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Steven L. Yaffee serves as Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning at the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), where his work centers on collaborative decision-making for complex environmental challenges and ecosystem-scale conservation strategies.
His academic journey includes a PhD in Environmental Policy and Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, complemented by an MS in Natural Resource Policy and BS in Resource Planning and Conservation from the University of Michigan.
Professor Yaffee's research pioneers collaborative governance frameworks for:
- Landscape-scale conservation and sustainable natural resource management
- Marine and coastal ecosystem protection through ecosystem-based approaches
- Biodiversity policy implementation on public lands
- Energy transition governance and stakeholder negotiation
His publication trajectory reveals a three-decade evolution from foundational works on collaborative natural resource management toward contemporary marine ecosystem governance, consistently emphasizing stakeholder engagement, institutional innovation, and practical implementation pathways across diverse ecological contexts.
Yaffee directs the Ecosystem Management Initiative at SEAS, leading externally funded research projects including the California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative (Resources Legacy Fund Foundation, 2013-2017), Kinship Fellows Program evaluation (Kinship Foundation, 2014-2016), and Packard Foundation-supported marine ecosystem management case studies (2008-2013), demonstrating sustained impact on conservation practice.
As an educator, he develops skill-based curricula in political analysis, negotiation, and mediation through courses like NRE 562: Environmental Policy, preparing next-generation practitioners for complex sustainability challenges while maintaining active engagement with conservation media and policy discourse through outlets like MIT Technology Review.
