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David Iwaniec

David Iwaniec

Assistant Professor, Urban Studies Institute, Georgia State University

diwaniec@gsu.edu

480-727-6963

Urban Studies Institute
Georgia State University
33 Gilmer St SE
Atlanta, GA 30302

Titles

  • Affiliate Global Futures Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
  • Assistant Professor, Urban Studies Institute, Georgia State University

Biography

Dr. David M. Iwaniec is an assistant professor in the Urban Studies Institute at Georgia State University. He is a sustainability scientist with a background in social-ecological systems and urban ecology. His research emphasis is on urban sustainability and has been funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, International Social Science Council, Future Earth, Stockholm Resilience Center, and other institutions.

His work pursues a transformational agenda to guide and shape our urban futures. David conducts transdisciplinary research to learn from, and improve, the planning and governance of urban systems. His work aims to co-develop evidence-based and transformative pathways to sustainability, resilience, and equity.

Education

  • PhD, Sustainability, Arizona State University, 2013
  • MS, Biological Sciences, Florida International University, 2008
  • BS, Biological Sciences, Florida International University, 2002

Expertise

Journal Articles

2023

Berbés-Blázquez, M., E. M. Cook, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, L. Mannetti, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and D. Wahl. 2023. Assessing resilience, equity, and sustainability of future visions across two urban scales. Sustainability Science 1:1-8. DOI: 10.1007/S11625-023-01396-Z. (link )

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 )

McPhillips, L., M. Berbés-Blázquez, R. L. Hale, T. K. Harms, V. Bisht, L. Caughman, S. M. Clinton, E. Cook, X. Dong, J. W. Edmonds, S. E. Gergel, R. Gomez, K. G. Hopkins, D. M. Iwaniec, Y. Kim, A. L. Kuhn, L. Larson, D. B. Lewis, E. Martí, M. Palta, W. J. Roach and L. Ye. 2023. Learning from arid and urban aquatic ecosystems to inform more sustainable and resilient futures. Journal of Hydrology 616(Jan):128841. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128841. (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 )

Muse, N., D. M. Iwaniec, C. K. Wyczalkowski and K. J. Mach. 2022. Heat exposure and resilience planning in Atlanta, Georgia. Environmental Research: Climate 1(1):015004. DOI: 10.1088/2752-5295/ac78f9. (link )

2021

Chang, H., A. Pallathadka, J. Sauer, N. Grimm, R. Zimmerman, C. Cheng, D. M. Iwaniec, Y. Kim, R. Lloyd, P. T. McPhearson, B. Rosenzweig, T. Troxler, C. Welty, R. Brenner and P. Herreros-Cantis. 2021. Assessment of urban flood vulnerability using the social-ecological-technological systems framework in six US cities. Sustainable Cities and Society 68(May):102786. DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.102786. (link )

Iwaniec, D. M., M. N. Gooseff, K. N. Suding, D. W. Johnson, D. C. Reed, D. P. Peters, B. J. Adams, J. Barrett, B. T. Bestelmeyer, M. Castorani, E. M. Cook, M. J. Davidson, P. M. Groffman, N. P. Hanan, L. F. Huenneke, P. Johnson, R. Miller, G. S. Okin, D. Preston, A. Rassweiler, C. Ray, O. E. Sala, R. L. Schooley, T. R. Seastedt, M. J. Spasojevic and E. R. Vivoni. 2021. Connectivity: Insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere 12(5):e03432. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3432. (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 )

2020

Iwaniec, D. M., E. M. Cook, M. J. Davidson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, M. Georgescu, E. S. Krayenhoff, A. Middel, D. A. Sampson and N. B. Grimm. 2020. The co-production of sustainable future scenarios. Landscape and Urban Planning 197:103744. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103744. (link )

Iwaniec, D. M., M. J. Davidson, E. M. Cook, M. Berbés-Blázquez and N. B. Grimm. 2020. Integrating existing climate adaptation planning into future visions: a strategic scenario for the central Arizona–Phoenix region. Landscape and Urban Planning 200(Aug):103820. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103820. (link )

Sampson, D. A., E. M. Cook, M. J. Davidson, N. B. Grimm and D. M. Iwaniec. 2020. Simulating alternative sustainable water futures. Sustainability Science 15(4):1199-1210. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-020-00820-y. (link )

2019

Iwaniec, D. M., E. M. Cook, O. Barbosa and N. B. Grimm. 2019. The framing of urban sustainability transformations. Sustainability 11:573. DOI: 10.3390/su11030573. (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 )

Rosenzweig, B., L. McPhillips, H. Chang, C. Cheng, C. Welty, M. Matsler, D. M. Iwaniec and C. I. Davidson. 2018. Pluvial flood risk and opportunities for resilience. WIREs 5(6):e1302. DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1302. (link )

2017

McPhearson, P. T., D. M. Iwaniec and X. Bai. 2017. Positive visions for guiding urban transformations toward sustainable futures. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 22:33-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.04.004. (link )

van Riper, C. J., A. C. Landon, S. Kidd, P. Bitterman, L. A. Fitzgerald, E. F. Granek, S. Ibarra, D. Iwaniec, C. M. Raymond and D. Toledo. 2017. Incorporating sociocultural phenomena into ecosystem service valuation: The importance of critical pluralism. BioScience 67(3):233-244. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biw170. (link )

2016

Iwaniec, D. M., G. S. Metson and D. Cordell. 2016. P-FUTURES: Towards urban food & water security through collaborative design and impact. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 20(Jun):1-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2016.03.001. (link )

Munoz-Erickson, T. A., L. Campbell, D. L. Childers, J. M. Grove, D. M. Iwaniec, S. T. Pickett, M. Romolini and E. Svendsen. 2016. Demystifying governance and its role for transitions in urban social-ecological systems. Ecosphere 7(11):e01564. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1564. (link )

2015

McHale, M. R., S. T. Pickett, O. Barbosa, D. N. Bunn, M. L. Cadenasso, D. L. Childers, M. Gartin, G. R. Hess, D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. N. Peterson, A. K. Poole, L. Rivers III, S. T. Shutters and W. Zhou. 2015. The new global urban realm: Complex, connected, diffuse, and diverse social-ecological systems. Sustainability 7(5):5211-5240. DOI: 10.3390/su7055211. (link )

Metson, G. S., D. M. Iwaniec, L. A. Baker, E. M. Bennett, D. L. Childers, D. Cordell, N. B. Grimm, J. M. Grove, D. A. Nidzgorski and S. White. 2015. Urban phosphorus sustainability: Systematically incorporating social, ecological, and technological factors into phosphorus flow analysis. Environmental Science & Policy 47:1-11. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.10.005. (link )

Turner, V. K., K. Benessaiah, S. Warren and D. M. Iwaniec. 2015. Essential tensions in interdisciplinary scholarship: Navigating challenges in affect, epistemologies, and structure in environment–society research centers. Higher Education 70(4):649-665. DOI: 10.1007/s10734-015-9859-9. (link )

2014

Iwaniec, D. M., D. L. Childers, K. Vanlehn and A. Wiek. 2014. Studying, teaching and applying sustainability visions using systems modeling. Sustainability 6(7):4452-4469. DOI: 10.3390/su6074452. (link )

Iwaniec, D. M. and A. Wiek. 2014. Advancing sustainability visioning practice in planning – The General Plan update in Phoenix, Arizona. Planning Practice and Research 29(5):543-568. DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2014.977004. (link )

Wiek, A. and D. M. Iwaniec. 2014. Quality criteria for visions and visioning in sustainability science. Sustainability Science 9(4):497-512. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-013-0208-6. (link )

2012

Metson, G. S., R. L. Hale, D. M. Iwaniec, E. M. Cook, J. R. Gorman, C. S. Galletti and D. L. Childers. 2012. Phosphorus in Phoenix: A budget and spatial representation of phosphorus in an urban ecosystem. Ecological Applications 22(2):705-721. DOI: 10.1890/11-0865.1. (link )

2006

Childers, D. L., D. M. Iwaniec, D. Rondeau, G. Rubio, E. Verdon and C. J. Madden. 2006. Responses of sawgrass and spikerush to variation in hydrologic drivers and salinity in southern Everglades marshes. Hydrobiologia 569(1):273-292. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0137-9. (link )

Ewe, S. M., E. E. Gaiser, D. L. Childers, D. M. Iwaniec, V. H. Rivera-Monroy and R. R. Twilley. 2006. Spatial and temporal patterns of aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) along two freshwater-estuarine transects in the Florida Coastal Everglades. Hydrobiologia 569(1):459-474. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0149-5. (link )

Iwaniec, D. M., D. L. Childers, D. Rondeau and C. J. Madden. 2006. Effects of hydrologic and water quality drivers on periphyton dynamics in the southern Everglades. Hydrobiologia 569(1):273. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0134-z. (link )

Books

2021

Hamstead, Z., D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds. 2021. Resilient Urban Futures. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63131-4. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7.

Hamstead, Z. A., D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds. 2021. Resilient Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7. (link )

Book Chapters

2022

Sauer, J., O. Barbosa, E. M. Cook, N. B. Grimm, C. Lamarca, J. Maira, A. Schueftan and D. M. Iwaniec. 2022. Envisioning future scenarios to manage pluvial flooding in social-ecological-technological systems. Collaborating for Climate Equity: Researcher–Practitioner Partnerships in the Americas. Routledge. ISBN: 9781032077741. (link )

2021

Berbés-Blázquez, M., N. B. Grimm, E. M. Cook, D. M. Iwaniec, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, V. Hobbins and D. Wahl. 2021. Assessing future resilience, equity, and sustainability in scenario planning. Pp. 113-127 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. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7. (link )

Berbés-Blázquez, M., N. B. Grimm, E. M. Cook, D. M. Iwaniec, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, V. S. Verduzco and D. Wahl. 2021. Assessing future resilience, equity, and sustainability in scenario planning. In: Hamstead, Z., D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds., Resilience Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7.

Cook, E. M., M. Berbés-Blázquez, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, L. Mannetti and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2021. Setting the stage for meaningful co-production. 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. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7.

Cook, E. M., M. Berbés-Blázquez, L. Mannetti, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2021. Setting the stage for co-production. Pp. 99-111 In: Iwaniec, D. M. ed., Resilient Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7. (link )

Iwaniec, D. M., M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook, N. B. Grimm, L. Mannetti, P. T. McPhearson and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2021. Positive futures. 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. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7.

Iwaniec, D. M., M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook, N. B. Grimm, L. Mannetti, P. T. McPhearson, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and E. M. Cook. 2021. Positive futures. Pp. 85-97 In: Hamstead, Z., D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds., Resilient Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7. (link )

Iwaniec, D. M., N. B. Grimm, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2021. A framework for resilient urban futures. Pp. 1-9 In: Hamstead, Z., D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds., Resilent Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7. (link )

Iwaniec, D. M., N. B. Grimm, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and P. T. McPhearson. 2021. A framework for resilient urban futures: Linking the past, present, and future. In: Hamstead, Z., D. M. Iwaniec, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds., Resilient Urban Futures. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63131-4_1.

Kim, Y., L. Mannetti, D. M. Iwaniec, N. B. Grimm, M. Berbés-Blázquez and S. A. Markolf. 2021. Social, ecological, and technological strategies for climate adaptation. Resilient Urban Futures. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63131-4_3. (link )

Kim, Y., L. Mannetti, D. M. Iwaniec, N. B. Grimm, M. Berbés-Blázquez, S. A. Markolf and E. M. Cook. 2021. Social, ecological, and technologica strategies for climate adaptation. Pp. 29-45 In: Hamstead, Z., D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds., Resilient Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7.

Kim, Y., L. Mannetti, D. M. Iwaniec, N. B. Grimm, M. Berbés-Blázquez and S. A. Markolf. 2021. Social, ecological and technological strategies for climate adaptation. 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. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7.

McPhearson, P. T., D. M. Iwaniec, Z. Hamstead, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, L. Mannetti and N. B. Grimm. 2021. A vision for resilient urban futures. Pp. 173-186 In: Hamstead, Z., D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook and T. A. Munoz-Erickson eds., Resilent Urban Futures. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-030-63130-7. (link )

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 )

2017

Cordell, D., G. S. Metson, D. M. Iwaniec, T. T. Bui, D. L. Childers, N. Dao, H. T. Dang, J. Davidson, B. Jacobs, S. Kumwenda, T. Morse, V. Nguyen, B. Thole and E. A. Tilley. 2017. Transforming cities: Securing food and clean waterways through phosphorus governance. Pp. 139-154 In: Fam, D., J. Palmer, C. Riedy and C. Mitchell eds., Transdisciplinary Research and Practice for Sustainability Outcomes. Routledge. ISBN: 978-1138119703.

2016

Grimm, N. B., E. M. Cook, R. L. Hale and D. M. Iwaniec. 2016. A broader framing of ecosystem services in cities: Benefits and challenges of built, natural, or hybrid system function. Pp. 203-212 In: Seto, K. C., W. Solecki and C. Griffith eds., The Routledge Handbook of Urbanization and Global Environmental Change. Routledge. ISBN: 978-0415732260.

2013

Childers, D. L., Z. Caple, C. Carlielle-Marquet, D. Cordell, V. Gerhart, D. M. Iwaniec and S. White. 2013. Future scenarios for the sustainable use of global phosphorus resources: P is for preferred (P)futures. In: Wyant, K. A., J. R. Corman and J. J. Elser eds., Phosphorus, Food, and Our Futures. Oxford Press.

Corman, J. R., K. A. Wyant, L. Taylor, D. M. Iwaniec and R. L. Hale. 2013. Preface. In: Wyant, K. A., J. R. Corman and J. J. Elser eds., Phosphorus, Food, and Our Futures. Oxford University Press.

2011

Grimm, N. B., R. L. Hale, E. Cook and D. M. Iwaniec. 2011. Urban biogeochemical flux analysis. Pp. 503-520 In: Douglas, M. E., D. Goode, M. Houck and D. Wang eds., The Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology. Taylor and Frances Books.

Posters

2020

Berbés-Blázquez, M., N. B. Grimm, Y. Kim, P. J. Coseo, E. M. Cook and D. M. Iwaniec. 2020. Tell me what you want, what you really, really want: Comparing practitioner-identified strategies before, during, and after scenario workshops. Poster presented at the Twenty-second Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 17, 2020, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Iwaniec, D. M., E. M. Cook, M. Berbés-Blázquez and N. B. Grimm. 2020. The co-production of Sustainable Future Scenarios. Poster presented at the Twenty-second Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 17, 2020, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Mustafa, A., E. M. Cook, P. T. McPhearson, O. Barbosa, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, N. B. Grimm and D. M. Iwaniec. 2020. Future resilient land-use visions for Valdivia, Chile. Poster presented at the American Meteorological Society 100th Annual Meeting, January 12-16, 2020, Boston, MA. (link )

2019

Balough, S., A. E. Lugo, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, D. M. Iwaniec and P. T. McPhearson. 2019. Energy cost and energy return on investment (EROI) for stakeholder developed pathways to resilience. Poster presented at the WREx SRN 4th Annual All Hands Meeting, April 16-19, 2019, Baltimore, MD.

Berbés-Blázquez, M., D. M. Iwaniec, E. M. Cook, M. J. Davidson, N. B. Grimm, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and D. Wahl. 2019. Assessing scenario visions: Resilience ,equity, and sustainability of the future of South Phoenix. Poster presented at the 21st Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 11, 2019, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2018

Davidson, M. J., E. M. Cook, N. B. Grimm and D. M. Iwaniec. 2018. Sustainable Future Scenarios 2060. Poster presented at the 20th Annual CAP LTER All Scientist Meeting, January 5, 2018, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Davidson, M. J., Y. Kim, M. V. Chester, E. M. Cook, N. B. Grimm and D. M. Iwaniec. 2018. Downscaling regional scenarios: The application of social-ecological-technological framework. Poster presented at the 20th Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 5, 2018, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Hobbins, R., T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Feagan, M. V. Chester, E. M. Cook, E. E. Gaiser, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, P. Mendez-Lazaro, P. T. McPhearson, C. A. Miller, D. Sauter, T. G. Troxler and C. Welty. 2018. Climate risk visualizations: Tools, users and uses. Poster presented at the Institute for Social Science Research Poster Competition, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Hobbins, R., T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Feagan, M. V. Chester, E. M. Cook, E. E. Gaiser, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, P. Mendez-Lazaro, P. T. McPhearson, C. A. Miller, D. Sauter, T. G. Troxler and C. Welty. 2018. Climate risk visualizations: Tools, users and uses. Poster presented at the National Center for Atmospheric Research BRIGHTE GIS Hurricane Storm Surge and Sea Level Rise Visualization Workshop, Boulder, CO.

2017

Davidson, M. J., E. M. Cook, D. M. Iwaniec, M. Berbés-Blázquez, M. Boylan, M. Georgescu, N. B. Grimm, S. Krayenhoff, X. Li, A. Middel, B. Ramierz and D. A. Sampson. 2017. Exploring outcomes and assessing tradeoffs of co-developed sustainable future scenarios for the central Arizona-Phoenix region. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Central-Arizona Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 13 January 2017, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Davidson, M. J., Y. Kim, M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook, R. J. Hobbins, D. M. Iwaniec and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2017. Assessment of SETS strategies for shaping cities' resilience scenarios. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual UREx SRN All Hands Meeting, New York, NY.

Hobbins, R. J., L. Charli-Joseph, E. M. Cook, H. Eakin, D. M. Iwaniec, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, B. Orr, P. Pajouhesh, K. Wijsman and M. Feagan. 2017. Problemizing inclusivity within and across the Sustainability Research Network. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual UREx SRN All Hands Meeting, New York, NY.

Ramierz, B., M. J. Davidson, E. M. Cook and D. M. Iwaniec. 2017. Sustainable future scenarios for central Arizona-Phoenix: Designed and visualized with 3D modeling. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Central-Arizona Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 13 January 2017, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Sampson, D. A., D. M. Iwaniec, M. J. Davidson and E. M. Cook. 2017. Sustainable futures scenarios and WaterSim 6: Influence of alternative water supply policies on net potable water use. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Central-Arizona Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 13 January 2017, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ.

2016

Davidson, M. J., D. M. Iwaniec, E. M. Cook and N. B. Grimm. 2016. Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER and society: Co-developing sustainable future scenarios. Poster presented at the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Eighteenth Annual All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 15 January 2016, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Sampson, D. A., D. M. Iwaniec, M. J. Davidson and E. M. Cook. 2016. The adaptation to drought sustainable future scenario: Simulations using WaterSim 6. Poster presented at the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Eighteenth Annual All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 15 January 2016, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Sampson, D. A., D. M. Iwaniec, M. J. Davidson and E. M. Cook. 2016. The adaptation to drought sustainable future scenario: simulations using WaterSim 6. Poster presented at the 18th Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 15, 2016, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2015

Davidson, M. J., D. M. Iwaniec and N. B. Grimm. 2015. Developing adaptive, strategic, and transformational scenario futures for central Arizona. Poster presented at the Seventeenth Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 16 January 2015, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (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. 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 )

2012

Foley, R. W., C. Kuzdas, B. P. Warner, L. Withycombe Keeler, D. M. Iwaniec and A. Wiek. 2012. Designing sustainable governance: Cross-domain comparison and evaluation. Poster presented at the 19-22 February 2012 3rd Annual International Conference on Sustainability Science, Tempe, AZ.

2011

Iwaniec, D. M. and A. Wiek. 2011. Envisioning future desirable states:Participatory modeling of urban systems. Poster presented May at the annual NSF IGERT poster symposium, Washington DC.

Metson, G. S., J. R. Corman, E. M. Cook, R. L. Hale, D. M. Iwaniec and C. S. Galletti. 2011. Nutrient movements in human environment interactions: Phosphorus in Phoenix. Poster presented at the 12-13 January 2011 CAP LTER 13th Annual Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Metson, G. S., C. S. Galletti, E. M. Cook, R. L. Hale, J. R. Corman and D. M. Iwaniec. 2011. Phosphorus in Phoenix: A budget and spatial analysis of phosphorus in an urban ecosystem. Poster presented 3-5 February at the 'Sustainable Phosphorus Summit' sponsored by School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Nebitsi, N. and D. M. Iwaniec. 2011. Visioning: Origin of sustainable urban planning. Poster presented a the COURS Water/Climate briefings. Decision Center for a Desert City, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

2010

Cook, E. M., R. L. Hale, D. M. Iwaniec, J. Corman, X. Dong, G. S. Metson and J. Sayles. 2010. Urban stoichiometry: An elemental approach to understanding human-environment interactions. Poster presented at the January 14, 2010 12th Annual Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Corman, J., E. Cook, R. L. Hale, D. M. Iwaniec and G. S. Metson. 2010. An elemental approach to understanding human-environment interactions. Poster presented 15-17 October, 2010 at the 1st International Conference on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Wiek, A., R. W. Kutter, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, E. Miller, N. R. Moore, C. Thomas, L. Withycombe, C. Monfreda, C. P. Wong and D. M. Iwaniec. 2010. A comparative evaluation of participatory scenario studies. Poster presented at the February 12-18 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Diego, CA. Sustainability Science: Transformative Research Beyond Scenario Studies.

2009

Cook, E. M., B. B. Cutts, R. L. Hale, D. M. Iwaniec, M. Romolini, K. Schwarz, J. Munyon, G. Koch and G. Losada. 2009. Identifying the benefits and barriers to graduate student cross-site socio-ecological research in urban systems. Poster presented at the September 14-16, 2009, 2009 LTER All Scientist Meeting, Integrating Science and Society in a World of Constant Change, Estes Park, CO.

Iwaniec, D. M. 2009. Institutionalizing the IGERT in Urban Ecology at ASU. Poster presented February 13 annual Graduate in Earth Life and Social Sciences Poster Symposium, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Iwaniec, D. M. and R. L. Hale. 2009. Institutionalizing the IGERT in Urban Ecology at ASU- Graduates in Social and Environmental Research (GISER). Poster presented October 10 at the 2nd Conference for Sustainability IGERTs, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Iwaniec, D. M. and A. Wiek. 2009. Analyzing sustainability problems from a systems perspective: Envisioning Phoenix, AZ. Poster presented October 8 at the second Conference for Sustainable IGERTs: Socio-Ecological Transformation (C4SI2), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Presentations

2020

Cook, E. M., T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Berbés-Blázquez, N. B. Grimm, R. J. Hobbins, D. M. Iwaniec and L. Mannetti. 2020. A SETS approach to understanding social (S) values, visions, and community engagement approaches for urban resilience. Presentation at the Harnessing the Ecological Data Revolution, 2020 ESA Annual Meeting, August 3-6, 2020, Virtual. (link )

Grimm, N. B., M. Berbés-Blázquez, H. Chang, E. M. Cook, S. R. Elser, D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, A. Pallathadka, J. Sauer and T. G. Troxler. 2020. A SETS approach to understanding urban ecosystem (E) vulnerability and providing nature-based solutions for urban resilience in cities. Presentation at the Harnessing the Ecological Data Revolution, 2020 ESA Annual Meeting, August 3-6, 20202, Virtual. (link )

McPhearson, P. T., D. Sauter, A. Mustafa, L. Ortiz, D. M. Iwaniec, E. Cook, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and N. B. Grimm. 2020. A SETS approach to big data, spatial modeling, and data visualization to advance urban systems science for resilience. Presentation at the Harnessing the Ecological Data Revolution, 2020 ESA Annual Meeting, August 3-6, 2020, Virtual. (link )

2019

Berbés-Blázquez, M., E. M. Cook, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and D. Wahl. 2019. Assessing the resilience, sustainability, and equity of future urban visions. Presentation at the 2019 Transformations Conference, October 16-19, 2019, Santiago, Chile.

Berbés-Blázquez, M., E. M. Cook, D. M. Iwaniec, N. B. Grimm, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and D. Wahl. 2019. Assessing resilience, equity, and sustainability of alternative scenario visions across governance scales. Presentation at the 2019 Mexico Conference on Earth Sustems Conference, November 6-8, 2019, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Cook, E. M., O. Barbosa, M. Berbés-Blázquez, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, L. Mannetti, P. T. McPhearson and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2019. Transformative co-produced visions for future urban sustainability and resilience. Presentation at the 2019 Transformations Conference, October 16-18, 2019, Santiago, Chile.

Cook, E. M., M. Berbés-Blázquez, R. Carrero, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, P. Mendez-Lazaro, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, A. Mustafa, L. Ortiz and J. Santos-Hernández. 2019. The future of San Juan, Puerto Rico: Assessing tradeoffs of co-developed future visions for a resilient San Juan. Presentation at the ESAUSSEE 2019, August 11-16, 2019, Louisville, KY. (link )

Grimm, N. B., M. Berbés-Blázquez, M. V. Chester, E. M. Cook, D. M. Iwaniec, P. T. McPhearson, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and C. L. Redman. 2019. Urban resilience to extreme events: Framing cities and their infrastructure as social-ecological-technological systems (SETS). Presentation at the 2019 Transformations Conference, October 16-8, 2019, Santiago, Chile.

Hobbins, R. J., T. A. Munoz-Erickson, M. Feagan, M. V. Chester, E. M. Cook, E. E. Gaiser, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec, P. Mendez-Lazaro, P. T. McPhearson, C. A. Miller, D. Sauter, T. G. Troxler and C. Welty. 2019. Climate risk visualizations: Tools, users and uses. Presentation at the National Center for Atmospheric Research BRIGHTE GIS Hurricane Storm Surge and Sea Level Rise Visualization Workshop, July 16-18, 2019, Boulder, CO.

Iwaniec, D. M. 2019. Positive futures for transformative change: New frontiers session. Presentation at the Natural Capital Symposium, March 18-21, 2019, Stanford, CA.

Iwaniec, D. M., M. Berbés-Blázquez, E. M. Cook, N. B. Grimm, L. Mannetti, P. T. McPhearson and T. A. Munoz-Erickson. 2019. Positive futures of urban transformation number. Presentation at the 2019 Transformations Conference, October 16-18, 2019, Santiago, Chile.

Iwaniec, D., E. Cook, M. Berbés, N. B. Grimm, . T. McPhearson, L. Mannetti and T. Munoz-Erickson. 2019. Positive futures for transformative change. Presentation at the AGU Fall Meeting, December 9-13 2019, San Francisco, CA. (link )

Mannetti, L., E. M. Cook, D. M. Iwaniec, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and R. J. Hobbins. 2019. A multimodal approach to framing urban resilience: A Valdivian case study. Presentation at the 2019 Transformations Conference, October 18-19, 2019, Santiago, Chile.

Mannetti, L., D. M. Iwaniec, E. M. Cook, T. A. Munoz-Erickson and R. J. Hobbins. 2019. A multimodal approach to framing urban resilience: A Valdivian case study. Presentation at the 2019 Mexico Conference on Earth Systems Governance, November 6-8, 2019, Oaxaca, Mexico.

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

Berbés-Blázquez, M., D. M. Iwaniec, D. Wahl and E. M. Cook. 2018. Assessing the resilience, sustainability, and transformability of the future of Latin American cities. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, April 10-14, 2018, New Orleans, LA. (link )

Cook, E., D. Iwaniec, N. B. Grimm and O. Barbosa. 2018. Research-practice criteria for urban sustainability transformations. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, April 10-14, 2018, New Orleans, LA. (link )

Iwaniec, D., E. Cook, M. Davidson, N. Grimm, P. T. McPhearson and T. Munoz-Erickson. 2018. Positive futures. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, April 10-14, 2018, New Orleans, LA. (link )

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 )

Munoz-Erickson, T., E. Cook, R. Hobbins, M. Johnson, D. Iwaniec and L. Campbell. 2018. Knowledge systems for urban stewardship: Exploring the role of civic knowledge systems in environmental and sustainability governance. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, April 10-14, 2018, New Orleans, LA. (link )

2017

Berbes-Blazquez, M., D. M. Iwaniec, D. Wahl and E. M. Cook. 2017. Transformative change in social-ecological-technological systems. 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 )

Cook, E. M., O. Barbosa, M. Berbes-Blazquez, C. Cheng, N. B. Grimm, D. M. Iwaniec and P. T. McPhearson. 2017. A social-ecological-technological systems (SETS) approach to urban ecosystem services. 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 )

Cook, E. M., O. Barbosa, M. J. Davidson, N. B. Grimm and D. M. Iwaniec. 2017. Envisioning future urban sustainability and resilience through co-developed social-ecological-technologica scenarios. Presentation at the AAG 2017, April 5-9, 2017, Boston, MA. (link )

Cook, E., D. Iwaniec, O. Barbosa and N. Grimm. 2017. Framing sustainability transformational change as more than just big changes. Presentation at the Resilience 2017: Resilience Frontiers for Global Sustainability, August 20-23, 2017, Stockholm, Sweden. (link )

Cook, E. M., D. M. Iwaniec, J. R. Sauer, N. B. Grimm and O. Barbosa. 2017. Future urban sustainability and resilience in Valdivia, Chile: Assessing social-ecological-technological scenarios with ecosystem services. Presentation at the Annual Meeting Portland ESA 2017, August 6-11, 2017, Portland, OR. (link )

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 )

Iwaniec, D. M. 2017. (Envisioning) urban resilience to extreme events. Presentation at the Geosciences Seminar Series, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.

Iwaniec, D. M. 2017. Climate resilient futures. Presentation at the Urban Studies Institute Research Roundabout, Atlanta, GA.

Iwaniec, D. M. 2017. Scenarios or urban adaptation and transformation. Presentation at the Baltimore Ecosystem Study LTER Synthesis Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Iwaniec, D. M. 2017. Sustainability and resilience planning. Presentation at the Global Partnership for Better Cities, Hong Kong, China.

Iwaniec, D. M. 2017. Transdisciplinary research practice: What you need to know. Presentation at the Transdisciplinary Workshop on the Impacts of Urbanization on the Food-Energy-Water Nexus, Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training, Bounlder, CO.

Iwaniec, D., E. Cook, M. Berbes-Blazquez, M. Davidson, T. A. Munoz-Erickson, T. McPhearson and N. Grimm. 2017. Visions and strategies for guiding urban transformations. 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 )

Iwaniec, D. M., E. M. Cook, M. J. Davidson and N. B. Grimm. 2017. Positive visions of urban transformation and adaptation. Presentation at the International Association for Landscape Ecology, Baltimore, MD.

Iwaniec, D. M., E. M. Cook, M. J. Davidson and N. B. Grimm. 2017. Positive visions of urban transformation and adaptation to climate change. Presentation at the Cities and Climate Conference 2017, September 19-21, 2017, Potsdam, Germany.

Iwaniec, D., E. Cook, P. T. McPhearson, T. Munoz-Erickson, M. Davidson, M. Berbés-Blázquez and N. Grimm. 2017. Co-production of sustainability future scenarios. Presentation at the Resilience 2017: Resilience Frontiers for Global Sustainability, August 20-23, 2017, Stockholm, Sweden. (link )

McPhearson, P. T., E. Cook, C. Cheng, N. Grimm and D. Iwaniec. 2017. Climate resilience in urban social-ecological-technical systems: A SETS Approach to urban ecosystem services. Presentation at the Resilience 2017: Resilience Frontiers for Global Sustainability, August 20-23, 2017, Stockholm, Sweden. (link )

2016

Chester, M. V. and D. M. Iwaniec. 2016. Urban resilience to extreme events: UREx Sustainability Research Network. Presentation at the United Nationals Development Programme, Havana, Cuba.

Iwaniec, D. M., E. M. Cook, M. J. Davidson and N. B. Grimm. 2016. Co-developing urban sustainability and resilience scenarios. Presentation at the ESA Annual Meeting 2016: Novel Ecosystems in the Anthropocene, 7-12 August 2016, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (link )

2015

Cook, E. M., D. M. Iwaniec, N. B. Grimm and O. Barbosa. 2015. Maximizing urban services provided by green and gray infrastructure to increase future urban sustainability. Presentation at the Ecological Science at the Frontier: Celebrating the ESA Centennial 1915-2015, 9-14 August 2015, Baltimore, Maryland. (link )

Cook, E. M., D. M. Iwaniec, N. B. Grimm and O. Barbosa. 2015. Maximizing urban services provided by green and gray infrastructure to increase future urban sustainability. Presentation at the Ecological Science at the Frontier: Celebrating the ESA Centennial 1915-2015, 9-14 August 2015, Baltimore, Maryland. (link )

Cook, E. M., D. M. Iwaniec, N. B. Grimm and O. Barbosa. 2015. Maximizing urban services provided by green and gray infrastructure to increase future urban sustainability. Presentation at the International Symposium of Urban Ecology CEDEUS (Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable), Santiago, Chile.

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 )

Iwaniec, D. M., E. M. Cook, M. J. Davidson and N. B. Grimm. 2015. Sustainable future scenarios for the Central Arizona–Phoenix region. Presentation at the Ecological Science at the Frontier: Celebrating the ESA Centennial 1915-2015, 9-14 August 2015, Baltimore, Maryland. (link )

2009

Grimm, N. B., E. Cook, S. R. Earl, R. L. Hale, S. J. Hall, H. E. Hartnett, D. M. Iwaniec, E. K. Larson, M. R. McHale and R. A. Sponseller. 2009. Ecosystem biogeochemical function and services in an urbanizing desert region. Presentation December 14-18 at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Wiek, A. and D. M. Iwaniec. 2009. Theory, empirical research and teaching in sustainability science- challenges, gaps and future trajectories. Presentation at the Kashiwa Sustainability Science Seminar Series, University of Tokyo, Japan.

Thesis (PhD)

2013

Iwaniec, D. M. 2013. Crafting sustainability visions - integrating visioning practice, research, and education. Ph.D. dissertation. Arizona State University. (link )

IGERT in Urban Ecology Fellow, School of Sustainability

President's Award for Sustainability, The future of Phoenix: Crafting sustainable development strategies, Arizona State University

EPA Star Fellow, US Environmental Protection Agency