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Environmental Sociology

Environmental Sociology

We are a network of scholars with expertise on the social dimensions of environmental problems and conflicts. Members conduct research on a diverse range of issues related to climate change, disasters, and natural resources to uncover the social relations, practices, identities, and power dynamics that contour relationships between people and the environment.

Ways to communicate within the cluster:

Research cluster co-chairs: Ken Caine and Tyler Bateman
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Resources

Here are few resources in environmental sociology or related research areas. To suggest a resource, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Journals

Special issues on the environment

Select professional associations

International Sociological Association: Research Committee 24: Environment and Society. Includes a list of Associations of Environmental Sociology around the world. Also includes an extensive list of journals that have published on environment and society.
American Sociological Association: Environment & Technology Section. Includes a list of US Graduate Programs in Environmental Sociology and Environmental Studies. Also includes an extensive list of journals that have published on environment and society.

Canadian sociology graduate programs with an environmental concentration

Memorial University – Department of Sociology: specialization in environmental sociology
University of Alberta – Department of Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology: specialization in food, agriculture, the environment, and natural resource management
University of British Columbia – Department of Sociology: specialization in “Environment, Community and Social Movements”

Member Profiles

Discover Canadian Environmental Sociology researchers and their research. Join the conversation to meet more researchers!

Member	Affiliation	Research Interests	Learn More
Jules M. BACON	Ph.D Grinnell College	Decolonial & anti-colonial praxis, emotions, environmental justice, armed conflict and the environment, social movements	Personal Website
Shaun BARTONE	Ph.D. Candidate, New Brunswick	Ecological sociology; complexity, chaos and systems theory; networks and communities; social movements and culture; urban planning; gender, feminist and queer theory.	Academia
Tyler J. BATEMAN	Ph.D Candidate, University of Toronto	Abolitionist Environmentalism; Environmental Education; Environmental Stewardship; Mixed Methods; Narrative Sociology; Relational Sociology	Personal Website
Christine BEAUDOIN	Assistant Professor at Université de l'Ontario français	Social-ecological perspectives, environmental (co-)governance, conservation of biodiversity, relationship with non-humans, relational sociology, science studies.	LinkedIn
Evalyna BOGDAN	Ph.D, York University	Environmental sociology, disasters & crises community engagement, food & agriculture	Personal Website
Gary BOWDAN	Ph.D, University of New Brunswick	Energy issues, climate change, policies, ecological sociology	Academic Profile
Ken CAINE	Ph.D, University of Alberta	Environmental Sociology; Environmental governance; Power and the environment; Natural resource management; Critical Institutionalism	Academic Profile
Max CHEWINSKI	Ph.D Candidate, University of British Columbia	Environmental politics and justice	Personal Website
Debra J. DAVIDSON	Ph.D, University of Alberta	Climate change impacts and adaptation; social responses to climate change; fossil fuels politics; transitions in energy; food systems	Academic Profile
Fedor DOKSHIN	Ph.D, University of Toronto	Energy and the environment; organizations and social networks; computational social science; political sociology	Personal Website
Rezvaneh ERFANI	PhD Candidate, University of Alberta	Environmental Justice, Climate Activism, Ecofeminism, Gender and Environment, Political Ecology, Democracy and the Environment	Personal Website
Randolph HALUZA-DELAY	Ph.D	Environmental justice; sustainability transitions; environmental education; religion and ecology; outdoor recreation; environmental racism	Academia
Myra HIRD	Ph.D, Queen's University	Waste; settler colonialism; governance; circular economy; recycling	Personal Website
Steve G. HOFFMAN	Ph.D, University of Toronto	Social and sociological theory; science and technology studies; comparative ethnography; disaster studies; organizational sociology; cultural sociology	Personal Website
Md Saidul ISLAM	Ph.D, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore	Environmental sociology; development studies; food and agriculture	Academic Profile
Josée JOHNSTON	Ph.D, University of Toronto	Food; consumer culture; gender; critical theory; sustainability	Personal Website
Emily HUDDART KENNEDY	Ph.D, University of British Columbia	Environmental sociology; Sociology of consumption; Sustainable and green consumption; Civic engagement; Food; Gender	Academic Profile
Yasmin KOOP-MONTEIRO	Ph.D Candidate, University of British Columbia	Social network analysis, social movements, environmental sociology, animal studies, social capital	Academic Profile
Angeline M LETOURNEAU	Ph.D, University of Alberta	Gender and the environment; energy systems; climate change; denial identity; agri-Food systems; rural sociology	Personal Website
Norah MACKENDRICK	Ph.D, Rutgers University	Environmental health;gender; food; consumers and consumption; risk	Personal Website
Raymond MURPHY	Emeritus Professor, University of Ottawa	Environmental sociology; fossil fuels	Research Gate
John PARKINGS	Ph.D, University of Alberta	Renewable energy; energy transition; social impact assessment; citizen engagement; sustainable agriculture; forest management	Academic Profile
JP SAPINSKI	Ph.D, Université de Moncton	Corporations and the environment; Climate politics; Energy politics; Political ecology; Ecofeminism; Social network analysis	ResearchGate
Nicholas SCOTT	Ph.D, Simon Fraser University	Everyday cycling; sustainable mobilities; interspecies mobility justice; political ecologies; ecological common good	Personal Website
Lisa Y. SEILER	PhD Candidate, York University	Environmental sociology, climate change, environmental movements, communications, environmental policy, actor-network theory, mixed methods, survey research, computational social science	Academic Profile
Stephanie SODERO	Ph.D, University of Manchester	Climate change, mobility and health	Personal Website
Mark CJ STODDART	Ph.D, Memorial University	Climate change; oil and gas; tourism; environmental movements; environmental communication; environmental governance	Academia
Brody TROTTIER	Ph.D Student, University of Toronto	Critical social theory; political economy; political ecology; risk; critical animal studies
Anelyse WEILER	Ph.D University of Victoria	Food and agriculture; migrant workers; political ecology; food and farm workers; food security; environmental justice	Academic Profile