Margaret Hinrichs

Assistant Research Professor, Sch Complex Adaptive Systems

Assistant Research Professor, School of Complex Adaptive Systems

Senior Global Futures Scientist, Global Futures Scientists and Scholars

mhinrich@asu.edu

Mail code: 2701

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Dr. Margaret Hinrichs is an Asisstant Research Professor in the School of Complex Adaptive Systems and the Associate Director of Decision Science at the Knowledge Exchange for Resilience. She is also the Convergence and Facilitation Lead at ASU's Decision Theater and serves on its senior leadership team. She studies the inclusion of diverse communities and stakeholder organizations in decision making processes, particularly through the use of data informatics and models as boundary objects. Her research leads to recommendations for harnessing the natural complexity of diverse groups and interests for inclusive, community-centered convergence research.

Dr. Hinrichs is a co-editor of the Knowledge Exchange Playbook to Build Resilience.

Education

2016 PhD, Organizational Communication, Arizona State University

2012 MA, Communication, Saint Louis University

2010 BJ, Journalism, University of Missouri

Research Group

The Center for Smart Cities and Regions (CenSCR)

Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network (URExSRN)

The Decision Theater Network

Sustainable Urban Futures (SurF) Lab

Publications

Hinrichs, Margaret M. and Patricia Solís (Editors). (2021). A Knowledge Exchange Playbook to Build Resilience. Tempe: Knowledge Exchange for Resilience, Arizona State University. Washington, D.C.: Global Council for Science and the Environment. https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.160839

Hinrichs, M. M. & Johnston, E. W. (2020). The creation of inclusive governance infrastructures through participatory agenda setting. European Journal of Futures Research, 8(1), 1-15.

Pine, K. H., Hinrichs, M. M., Wang, J., Lewis, D., & Johnston, E. W. (2020). For impactful community engagement: Check your role. Communications of the ACM, 63(7), 26-28.

Hinrichs, M. M., Seager, T. P., Tracy, S. J., & Hannah, M.A. (2017). Innovation in the knowledge age: Implications for collaborative science. Environment, Systems and Decisions, 37, 144-155.

Tracy, S.J., & Hinrichs, M.M. (2018). Phronetic iterative data analysis. The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. ICA/Wiley-Blackwell: West Sussex, UK.

Tracy, S.J., & Hinrichs, M.M. (2018). Big tent criteria for qualitative quality. The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods. ICA/Wiley-Blackwell: West Sussex, UK.

Seager, T.P., & Hinrichs, M.M. (2017). Technology and science: Innovation at the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology. Environment, Systems and Decisions, 37, 105-107.

Research Activity

Complexity and Decision Making in the Wild: Stories and Lessons Learned from the Field

Decision support systems are essential to supporting transitions to just, equitable, sustainable futures. Despite calls for the inclusion of diverse communities and stakeholder organizations in decision-making processes, collaborators often struggle to communicate and share knowledge across methodological, political and interpersonal boundaries. This talk highlights stories and lessons learned over the course of several community-centered projects based out of ASU's Decision Theater. Recommendations for harnessing the natural complexity of diverse groups and interests for inclusive, community-centered convergence research are included in the Playbook to Build Resilience recently published by the Knowledge Exchange for Resilience at ASU.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA3gb6fGZIA

Courses

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
CAS 593	Applied Project

Honors / Awards

2015 Jeanne Lind Herberger Fellowship in Communication

2013 Doctoral Student Service Award

Expertise Areas

Collaborative Decision Making

Community Partnerships

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Organizational Communication

Science Communication

Teams