Cheryl de Boer, Researcher

Name: Cheryl de Boer

E-mail: c.l.deboer@utwente.nl

Telephone: +31 53 489 4553

Fax: +31 53 489 4850

Room: Ravelijn 3123

Cheryl de Boer (1978) holds a Bachelor of Engineering and Management and a Master of Engineering and Public Policy both from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. The focus of her Masters degree was on the Implementation of International Environmental Agreements related to Mitigating Climate Change.

She has worked both as an Engineer with Siemens Canada, as a Research Assistant on Transboundary Water Governance at McMaster University and as a Public Servant dealing with Stormwater Management for the City of Hamilton.

Cheryl began working at the CSTM in September of 2008 on her PhD focusing on International Water Policy Comparisons between North America and the EU. Her research focuses on the different characteristics of regimes that enable local level stream restoration projects to be successful in contributing to a sustainable water resource. In addition she is working on the ISBP+ project as well as the international project team entitled New Rurality. The ISBP+ project deals with Dynamic multifunctional systems, adaptive strategies and flexible regimes” (DAF). The New Rurality project work is in conjunction with an international research term interested in the multifunctional land uses and effects on the sustainability of rural land development.

While in Hamilton, Cheryl was also very involved as the Vice President of the Bay Area Restoration Council, a local Non-profit Organisation formed in 1991 and tasked with restoring and protecting Hamilton Harbour and its watershed. BARC works with stakeholders to create a multi-use Harbour that balances vibrant and diverse ecosystems with opportunities for public recreation along a bay that is the economic engine of the region.

Research Interests

Selected Publications

Boer, Cheryl de, and Hans Bressers (2010), New rurality: The Netherlands country screening, Report New Rurality project ANR-08-STRA-09, Enschede: University of Twente, pp. 1-137.

Boer, Cheryl de, and Hans Bressers (2010), “Inter-regime” Effects on Local Stream Restoration Projects. ISEE Conference Paper: Sustainability in Time of Crisis. Bremen-Oldenburg August 22-25 2010

Krantzberg, G., de Boer, C., (June 2008) A Valuation of Ecological Services in the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin with an Emphasis on Canada American Water Work Association Journal, Volume 100, Number 6

Krantzberg, G., Manno, J., and de Boer, C., (June 2007) Great Lakes St. Lawrence River Governance: Report on the EXPERT Workshop Report presented to the Joyce Foundation synthesizing the results of the June 13 and 14 2007 Expert workshop on Great Lakes St, Lawrence River Governance convened in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.