Hilary Byerly Flint

Education

PhD, Natural Resources, University of Vermont

MS, Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University

BA, Environmental Studies & International Affairs, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Background and Expertise

Hilary is a Senior Research Scientist whose work centers around the social science of large landscape conservation. Her primary focus is leading a multi-year project conducting program evaluation for habitat conservation on private lands in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Hilary is trained as a behavioral scientist and uses tools from economics and conservation social science to inform and evaluate environmental programs and policies. Prior to joining the Haub School, she worked with an interdisciplinary team of researchers and practitioners to study how homeowners manage wildfire risk in the American West. She ran field experiments with wildfire organizations to test how changes in their programmatic outreach affected engagement among property owners in wildfire-prone areas.

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Selected Publications

“Biodiversity conservation as a promising frontier for behavioural science.” Nielsen K.S., Marteau T., Bauer J.M., Bradbury R., Broad S., Burgess G., Burgman M., Byerly H., Clayton S., Espelosin D., Ferraro P.J., Fisher B., Garnett E., Jones J.P.G., Otieno M., Polasky S., Ricketts T.H., Trevelyan R., van der Linden S., Verissimo D., Balmford A Nature Human Behavior 5,550–556. 2021.

"A story induces greater environmental contributions than scientific information among liberals but not conservatives." Byerly H., Ferraro P.J., Li T., Messer K.D., Weigel C One Earth, 4(4)
545–552. 2021.

"Making more effective use of behavioural science in conservation interventions." Balmford A., Bradbury R., Bauer J.M., Broad S., Burgess G., Burgman M., Byerly H., Clayton S., Espelosin D., Ferraro P.J., Fisher B., Garnett E., Jones J.P.G., Marteau T., Otieno M., Polasky S., Ricketts T.H., Sandbrook C., Sullivan-Wiley K., Trevelyan R., van der Linden S., Verissimo D., Nielsen K.S Biological Conservation, 261. 2021.

"Developing behavioral and evidence-based programs for wildfire risk mitigation." Byerly H., Meldrum J., Brenkert-Smith H., Champ P., Gomez J., Falk L., Barth C. Fire, 3(4): 66. 2020.

"Nudging pro-environmental behavior: evidence and opportunities." Byerly H., Balmford A., Ferraro P.J., Hammond Wagner C., Palchak E., Polasky S., Ricketts T.H., Schwartz A.J., Fisher B Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16 (3): 159-68. 2018.

 

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