@article{barry_landreville_blackwood_yard_noble_kuzma_2026, title={Experiences with household mold and perceptions of microbiome engineering to mitigate mold}, volume={1}, DOI={10.3389/fpubh.2026.1725172}, abstractNote={Mold is experienced by Eastern NC residents not only as a biological contaminant but as a lived, socio-environmental challenge shaped by health, housing, and financial vulnerabilities. Participants in this study indicated serious health concerns related to mold, including after specific events such as large storms and flooding. Acceptance of microbiome-engineering solutions will depend on building trust, addressing equity, and ensuring accessibility. By bridging environmental science, social science, and residents' lived experiences, policies and technologies can more effectively strengthen resilience against one of the most persistent risks in the built environment.}, journal={Frontiers in Public Health}, author={Barry, Nourou and Landreville, Kristen D. and Blackwood, Denene and Yard, Jada K. and Noble, Rachel and Kuzma, Jennifer}, year={2026}, month={Jan} }
 @article{grieger_barry_bourne_deviney_elser_scholz_jones_2025, title={Engaging stakeholders in phosphorus sustainability: Challenges, lessons learned, and implications for addressing other wicked problems}, volume={13}, url={https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2024.00060}, DOI={10.1525/elementa.2024.00060}, abstractNote={To address wicked problems, particularly in sustainability, interdisciplinary solutions that bridge science and society are essential. These solutions inevitably require the involvement of diverse stakeholders. However, the field of stakeholder engagement includes a wide range of approaches, and there is no universally agreed-upon set of standard practices for engagement, particularly in wicked problem contexts. This article addresses this gap by connecting scientific knowledge on stakeholder engagement with an exploration of its challenges, drawing from both the broader literature and the authors’ own experiences in sustainability contexts. In particular, this article first identifies and briefly reviews 6 key steps and best practices for stakeholder engagement, and then discusses challenges and lessons learned from engaging stakeholders in the context of phosphorus sustainability largely within U.S. contexts. Phosphorus sustainability is a valuable case study due to its vital role in supporting global agriculture and societal functioning, while also contributing to environmental challenges caused by excess runoff, among other issues. Reflecting on both best practices and our own experiences, we identify 3 key challenges to engaging stakeholders in phosphorus sustainability: (i) managing the inherent tensions between breadth and depth of engagement, (ii) difficulties in evaluating the collective impact of engagement, and (iii) building sufficient capacity in carrying out engagement. To address these limitations, we highlight lessons we have learned in our own engagement efforts and provide recommendations for future research on stakeholder engagement, particularly in the context of wicked sustainability problems.}, number={1}, journal={Elementa Science of the Anthropocene}, author={Grieger, Khara and Barry, Nourou and Bourne, Kim and Deviney, Alison and Elser, James J. and Scholz, Matt and Jones, Jacob L.}, year={2025}, month={Jan} }
 @article{barry_barnhill_johnson_2025, title={Exploring experts’ uncertainties about gene drive technology for agricultural pest control in the U.S.: a qualitative study to inform innovation and decision-making}, DOI={10.1007/s10669-025-10051-0}, abstractNote={Abstract As experts consider what it might look like for gene drives to manage agricultural pests, there remain several uncertainties across a broad range of issues, including technical, ecological, regulatory, and social implications. Drawing on 25 expert interviews, we parse out these uncertainties and the potential for Adaptive Management to help guide development, deployment, and governance of gene drives for invasive agricultural pest management. Adaptive Management emerged specifically to attend to uncertainties in complex social-ecological systems, prescribing collective learning and responsiveness to stakeholder feedback to effectively reach management goals. Thus, Adaptive Management provides clear direction on how to account for and make decisions in the face of considerable uncertainties surrounding these gene drive tools. We also give some attention to the ways in which the uncertainties that are specific to agricultural applications are somewhat distinct from or consistent with global discourse around gene drive development across sectors.}, journal={Environment Systems & Decisions}, author={Barry, Nourou and Barnhill, S. Kathleen and Johnson, Branden B.}, year={2025}, month={Sep} }