Susan Mulley has initiated several major new research projects in the field of coupled human and natural systems including projects on food security/urban agriculture, water conserving behavior and perceptions of low-water use landscapes, wildland-urban interface and rural-urban interface issues, social justice and the landscape of the Coachella Valley, and vernacular knowledge and public-participatory GIS. In addition, she has initiated several publically-engaged scholarship projects including partnerships with Trust for Public Lands on the Ventura River Parkway and the Marks Ranch Historic Rancho; the State Coastal Conservancy on the Ormond Beach Wetland Restoration and Access Plan and the Santa Clara River Access Plan; the City of Escondido on the Escondido Creek Vision Plan; and the Santiago Creek Conservancy on the Santiago Creek Access Plan.
