Brian M. Belcher is a Canadian sustainability researcher at Royal Roads University and former Canada Research Chair in Sustainability Research Effectiveness.
Belcher holds a BSc in ecology from the University of Winnipeg, a Master of Natural Resources Management degree from the University of Manitoba, and a PhD (completed from 1992 to 1997) in forestry from the University of Minnesota. From 1989 to 1997, Belcher was employed at the International Development Research Centre; for the next decade, Belcher worked as a scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research in Bogor, Indonesia. He joined Royal Roads University in 2007. [1] [2]
In fall of 2013, Belcher was named Canada Research Chair in Sustainability Research Effectiveness, a Tier 1 chair funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. [3] He served a seven-year term in his chair, [4] during which time he studied the effectiveness and impact of research in the social sciences. [5] From October through December 2015, he was a fellow of the Institute of Advanced Study at Durham University. [6] Belcher was appointed Ashoka Research Chair in 2019, [4] receiving funding from Ashoka Canada to continue his research. [7]
At Royal Roads University, Belcher is a professor in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies and directs the Sustainability Research Effectiveness program. [8] [9]
