Patricia Gober

Biography

Patricia Gober is professor of Public Policy in the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan and research professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University. At ASU she directed the National Science Foundation’s Decision Center for a Desert City which studies water management decisions in the face of climatic uncertainty in Phoenix and currently is affiliated faculty in the Global Institute for Water Security at the University of Saskatchewan. Her current activities center on climate adaptation and water resources management in the USA and Canada. She is especially interested in the use of science and visualization for real-world decision-making. Gober is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was awarded the Prince Sultan Abdulaziz International Price for Water in 2008. She is currently co-chair of the USA’s National Climate Assessment Adaptation and Hazards Indicators Team.

Research Interest

Water resource management Climate adaptation Vulnerability to hazards Global water problems