Publications and Conference Papers

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Van Assche, K., Gruezmacher, M., Vodden, K., & Lowery, B. (in press). Reimagining resources and community development: Lessons from Newfoundland & Labrador. Under contract with Routledge.
  • Slawinski, N., Lowery, B., Seto, A., Stoddart, M., & Vodden, K. (2023). Revitalizing PLACE through social enterprise: Lessons in building community resilience from Newfoundland and Labrador and beyond. Memorial University Press: https://memorialuniversitypress.ca/Books/R/Revitalizing-PLACE-through-Social-Enterprise
  • Lowery, B., Cranston, J., Lavers, C., May, R., Pilgrim, R., & Simmonds, J. (2021). Harnessing the power of stories for rural sustainability: Reflections on community-based research on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research & Engagement, 14(2), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.5130/ijcre.v14i2.7766
  • Lowery, B., Dagevos, J., Chuenpagdee, R., & Vodden, K. (2020). Storytelling for sustainable development in rural communities: An alternative approach. Sustainable Development, 28(6), 1813-1826. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2124
  • Lowery, B., Dagevos, J., & Vodden, K. (2020). Goal-driven or data-driven? Inventory of sustainability indicator initiatives in rural Canada. Sustainability, 12(20), 1-35. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12208601
  • Stoddart, M., Catano, G., Ramos, H., Vodden, K., Lowery, B., & Butters, L. (2019). Collaboration gaps and regional tourism networks in rural coastal communities. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 28(4), 625-645. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2019.1694526
  • Devlin, J. & Lowery, B. (2019). Environmental policy: What are the options? In Routledge Handbook of Comparative Rural Policy, Vittuari, M., Devlin, J., Pagani, M., & Johnson, T. (pp. 237-248). London: Routledge.

Conference Presentations

  • American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting: “Conserving Fishes and Fishing Traditions through Knowledge Co-production”, Honolulu, Hawai’i (2024).
  • North Atlantic Forum: “Sustainable Livelihoods: Regenerating Integrated Development through innovative communities”, Letterfrack, Ireland (2024).
  • International Small Islands Studies Association Conference: “Islands: Nature and Culture”, Zadar, Croatia (2022).
  • International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement Virtual Conference: Plenary Panel on Power in Engaged Scholarship, virtual (2021).
  • Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation Annual Conference (CRRF): “Creating Inclusive Economies: Building Bridges Between Public, Private & Civil Society Sectors”, virtual (2021).
  • CRRF Annual Conference: “Sustainable Communities”, St. John’s, NL, Canada (2019).
  • Centre for Maritime Research (MARE): “People and the Sea Conference: Learning from the Past, Imagining the Future”, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2019).
  • World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress: “Transdisciplinarity and Transformation for the Future of Small-Scale Fisheries”, Chiang Mai, Thailand (2018).
  • CRRF Annual Conference: “Health & Shared Prosperity”, Saskatoon, SK, Canada (2018).
  • Small Adaptive Cities Conference, St. John’s, NL, Canada (2017).
  • CRRF Annual Conference: “Different by Design”, Nelson, BC, Canada (2017).
  • Community Indicators Consortium Symposium, Winnipeg, MB, Canada (2017).
  • CRRF Annual Conference: “Building Vibrant Rural Futures”, Guelph, ON (2016).
  • Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Conference, Halifax, NS (2016).
  • Canadian Association of Planning Students National Conference, Vancouver, BC (2012).