Policy Conference, Stockholm, Sweden.
2007
Munoz-Erickson, T. A. and T. R. Miller. 2007. Adaptive learning at SOS: Fostering intellectual and organizational change for sustainability. Presentation November 25 at the School of Sustainability Lunchtime Colloquium, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Thesis (PhD)
2011
Miller, T. R. 2011. Constructing sustainability: A study of emerging scientific trajectories. PhD Dissertation. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University. (link )
IGERT in Urban Ecology Fellow, 2006-2011, School of Sustainability