Xavier Basurto
Truman and Nellie Semans/Alex Brown & Sons Associate Professor
My academic and professional training is based on a deep conviction that it is through integrating different disciplinary perspectives and methods that we will be able to find solutions to challenging dilemmas in natural resources management, conservation, and environmental policy. Trained as a marine biologist, I completed a M.S in natural resources studying small-scale fisheries in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Realizing the need to bring social science theories into my work on common-pool resources sustainability, I earned an MPA and a Ph.D. in Management (with a minor in cultural anthropology) from the University of Arizona and under the supervision of Edella Schlager. Following I spent two years working with Elinor Ostrom, 2009 co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, at the Workshop for Political Theory and Policy Analysis of Indiana University. Methodologically, I am familiar with a variety of quantitative and qualitative approaches and formally trained to conduct Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA or more recently fsQCA), that allows among other things, systematic comparisons of middle range N sample sizes and address issues of multiple-causality.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Truman and Nellie Semans/Alex Brown & Sons Associate Professor, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2022 - 2027
- Associate Professor of Sustainability Science, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2016
Contact Information
- 135 Duke Marine Lab Road, Beaufort, NC 28516
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xavier.basurto@duke.edu
(252) 646-3819
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Basurto lab webpage
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Arizona 2007
- M.P.A., University of Arizona 2004
- M.S., University of Arizona 2001
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of Sustainability Science, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2009 - 2016
- Recognition
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In the News
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MAR 16, 2023 Duke Today -
NOV 30, 2020 Nicholas Magazine -
APR 23, 2020 PhysOrg -
SEP 30, 2019 The Conversation -
SEP 26, 2019 SciDevNet -
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SEP 24, 2018 Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions -
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APR 1, 2016 Duke Today -
MAR 7, 2016 The Washington Post -
MAR 7, 2016 Duke Today -
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DEC 17, 2014 Duke Today -
JAN 13, 2014
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- Expertise
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Global Scholarship
- Research
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Selected Grants
- Racial disparities in shared decision making for patients with acute respiratory failure awarded by National Institutes of Health 2022 - 2027
- Strengthening Fishing Organizations in Mexico awarded by Walton Family Foundation 2022 - 2025
- Conservation and Food Security Impacts of Large- and Small-Scale Fisheries Interactions awarded by Society for Conservation Biology 2022 - 2024
- Facilitating Small-Scale Fisheries Science and Governance awarded by Oak Foundation 2021 - 2023
- The role of socio-economic and governance information in the evaluation and design of Fishing Refugias in Mexico awarded by David & Lucile Packard Foundation 2021 - 2023
- CNH2-S: Measuring adaptive responses that strengthen governance of marine resources along the Baja California Peninsula awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2023
- Global Map and Database of Small-Scale Fisheries Inshore Exclusive Zones (IEZ) awarded by Swiss Philanthropy Foundation 2021 - 2022
- Cultivating leadership in China marine governance awarded by Oak Foundation 2019 - 2022
- Mapping as a tool to envision gender equitable small scale fisheries policy change in Tanzania awarded by National Geographic Society 2018 - 2021
- Leveraging Knowledge and Information to Reposition Mexico as a Social Fisheries Governance Innovator and Design a Pilot Program to Strengthen Fisheries Organizations awarded by Walton Family Foundation 2020 - 2021
- Develop a Work Plan to Strengthen the Governance of Fishing Organizations in Mexico awarded by David & Lucile Packard Foundation 2018 - 2021
- hilanthropic Legacies: Understanding the Role of Foundations in Marine Conservation Governance awarded by Colorado State University 2019 - 2020
- Developing a methodology and data quality protocols to enable global SSF databases contribute to the implementation of the SSF Guidelines awarded by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2010 - 2020
- CNH: Adaptive capacity and resilience of small-scale fisheries to environmental and economic variability in Mexico's Gulf of California awarded by University of Maine 2016 - 2018
- National Assessment of Cooperatives in Mexico awarded by Comunidad y Biodiversidad 2016 - 2018
- Developing a cost-effective strategy to scale up reform of small scale fisheries awarded by World Wildlife Fund 2017 - 2018
- Hidden Harvests 2 Study Next Steps awarded by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2017
- Small Scale Fisheries Assessment awarded by Oak Foundation 2016 - 2017
- Facilitating Food Sovereignty and Multi-Scale Comcaac Social-Ecological Resilience awarded by Christensen Fund 2014 - 2016
- Decision Risk Management awarded by University of Colorado - Denver 2011 - 2015
- Incorporating biological and social indicators of MPAs to official monitoring protocols in Mexico awarded by Walton Family Foundation 2013 - 2014
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Le Cornu, E., R. L. Gruby, J. E. Blackwatters, A. Enrici, X. Basurto, and M. Betsill. “Conceptualizing responsible exits in conservation philanthropy.” Conservation Science and Practice, January 1, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12868.Full Text
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Quintana, Anastasia, Xavier Basurto, Salvador Rodriguez Van Dyck, and Amy Hudson Weaver. “Political making of more-than-fishers through their involvement in ecological monitoring of protected areas.” Biodiversity and Conservation. 29, no. 14 (December 2022): 3899–3923. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-02055-w.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Tigchelaar, M., J. Leape, F. Micheli, E. H. Allison, X. Basurto, A. Bennett, S. R. Bush, et al. “The vital roles of blue foods in the global food system.” Global Food Security 33 (June 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100637.Full Text
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Arantes, Caroline C., Leandro Castello, Xavier Basurto, Nicole Angeli, Aby Sene-Haper, and David G. McGrath. “Institutional effects on ecological outcomes of community-based management of fisheries in the Amazon.” Ambio 51, no. 3 (March 2022): 678–90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01575-1.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Jiménez, I., and X. Basurto. “An organizational framework for effective conservation organizations.” Biological Conservation 267 (March 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109471.Full Text
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Pisor, A. C., X. Basurto, K. G. Douglass, K. J. Mach, E. Ready, J. M. Tylianakis, A. Hazel, et al. “Effective climate change adaptation means supporting community autonomy.” Nature Climate Change 12, no. 3 (March 1, 2022): 213–15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01303-x.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Blackwatters, J. E., M. Betsill, A. Enrici, E. Le Cornu, X. Basurto, and R. L. Gruby. “More than funders: The roles of philanthropic foundations in marine conservation governance.” Conservation Science and Practice, January 1, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12829.Full Text
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Simmance, Fiona A., Gianluigi Nico, Simon Funge-Smith, Xavier Basurto, Nicole Franz, Shwu J. Teoh, Kendra A. Byrd, et al. “Proximity to small-scale inland and coastal fisheries is associated with improved income and food security.” Communications Earth & Environment 3, no. 1 (January 2022): 174. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00496-5.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Gruby, R. L., A. Enrici, M. Betsill, E. Le Cornu, and X. Basurto. “Opening the black box of conservation philanthropy: A co-produced research agenda on private foundations in marine conservation.” Marine Policy 132 (October 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104645.Full Text
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Short, Rebecca E., Stefan Gelcich, David C. Little, Fiorenza Micheli, Edward H. Allison, Xavier Basurto, Ben Belton, et al. “Author Correction: Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems.” Nature Food 2, no. 10 (October 2021): 828. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00396-5.Full Text
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Sumaila, U Rashid, Daniel J. Skerritt, Anna Schuhbauer, Sebastian Villasante, Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Hussain Sinan, Duncan Burnside, et al. “WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 374, no. 6567 (October 2021): 544. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm1680.Full Text
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Short, Rebecca E., Stefan Gelcich, David C. Little, Fiorenza Micheli, Edward H. Allison, Xavier Basurto, Ben Belton, et al. “Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems.” Nature Food 2, no. 9 (September 2021): 733–41. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00363-0.Full Text
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Schlüter, M., E. Lindkvist, and X. Basurto. “The interplay between top-down interventions and bottom-up self-organization shapes opportunities for transforming self-governance in small-scale fisheries.” Marine Policy 128 (June 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104485.Full Text
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Quintana, A. C. E., A. Giron-Nava, S. Urmy, A. N. Cramer, S. Domínguez-Sánchez, S. Rodríguez-Van Dyck, O. Aburto-Oropeza, X. Basurto, and A. H. Weaver. “Positive Social-Ecological Feedbacks in Community-Based Conservation.” Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (May 26, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.652318.Full Text
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Hamilton, J., X. Basurto, H. Smith, and J. Virdin. “How does the World Bank shape global environmental governance agendas for coasts? 50 years of small-scale fisheries aid reveals paradigm shifts over time.” Global Environmental Change 68 (May 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102246.Full Text
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Gonzalez-Mon, B., Ö. Bodin, E. Lindkvist, T. H. Frawley, A. Giron-Nava, X. Basurto, M. Nenadovic, and M. Schlüter. “Spatial diversification as a mechanism to adapt to environmental changes in small-scale fisheries.” Environmental Science and Policy 116 (February 1, 2021): 246–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.11.006.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Smith, H., A. Garcia Lozano, D. Baker, H. Blondin, J. Hamilton, J. Choi, X. Basurto, and B. Silliman. “Ecology and the science of small-scale fisheries: A synthetic review of research effort for the Anthropocene.” Biological Conservation 254 (February 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108895.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Méndez-Medina, C., A. García-Lozano, A. H. Weaver, S. R. VAN DYCK, M. Tercero, M. Nenadovic, and X. Basurto. “Understanding collective action from mexican fishers’ discourses: How fishers articulate the need for the state support and self-governance capabilities.” International Journal of the Commons 15, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 395–413. https://doi.org/10.5334/IJC.1127.Full Text
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Nowlin, M., A. Bennett, X. Basurto, J. Virdin, X. Lin, S. Betances, M. Smith, and S. Roady. “Recognize Fish as Food in Policy Discourse and Development Funding.” Ambio 50, no. 5 (2021): 981–89.Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Quintana, A. C. E., and X. Basurto. “Community-based conservation strategies to end open access: The case of Fish Refuges in Mexico.” Conservation Science and Practice 3, no. 1 (January 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.283.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Méndez-Medina, C., B. Schmook, X. Basurto, S. Fulton, and A. Espinoza-Tenorio. “Achieving coordination of decentralized fisheries governance through collaborative arrangements: A case study of the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve in Mexico.” Marine Policy 117 (July 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103939.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Lindkvist, E., N. Wijermans, T. M. Daw, B. Gonzalez-Mon, A. Giron-Nava, A. F. Johnson, I. van Putten, X. Basurto, and M. Schlüter. “Navigating Complexities: Agent-Based Modeling to Support Research, Governance, and Management in Small-Scale Fisheries.” Frontiers in Marine Science 6 (January 17, 2020). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00733.Full Text
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Basurto, Xavier, Abigail Bennett, Emilie Lindkvist, and Maja Schlüter. “Governing the commons beyond harvesting: An empirical illustration from fishing.” Plos One 15, no. 4 (January 2020): e0231575. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231575.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Smith, H., X. Basurto, L. Campbell, and A. G. Lozano. “Rethinking scale in the commons by unsettling old assumptions and asking new scale questions.” International Journal of the Commons 14, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 714–29. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1041.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Siegelman, B., N. Haenn, and X. Basurto. ““Lies build trust”: Social capital, masculinity, and community-based resource management in a Mexican fishery.” World Development 123 (November 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.05.031.Full Text Open Access Copy
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González-Mon, B., Ö. Bodin, B. Crona, M. Nenadovic, and X. Basurto. “Small-scale fish buyers' trade networks reveal diverse actor types and differential adaptive capacities.” Ecological Economics 164 (October 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.05.018.Full Text Open Access Copy
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García Lozano, A., H. Smith, and X. Basurto. “Weaving governance narratives: discourses of climate change, cooperatives, and small-scale fisheries in Mexico.” Maritime Studies 18, no. 1 (April 1, 2019): 77–89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40152-018-0125-5.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Smith, Hillary, Sergio Marrocoli, Alejandro Garcia Lozano, and Xavier Basurto. “Hunting for common ground between wildlife governance and commons scholarship.” Conservation Biology : The Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology 33, no. 1 (February 2019): 9–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13200.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Smith, H., and X. Basurto. “Defining small-scale fisheries and examining the role of science in shaping perceptions of who and what counts: A systematic review.” Frontiers in Marine Science 6, no. May (January 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.236.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Bennett, A., and X. Basurto. “Local Institutional Responses to Global Market Pressures: The Sea Cucumber Trade in Yucatán, Mexico.” World Development 102 (February 1, 2018): 57–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.09.006.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Breslow, Sara Jo, Margaret Allen, Danielle Holstein, Brit Sojka, Raz Barnea, X. Basurto, Courtney Carothers, et al. “Evaluating indicators of human well-being for ecosystem-based management.” Ecosystem Health and Sustainability 3, no. 12 (December 19, 2017): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/20964129.2017.1411767.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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ASWANI, S. H. A. N. K. A. R., X. A. V. I. E. R. BASURTO, S. E. B. A. S. T. I. A. N. FERSE, M. A. R. I. O. N. GLASER, L. I. S. A. CAMPBELL, J. O. S. H. U. A. E. CINNER, T. R. A. C. E. Y. DALTON, et al. “Marine resource management and conservation in the Anthropocene.” Environmental Conservation, November 2, 2017, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892917000431.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto, X. “Basurto's Final Word.” Edited by Linwood Pendleton. Ices Journal of Marine Science, August 31, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsx134.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto, Xavier. “Linking MPA effectiveness to the future of local rural fishing societies.” Edited by Linwood Pendleton. Ices Journal of Marine Science, August 31, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsx075.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Basurto, Xavier. “Counterpoint to Obura.” Edited by Linwood Pendleton. Ices Journal of Marine Science, August 31, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsx142.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Charnley, S., C. Carothers, T. Satterfield, A. Levine, M. R. Poe, K. Norman, J. Donatuto, et al. “Evaluating the best available social science for natural resource management decision-making.” Environmental Science and Policy 73 (July 1, 2017): 80–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2017.04.002.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Mascia, Michael B., Helen E. Fox, Louise Glew, Gabby N. Ahmadia, Arun Agrawal, Megan Barnes, Xavier Basurto, et al. “A novel framework for analyzing conservation impacts: evaluation, theory, and marine protected areas.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1399, no. 1 (July 2017): 93–115. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13428.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Gill, David A., Michael B. Mascia, Gabby N. Ahmadia, Louise Glew, Sarah E. Lester, Megan Barnes, Ian Craigie, et al. “Capacity shortfalls hinder the performance of marine protected areas globally.” Nature 543, no. 7647 (March 2017): 665–69. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature21708.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto, X., Takafumi Yokoyama, and Akiko Ikeguchi. “A Tsunami is Coming!.” Samudra Report 76 (2017): 4–7.Link to Item
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Lindkvist, Emilie, Xavier Basurto, and Maja Schlüter. “Micro-level explanations for emergent patterns of self-governance arrangements in small-scale fisheries-A modeling approach.” Plos One 12, no. 4 (January 2017): e0175532. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175532.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Breslow, S. J., B. Sojka, R. Barnea, X. Basurto, C. Carothers, S. Charnley, S. Coulthard, et al. “Conceptualizing and operationalizing human wellbeing for ecosystem assessment and management.” Environmental Science and Policy 66 (December 1, 2016): 250–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06.023.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Nenadović, M., X. Basurto, and A. H. Weaver. “Contribution of Subsidies and Participatory Governance to Fishers’ Adaptive Capacity.” Journal of Environment and Development 25, no. 4 (December 1, 2016): 426–54. https://doi.org/10.1177/1070496516670448.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto, Xavier. “Finding Order Amid Complex Small-Scale Fisheries Self-Governance Arrangements,” November 20, 2016.Link to Item
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Campbell, L. M., N. J. Gray, L. Fairbanks, J. J. Silver, R. L. Gruby, B. A. Dubik, and X. Basurto. “Global Oceans Governance: New and Emerging Issues.” Annual Review of Environment and Resources 41 (October 17, 2016): 517–43. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-102014-021121.Full Text
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Bolton, A. E., B. A. Dubik, J. S. Stoll, and X. Basurto. “Describing the diversity of community supported fishery programs in North America.” Marine Policy 66 (April 1, 2016): 21–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.01.007.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Hicks, Christina C., Arielle Levine, Arun Agrawal, Xavier Basurto, Sara J. Breslow, Courtney Carothers, Susan Charnley, et al. “SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY. Engage key social concepts for sustainability.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 352, no. 6281 (April 2016): 38–40. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad4977.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Crona, B. I., X. Basurto, D. Squires, S. Gelcich, T. M. Daw, A. Khan, E. Havice, et al. “Towards a typology of interactions between small-scale fisheries and global seafood trade.” Marine Policy 65 (March 1, 2016): 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.11.016.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto, Xavier, Esther Blanco, Mateja Nenadovic, and Björn Vollan. “Integrating simultaneous prosocial and antisocial behavior into theories of collective action.” Science Advances 2, no. 3 (March 2016): e1501220. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501220.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Lopez-Calderon, Jorge M., Rafael Riosmena-Rodríguez, Jorge Torre, Alf Meling, and Xavier Basurto. “Zostera marina meadows from the Gulf of California: conservation status.” Biodiversity and Conservation. 25, no. 2 (February 2016): 261–73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-016-1045-6.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Carter, D. P., C. M. Weible, S. N. Siddiki, and X. Basurto. “Integrating core concepts from the institutional analysis and development framework for the systematic analysis of policy designs: An illustration from the US National Organic Program regulation.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 28, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 159–85. https://doi.org/10.1177/0951629815603494.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Leslie, Heather M., Xavier Basurto, Mateja Nenadovic, Leila Sievanen, Kyle C. Cavanaugh, Juan José Cota-Nieto, Brad E. Erisman, et al. “Operationalizing the social-ecological systems framework to assess sustainability.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112, no. 19 (May 2015): 5979–84. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1414640112.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Heenehan, H., X. Basurto, L. Bejder, J. Tyne, J. E. S. Higham, and D. W. Johnston. “Using Ostrom's common-pool resource theory to build toward an integrated ecosystem-based sustainable cetacean tourism system in Hawai`i.” Journal of Sustainable Tourism 23, no. 4 (April 21, 2015): 536–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2014.986490.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Finkbeiner, E. M., and X. Basurto. “Re-defining co-management to facilitate small-scale fisheries reform: An illustration from northwest Mexico.” Marine Policy 51 (January 1, 2015): 433–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.10.010.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto, X., S. Gelcich, and E. Ostrom. “The social-ecological system framework as a knowledge classificatory system for benthic small-scale fisheries.” Global Environmental Change 23, no. 6 (December 1, 2013): 1366–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.08.001.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Duer-Balkind, M., K. R. Jacobs, B. Güneralp, and X. Basurto. “Resilience, social-ecological rules, and environmental variability in a two-species artisanal fishery.” Ecology and Society 18, no. 4 (December 1, 2013). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05751-180450.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Gruby, R. L., and X. Basurto. “Multi-level governance for large marine commons: Politics and polycentricity in Palau's protected area network.” Environmental Science and Policy 33 (November 1, 2013): 260–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2013.06.006.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Russell, R., A. D. Guerry, P. Balvanera, R. K. Gould, X. Basurto, K. M. A. Chan, S. Klain, J. Levine, and J. Tam. “Humans and nature: How knowing and experiencing nature affect well-being.” Annual Review of Environment and Resources 38 (October 1, 2013): 473–502. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-012312-110838.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Satz, Debra, Rachelle K. Gould, Kai M. A. Chan, Anne Guerry, Bryan Norton, Terre Satterfield, Benjamin S. Halpern, et al. “The challenges of incorporating cultural ecosystem services into environmental assessment.” Ambio 42, no. 6 (October 2013): 675–84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-013-0386-6.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Kittinger, J. N., E. M. Finkbeiner, N. C. Ban, K. Broad, M. H. Carr, J. E. Cinner, S. Gelcich, et al. “Emerging frontiers in social-ecological systems research for sustainability of small-scale fisheries.” Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 5, no. 3–4 (September 1, 2013): 352–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2013.06.008.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto, X. “Bureaucratic barriers limit local participatory governance in protected areas in Costa Rica.” Conservation and Society 11, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 16–28. https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-4923.110942.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto, X., S. Gelcich, and E. Ostrom. “The social-ecological system framework as a knowledge classificatory system for benthic small-scale fisheries.” Global Environmental Change, 2013.Open Access Copy
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Basurto, X., A. Bennett, A. H. Weaver, S. R. V. Dyck, and J. S. Aceves-Bueno. “Cooperative and noncooperative strategies for small-scale fisheries' self-governance in the globalization era: Implications for conservation.” Ecology and Society 18, no. 4 (2013). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05673-180438.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto, Xavier, and Ignacio Jiménez-Pérez. “Institutional Arrangements for Adaptive Governance of Biodiversity Conservation: The Experience of the Area de Conservación de Guanacaste, Costa Rica.” Journal of Latin American Geography 12, no. 1 (2013): 111–34. https://doi.org/10.1353/lag.2013.0007.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Cinner, J. E., M. A. MacNeil, X. Basurto, and S. Gelcich. “Looking beyond the fisheries crisis: Cumulative learning from small-scale fisheries through diagnostic approaches.” Global Environmental Change 23, no. 6 (2013): 1359–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.11.001.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto, X., A. Cinti, L. Bourillón, M. Rojo, J. Torre, and H. H. Weaver. “The Emergence of Access Controls in Small-Scale Fishing Commons: A Comparative Analysis of Individual Licenses and Common Property-Rights in Two Mexican Communities.” Human Ecology 40, no. 4 (August 1, 2012): 597–609. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-012-9508-1.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Chan, K. M. A., A. D. Guerry, P. Balvanera, S. Klain, T. Satterfield, X. Basurto, A. Bostrom, et al. “Where are cultural and social in ecosystem services? A framework for constructive engagement.” Bioscience 62, no. 8 (August 1, 2012): 744–56. https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2012.62.8.7.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Siddiki, S., X. Basurto, and C. M. Weible. “Using the institutional grammar tool to understand regulatory compliance: The case of Colorado aquaculture.” Regulation and Governance 6, no. 2 (June 1, 2012): 167–88. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-5991.2012.01132.x.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto, X., and J. Speer. “Structuring the Calibration of Qualitative Data as Sets for Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA).” Field Methods 24, no. 2 (May 1, 2012): 155–74. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X11433998.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto, X., and M. Nenadovic. “A systematic approach to studying fisheries governance.” Global Policy 3, no. 2 (May 1, 2012): 222–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-5899.2011.00094.x.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Cinner, J. E., X. Basurto, P. Fidelman, J. Kuange, R. Lahari, and A. Mukminin. “Institutional designs of customary fisheries management arrangements in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Mexico.” Marine Policy 36, no. 1 (January 1, 2012): 278–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2011.06.005.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Fox, H. E., M. B. Mascia, X. Basurto, A. Costa, L. Glew, D. Heinemann, L. B. Karrer, et al. “Reexamining the science of marine protected areas: Linking knowledge to action.” Conservation Letters 5, no. 1 (January 1, 2012): 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00207.x.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Ostrom, E., and X. Basurto. “Crafting analytical tools to study institutional change.” Journal of Institutional Economics 7, no. 3 (September 1, 2011): 317–43. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744137410000305.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Siddiki, S., C. M. Weible, X. Basurto, and J. Calanni. “Dissecting Policy Designs: An Application of the Institutional Grammar Tool.” Policy Studies Journal 39, no. 1 (February 1, 2011): 79–103. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2010.00397.x.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto Xavier, G. M. “Analyzing Protected Area Bureaucratic Institutions to Understand Barriers to Local Participation in Biodiversity Conservation: The Costa Rican Example (Accepted).” Conservation and Society, 2011.Open Access Copy
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Basurto, X., and E. Coleman. “Institutional and ecological interplay for successful self-governance of community-based fisheries.” Ecological Economics 69, no. 5 (March 15, 2010): 1094–1103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.12.001.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Fleischman, F. D., K. Boenning, G. A. Garcia-Lopez, S. Mincey, M. Schmitt-Harsh, K. Daedlow, M. C. Lopez, X. Basurto, B. Fischer, and E. Ostrom. “Disturbance, response, and persistence in self-organized forested communities: Analysis of robustness and resilience in five communities in Southern Indiana.” Ecology and Society 15, no. 4 (January 1, 2010). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03512-150409.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto, X., G. Kingsley, K. McQueen, M. Smith, and C. M. Weible. “A systematic approach to institutional analysis: Applying Crawford and Ostrom's grammar.” Political Research Quarterly 63, no. 3 (January 1, 2010): 523–37. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912909334430.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Bueno, N., and X. Basurto. “Resilience and collapse of artisanal fisheries: A system dynamics analysis of a shellfish fishery in the Gulf of California, Mexico.” Sustainability Science 4, no. 2 (October 29, 2009): 139–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-009-0087-z.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Cudney-Bueno, Richard, and Xavier Basurto. “Lack of cross-scale linkages reduces robustness of community-based fisheries management.” Plos One 4, no. 7 (July 2009): e6253. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006253.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto, X, Elinor, and Elinor Ostrom. “The Core Challenges of Moving Beyond Garrett Hardin.” Journal of Natural Resources and Policy Research 1, no. 3 (2009): 255–59.Open Access Copy
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Basurto, X, X., and Elinor Ostrom. “Beyond the Tragedy of the Commons.” Economia Delle Fonti Di Energia E Dell’Ambiente 52, no. 1 (2009): 35–60.Open Access Copy
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Altrichter, M., and X. Basurto. “Effects of land privatisation on the use of common-pool resources of varying mobility in the Argentine Chaco.” Conservation and Society 6, no. 2 (January 1, 2008): 154–65. https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-4923.49209.Full Text
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Altrichter, Mariana, and Xavier Basurto. “Mobility of Common-Pool Resources and Privatization of Land Tenure in the Argentine Semi-Arid Chaco.” Conservation and Society 6, no. 2 (2008): 154–65.Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Basurto, X. “Biological and ecological mechanisms supporting marine self-governance: The Seri Callo de Hacha Fishery in Mexico.” Ecology and Society 13, no. 2 (January 1, 2008). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02587-130220.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Basurto, X. “Commercial diving and the Callo de Hacha fishery in Seri territory.” Journal of the Southwest 48, no. 2 (December 1, 2006): 189–209.Open Access Copy
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Basurto, X. “How locally designed access and use controls can prevent the tragedy of the commons in a Mexican small-scale fishing community.” Society and Natural Resources 18, no. 7 (August 1, 2005): 643–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920590959631.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Ostrom, Elinor, and Xavier Basurto. “The Evolution of Institutions: Toward a New Methodology (Accepted).” Ssrn Electronic Journal, n.d. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1934360.Full Text
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Book Sections
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Pahl-Wostl, C., X. Basurto, and S. Villamayor-Tomas. “Comparative case study analysis.” In The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems, 282–94, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003021339-24.Full Text
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Basurto, X., and A. G. Lozano. “Commoning and the commons as more-than-resources: A historical perspective on Comcaac or Seri fishing.” In Making Commons Dynamic: Understanding Change Through Commonisation and Decommonisation, 167–90, 2021.
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Basurto, X., and E. Ostrom. “Beyond the tragedy of the commons.” In Green Planet Blues: Critical Perspectives on Global Environmental Politics, 53–67, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429493744.Full Text
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Basurto, X., E. Blanco, M. Nenadović, and B. Vollan. “Marine Conservation as Complex Cooperative and Competitive Human Interactions.” In Conservation for the Anthropocene Ocean: Interdisciplinary Science in Support of Nature and People, 307–32, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-805375-1.00015-5.Full Text
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Reports
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Virdin, John, Abigail Bennett, Xavier Basurto, Pawan Patil, Kristin Kleisner, and Doug Rader. “Contribution of Fisheries to Food and Nutrition Security: Current Knowledge, Policy, and Research.” Contribution of Fisheries to Food and Nutrition Security: Current Knowledge, Policy, and Research. Duke University Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, April 14, 2018.Link to Item
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Basurto, X., Nicole Franz, David Mills, John Virdin, and Lena Westlund. “Improving our knowledge on small-scale fisheries: data needs and methodologies.” Rome, Italy, June 29, 2017.Link to Item
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Basurto, X., John Virdin, Hillary Smith, and Ryan Juskus. “Strengthening Governance of Small-Scale Fisheries: An Initial Assessment of Theory and Practice.,” 2017.Link to Item
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Artistic Works & Non-Print Media
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Films
- At the Edge. Director. 2015
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- ENVIRON 393A: Research Independent Study 2023
- ENVIRON 528SA: Community-Based Marine Conservation 2023
- ENVIRON 593: Independent Studies and Projects 2023
- ENVIRON 899: Master's Project 2023
- MARSCI 528SA: Community-Based Marine Conservation 2023
- ENVIRON 393A: Research Independent Study 2022
- ENVIRON 528SA: Community-Based Marine Conservation 2022
- ENVIRON 593: Independent Studies and Projects 2022
- ENVIRON 899: Master's Project 2022
- ENVIRON 997: Duke Environmental Leadership: Independent Studies and Projects 2022
- ENVIRON 999: Duke Environmental Leadership: Master's Project 2022
- MARSCI 528SA: Community-Based Marine Conservation 2022
- ENVIRON 393A: Research Independent Study 2021
- ENVIRON 528SA: Community-Based Marine Conservation 2021
- ENVIRON 593: Independent Studies and Projects 2021
- ENVIRON 887A: Theory and Methods for Policy Analysis of the Commons 2021
- ENVIRON 899: Master's Project 2021
- ENVIRON 997: Duke Environmental Leadership: Independent Studies and Projects 2021
- ENVIRON 999: Duke Environmental Leadership: Master's Project 2021
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