Previous or Completed Research

Landscapes of Resilience

Landscapes of Resilience, funded by TKF Foundation, researched in Joplin, MO and Queens, NY: Exploring How Nature Can Influence and Strengthen Restoration in Times of Crisis.

 

 

 

Returning Warriors Outdoor Recreation, Restoration, and Resilience Study

 

REWORRRS: USDA-NIFA funded Returning Warriors Outdoor Recreation, Restoration, and Resilience Study. This qualitative study documents the proliferation of outdoor recreation and restoration activities in the US as both an aid in transition from combatant to civilian, and as a therapeutic modality.  A focus of the study is a dataset of interviews with combat wounded veterans while engaged in outdoor recreation, and analysis via multiple methods.

 

Military Research Centers Summit

Organized by USC Social Work Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families, Dr. Tidball of SPEAR4  Cornell is collaborating with Dr. Gary Wynn of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University  to better understand outdoor recreation and restoration activities for veterans and military families in the context of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM).

ADK Warrior

“Taking the Cure” in the Adirondacks: Place Attachment, Outdoor Recreation, and Therapeutic Outcomes for Veterans.

USDA-NIFA Federal Capacity Funds – Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) such as outdoor recreation produces therapeutic benefits for veterans with PTSD, TBI, & social adjustment issues. Roles of place & setting w/in CAM have been unstudied as a component of effectiveness for veterans. We will investigate the Adirondacks as a place/setting for Cam to determine the importance of place & place attachment for veteran healing.

UK/US Collaboration on Veteran Reintegration Through Recreation & Restoration (project complete)

Dr. Tidball of SPEAR4 has recently been named a Senior Visiting Scholar at the University of Bath to work with colleagues in the UK to research linkages between outdoor recreation and restoration programs conducted in the US and the UK for veterans and military families. Efforts are underway to secure funding for this research collaboration. Partners in the UK include the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and Help for Heroes and in the US include Sierra Club Outdoors and Project Healing Waters.

 

Greening in the Red Zone

Greening in the Red Zone is an initiative that asserts that creation and access to green spaces confers resilience and recovery in systems disrupted by violent conflict or disaster. Multiple publications provide evidence for this assertion through cases and examples. Read more.