The Ecosystem Workforce Program (EWP) is an applied social science and ecological science research program at the University of Oregon. We partner with natural resource managers, policymakers, and other practitioners to provide original research, monitoring, and communication products that help promote resilience of landscapes and communities. 

We make scholarly and practical contributions to the work of federal, state, and county government agencies, non-governmental, and community based organizations. We provide a wide variety of services including data collection, management, and analyses, literature scoping and syntheses, and scientific expertise. We employ research methods that span multiple disciplines.

To support our partners and communicate findings, we produce technical reports, briefing papers, fact sheets, infographics, guides, and peer-reviewed publications. Our approach to research and monitoring is well suited to tackling complex problems in wildland fire policy and management, collaborative natural resource governance, cross-boundary landscape restoration, rural economic development, and land use. 

Key OSU Partners

Emily Jane Davis, Associate Professor, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University