Dr J.M. Ford (Judith)

Judith Ford

Judith Ford joined the Amsterdam School of International Business (AMSIB) in August 2021 as a lecturer and researcher in leadership, cross-cultural management and sustainability. Her teaching related courses to first, second- and fourth-year bachelor students, as well as supervising graduating students through their internships and theses, draws from twenty years of international communication, marketing, strategic and sustainability planning work in the high tech and experiential design industries. She coordinates the first year course on Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability, collaborated with AMSIB colleagues to create a minor focused on Changemaking, and in July presented the first round findings from a PUMP-PRME-funded research project on Sustainable Leadership for Climate Resilience in the Northern Temperate Atlantic Bioregion .

Dr. Ford's interdisciplinary PhD research within the Athena Institute for Science and Society at the Vrije Universiteit looked at how an institutionalised western worldview has shaped the concept of climate change - limiting the range of solutions deemed viable to address it - and how regional resilience can be built upon the unique assets of place. She is an experienced designer and facilitator of pan-sector collaborations around social and environmental issues. Following her PhD defence, she conducted a three year fellowship in Sustainability and Resilience with the Center for Environmental Inquiry at Sonoma State University, the results of which were outlined in the chapter for Palgrave, “Building a Better Ark: The Potential of Engaging Cultural Thought Leaders and Addressing Power Differential in Authentic, Community-Driven Resilience Planning”. Her concurrent work within the Wine Business Institute research team on organisational trust and resilience in the face of natural disaster resulted in multiple academic and trade articles and presentations, impacting policies within the Sonoma and Napa Valley wine industry. She holds a BA in Communication from California State University, Northridge and an International MBA from the University of San Diego.

Publications

Building a Better Ark
Ford, J. M. (2022). Building a Better Ark: The Potential of Engaging Cultural Thought Leaders and Addressing Power Differential in Authentic, Community-Driven Resilience Planning. In The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies: Volumes 1-2 (Vol. 2, pp. 1691-1708). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42462-6_118
Building a Better Ark: The Potential of Engaging Cultural Thought Leaders and Addressing Power Differential in Authentic, Community-Driven Resilience Planning
Ford, J. M. (2021). Building a Better Ark: The Potential of Engaging Cultural Thought Leaders and Addressing Power Differential in Authentic, Community-Driven Resilience Planning. In R. C. Brears (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies (pp. 1-19). (Springer Reference Earth & Environm. Science Reference Module Physical and Materials Science). Palgrave Macmillan . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32811-5_118-1
US Wine Industry Preparedness For Unforeseen Crises And Disasters: An Empirical Test
Gilinsky Jr. , A., Sen, A., Ford, J., Canavati de la Torre, S., & Newton (2020). US Wine Industry Preparedness For Unforeseen Crises And Disasters: An Empirical Test. Wine Economics and Policy, 9(1), 5-18. https://doi.org/10.14601/web-8054
An exploratory investigation into strategic resilience in the US wine industry
Gilinsky Jr, A., Ford, J., Newton, S. K., & Brown, D. (2020). An exploratory investigation into strategic resilience in the US wine industry. Journal of Wine Research, 31(1), 35-48. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571264.2020.1723068
Are All Hands on Deck in the Face of Crisis & Natural Disaster?
Gilinsky Jr. , A., Ford, J., Canavati , S., Sen, A., Newton, S., & Brown, D. (2019). Are All Hands on Deck in the Face of Crisis & Natural Disaster? An Empirical Investigation into Organizational Trust, Strategic Response and Resilience in the U.S. Wine Industry. 1-13. Paper presented at Western Academy of Management 2019 Conference: 60th Annual Meeting, Rohnert Park, United States.
An Exploratory Study of Strategic Preparedness in the U.S. Wine Industry
Gilinsky Jr. , A., Canavati de la Torre, S., Ford, J., Sen, A., Newton, S. K., & Brown, D. (2018). An Exploratory Study of Strategic Preparedness in the U.S. Wine Industry. Journal of Business Management and Change, Winter(2018), 55-70. https://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1574538
Climate Change as Metaphor & Catalyst
Ford, J. M. (2015). Climate Change as Metaphor & Catalyst: The Deeper Meaning and Potential of an Environmental Crisis. [Research external, graduation external, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Athena Instituut]. CPI-KONINKLIJKE WÖHRMANN B.V. https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/climate-change-as-metaphor-amp-catalyst-the-deeper-meaning-amp-po
Worldviews and Climate Change
Ford, J. M. (2011). Worldviews and Climate Change: Harnessing Universal Motivators to Enable an Effective Response. In W. Leal Filho (Ed.), The Economic, Social and Political Elements of Climate Change (pp. 175-192). (Business and Economics Economics and Finance (R0)). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14776-0_12
The role of culture in climate change policy making
Ford, J. M. (2008). The role of culture in climate change policy making: Appealing to universal motivators to address a universal crisis. In A. Carvalho (Ed.), Communicating Climate Change: Discourses, Mediations and Perceptions (pp. 73-96). Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Universidade do Minho..

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