Walter Lepore

Associate faculty

Leadership Studies
Environment & Sustainability

Walter Lepore is an experienced scholar specialized in applied policy evaluation, organizational design and analysis, social-ecological systems and environmental governance. He has a record of successful research funding and publications on mainstream topics in public administration, social-ecological sustainability, multi-stakeholder engagement, and community-university research partnerships. His current postdoctoral research is focused on the complex relationships among political, social, economic and environmental issues affecting coastal communities, and the incorporation of traditional and scientific ecological knowledge into governance and co-management of protected areas.

Experience

From 2006 to 2010, Lepore was an associate professor at the Division of Public Administration of Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico. Since 2014, he has been the research coordinator of the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education. In 2019, Lepore started a two-year post-doctoral research project at Royal Roads University under the supervision of Dr. Leslie King (SES). Lepore is also a co-founder of the Salish Sea Training Hub, a formal partnership between the University of Victoria, the Victoria Foundation and the Victoria Native Friendship Centre, which provides training in community-based research and Indigenous research methodologies.

Education

2018
PhD in Public Administration

University of Victoria

2018
Certificate in Community Based Research (Mentor Training Program)

University of Victoria and Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), India

2004
Master in Public Administration and Policy

Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico

2001
Bachelor in Economics

Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT), Argentina

Publications

Lepore, W. (2018). Government attention on wicked problems. University of Victoria. Available at https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/10447

Hall, B., Lepore, W. & Bhatt, N. (2018). The community-based university. In C. D Wang, M. Sirat, D. A. Razak (eds.), Higher Education in Malaysia. A Critical Review of the Past and Present for the Future, pp. 164-177. Pulau Pinang: Penerbit University Sains Malaysia.

Hall, B., Bhatt, N. & Lepore, W. (2017). Curriculum, Higher Education, and the Public Good. In F. X. Grau, J. Goddard, B. Hall, E. Hazelkorn, R. Tandon (eds.), Higher Education in the World 6. Towards a Socially Responsible University: Balancing the Global with the Local, First edition, pp. 236-245. Girona: Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi).

Tremblay, C., Singh, W. & Lepore, W. (2017). Mutual Learning and Empowering Support: Networks and Balance between Local and Global Demands. In F. X. Grau, J. Goddard, B. Hall, E. Hazelkorn, R. Tandon (eds.), Higher Education in the World 6. Towards a Socially Responsible University: Balancing the Global with the Local, First edition, pp. 391-401. Girona: Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi).

Tandon, R., Hall, B., Lepore, W. & Singh, W. (Eds.) (2016). Knowledge & Engagement: Building Capacity for the Next Generation of Community Based Researchers. New Delhi: Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA).

Tandon, R., Hall, B., Lepore, W. & Singh, W. (Eds.) (2016). Training the Next Generation of Community Based Researchers. A Guide for Trainers. PRIA and University of Victoria.    

Hall, B., Tandon, R., Lepore, W., Singh, W., Easby, A. & Tremblay, C. (2016). Theoretical Pedagogical Framework for Community-Based Research.  In R. Tandon, B. Hall, W. Lepore and W. Singh (eds.), Knowledge & Engagement: Building Capacity for the Next Generation of Community Based Researchers, pp. 7-39. New Delhi: PRIA.

Lepore, W. (2016). Global Survey on Training Community-Based Research in Higher Education Institutions and Civil Society Organizations. In R. Tandon, B. Hall, W. Lepore and W. Singh (eds.), Knowledge & Engagement: Building Capacity for the Next Generation of Community Based Researchers, pp. 40-53. New Delhi: PRIA.

Tandon R., Hall, B., Lepore, W. & Singh, W. (2016). Conclusions. In R. Tandon, B. Hall, W. Lepore and W. Singh (eds.), Knowledge & Engagement: Building Capacity for the Next Generation of Community Based Researchers, pp. 288-298. New Delhi: PRIA.

Lepore, W., Tandon, R. & Hall, B. (2016). The Next Gen project: A global study on training, teaching and learning community-based research (CBR). Proceedings of the 35th CASAE/ACÉÉA Annual Conference, May 29-31, 2016, University of Calgary, Canada, pp. 191-197.

Lepore, W. & Herrero, M. A. (2015). It Takes Two to Tango: Community-University Research Partnerships in Argentina. In B. Hall, R. Tandon, C. Tremblay (eds.), Strengthening Community University Research Partnerships: Global Perspectives, pp. 53-72. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria.

Arellano, D., Hernández, J. & Lepore, W. (2015). Systemic Corruption: Limits and Challenges of Anti-Corruption Agencies. The case of Argentina (in Spanish). Revista del CLAD Reforma y Democracia, no. 61, pp. 77-106.

D. Arellano, W. Lepore, E. Zamudio & F. Blanco (2012). Performance Evaluation Systems for Public Organizations (in Spanish). Mexico City: CIDE.

Arellano, D. & Lepore, W. (2012). University-Firm linkage: an organizational perspective (in Spanish). In S. Cárdenas et al. (eds.), La difícil vinculación universidad-empresa en México. ¿Hacia la construcción de la triple hélice?, pp. 143-178. Mexico City: CIDE.

Arellano, D., Lepore, W. & Aguilar, I. (2012). The sanctions mechanism in the Mexican federal government 2005-2008: an empirical approach (in Spanish). In D. Arellano (coord.), ¿Podemos reducir la corrupción en Mexico? Límites y posibilidades de los instrumentos a nuestro alcance, pp. 49-76.  Mexico City: CIDE.

Arellano, D., Zamudio, L., Lepore, W. & Aguilar, I. (2012). Controlling conflicts of interest: organizational mechanisms and lessons for Mexico (in Spanish). In D. Arellano (coord.), ¿Podemos reducir la corrupción en Mexico? Límites y posibilidades de los instrumentos a nuestro alcance, pp. 77-106.  Mexico City: CIDE.

Arellano, D., Lepore, W. & Aguilar, I. (2012). Administrative sanctions as anti-corruption mechanism: the case of Mexico at federal level, 2005-2008 (in Spanish). Revista de Gestión Pública, vol. I, no. 2, , pp. 189-216.

Mariscal, J. & Lepore, W. (2012). Innovations in the use of information and communication technologies to reduce poverty: the case of Mexico (in Spanish). Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Project document.  Available at: http://www.eclac.cl/publicaciones/xml/1/45951/Doc_W463.pdf, pp. 7-23.