Erin Seekamp
Goodnight Distinguished Professor and Director, NC State University
Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative
Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management
SE CASC Co-Principal Investigator
Area(s) of Expertise
Erin Seekamp conducts research related to partnerships, decision-making, adaptive planning and capacity building in multiple contexts, including: community climate readiness, cultural and natural resource governance, and coastal tourism destinations. She integrates qualitative and quantitative research methodologies into her research projects. Erin is particularly interested in making values explicit in planning frameworks and decision support tools. She engages with the communities she studies by building project advisory teams, uses deliberative science (co-production) approaches, and conducting interactive outreach workshops.