PRESENTED BY: Dr. Lori Bradford, Assistant Professor, Ron and Jane Graham School of Professional Development, College of Engineering, and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
While the goal might be to maximize the use of evidence in policymaking, policy-makers themselves are human and succumb to the “background flux of emotions, inadequate information and the everpresent tides of social pressure” (R. Harre). As a result, policy-makers can disregard scale (where the action is), and bias (disproportionate weight or inclination towards someone or something) for multilevel policymaking for water policy in Indigenous communities. Uncertainty and the problems of scale and bias, can be reduced when evidence is supplied in a variety of media so both our rational and irrational thinking around water policy is harnessed.
Dr. Bradford’s primary research interests are examining how social psychological forces influence policy and practices related to water and wastewater in Indigenous and rural communities. Her methodological expertise assists her to gain more complete understanding of complex environmental problems where contention arises between individual goals and social group pressures for water management. She also explores how access to safe drinking water and social determinants of health are interrelated.
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