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: Lisa Seiler and Tyler Bateman
- Sign up for our low traffic email listserv for up to date information on our activities
- Send website updates to Yasmin Koop-Monteiro
- Follow us on Twitter
- Join us on Discord
- Join the weekly writing group
We look forward to hearing from you!
Conference Sessions
Resources
Here are few resources in environmental sociology or related research areas. To suggest a resource, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Journals
- Capitalism, Nature Socialism
- Environment and Planning D
- Environmental Politics
- Environmental Sociology
- Extractive Industries and Society
- Global Environmental Change
- Human Ecology Review
- Local Environment
- Nature and Culture
- Organization and Environment
- Rural Sociology
- Society & Natural Resources
- Sociologia Ruralis
Special issues on the environment
- American Behavioral Scientist 66:9 (2022): Beyond the State: Movements, Culture and Environmental Politics
- American Behavioral Scientist 63:8 (2019): Environmental and Animal Defense
- Environmental Politics 30:1-2 (2021): Trajectories in Environmental Politics: 30th Anniversary Special Issue
- Environmental Sociology 7:2 (2021): Race and the Environment
- Environmental Sociology 3:2 (2017): Why Environmental Exposures?
- Environmental Sociology 2:4 (2016): Conceptual Innovation in Environmental Sociology
- Sociological Perspectives 62:5 (2019): Special Issue: Civic Responses to Environmental Issues: How Culture Matters
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 | |
|---|---|
| Jules M. BACON | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D Grinnell College |
| Research Interests | Decolonial & anti-colonial praxis, emotions, environmental justice, armed conflict and the environment, social movements |
| Learn More | Personal Website |
| Shaun BARTONE | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D. Candidate, New Brunswick |
| Research Interests | Ecological sociology; complexity, chaos and systems theory; networks and communities; social movements and culture; urban planning; gender, feminist and queer theory. |
| Learn More | Academia |
| Tyler J. BATEMAN | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D Candidate, University of Toronto |
| Research Interests | Abolitionist Environmentalism; Environmental Education; Environmental Stewardship; Mixed Methods; Narrative Sociology; Relational Sociology |
| Learn More | |
| Christine BEAUDOIN | |
| Affiliation | Assistant Professor at Université de l'Ontario français |
| Research Interests | Social-ecological perspectives, environmental (co-)governance, conservation of biodiversity, relationship with non-humans, relational sociology, science studies. |
| Learn More | |
| Evalyna BOGDAN | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, York University |
| Research Interests | Environmental sociology, disasters & crises community engagement, food & agriculture |
| Learn More | Personal Website |
| Gary BOWDAN | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, University of New Brunswick |
| Research Interests | Energy issues, climate change, policies, ecological sociology |
| Learn More | Academic Profile |
| Ken CAINE | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, University of Alberta |
| Research Interests | Environmental Sociology; Environmental governance; Power and the environment; Natural resource management; Critical Institutionalism |
| Learn More | Academic Profile |
| Max CHEWINSKI | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D Candidate, University of British Columbia |
| Research Interests | Environmental politics and justice |
| Learn More | Personal Website |
| Debra J. DAVIDSON | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, University of Alberta |
| Research Interests | Climate change impacts and adaptation; social responses to climate change; fossil fuels politics; transitions in energy; food systems |
| Learn More | Academic Profile |
| Fedor DOKSHIN | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, University of Toronto |
| Research Interests | Energy and the environment; organizations and social networks; computational social science; political sociology |
| Learn More | Personal Website |
| Rezvaneh ERFANI | |
| Affiliation | PhD Candidate, University of Alberta |
| Research Interests | Environmental Justice, Climate Activism, Ecofeminism, Gender and Environment, Political Ecology, Democracy and the Environment |
| Learn More | Personal Website |
| Randolph HALUZA-DELAY | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D |
| Research Interests | Environmental justice; sustainability transitions; environmental education; religion and ecology; outdoor recreation; environmental racism |
| Learn More | Academia |
| Myra HIRD | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, Queen's University |
| Research Interests | Waste; settler colonialism; governance; circular economy; recycling |
| Learn More | Personal Website |
| Steve G. HOFFMAN | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, University of Toronto |
| Research Interests | Social and sociological theory; science and technology studies; comparative ethnography; disaster studies; organizational sociology; cultural sociology |
| Learn More | Personal Website |
| Md Saidul ISLAM | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore |
| Research Interests | Environmental sociology; development studies; food and agriculture |
| Learn More | Academic Profile |
| Josée JOHNSTON | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, University of Toronto |
| Research Interests | Food; consumer culture; gender; critical theory; sustainability |
| Learn More | Personal Website |
| Emily HUDDART KENNEDY | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, University of British Columbia |
| Research Interests | Environmental sociology; Sociology of consumption; Sustainable and green consumption; Civic engagement; Food; Gender |
| Learn More | Academic Profile |
| Yasmin KOOP-MONTEIRO | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D Candidate, University of British Columbia |
| Research Interests | Social network analysis, social movements, environmental sociology, animal studies, social capital |
| Learn More | Academic Profile |
| Angeline M LETOURNEAU | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, University of Alberta |
| Research Interests | Gender and the environment; energy systems; climate change; denial identity; agri-Food systems; rural sociology |
| Learn More | Personal Website |
| Norah MACKENDRICK | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, Rutgers University |
| Research Interests | Environmental health;gender; food; consumers and consumption; risk |
| Learn More | Personal Website |
| Raymond MURPHY | |
| Affiliation | Emeritus Professor, University of Ottawa |
| Research Interests | Environmental sociology; fossil fuels |
| Learn More | Research Gate |
| John PARKINGS | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, University of Alberta |
| Research Interests | Renewable energy; energy transition; social impact assessment; citizen engagement; sustainable agriculture; forest management |
| Learn More | Academic Profile |
| JP SAPINSKI | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, Université de Moncton |
| Research Interests | Corporations and the environment; Climate politics; Energy politics; Political ecology; Ecofeminism; Social network analysis |
| Learn More | ResearchGate |
| Nicholas SCOTT | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, Simon Fraser University |
| Research Interests | Everyday cycling; sustainable mobilities; interspecies mobility justice; political ecologies; ecological common good |
| Learn More | Personal Website |
| Lisa Y. SEILER | |
| Affiliation | PhD Candidate, York University |
| Research Interests | Environmental sociology, climate change, environmental movements, communications, environmental policy, actor-network theory, mixed methods, survey research, computational social science |
| Learn More | Academic Profile |
| Stephanie SODERO | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, University of Manchester |
| Research Interests | Climate change, mobility and health |
| Learn More | Personal Website |
| Mark CJ STODDART | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D, Memorial University |
| Research Interests | Climate change; oil and gas; tourism; environmental movements; environmental communication; environmental governance |
| Learn More | Academia |
| Brody TROTTIER | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D Student, University of Toronto |
| Research Interests | Critical social theory; political economy; political ecology; risk; critical animal studies |
| Learn More | |
| Anelyse WEILER | |
| Affiliation | Ph.D University of Victoria |
| Research Interests | Food and agriculture; migrant workers; political ecology; food and farm workers; food security; environmental justice |
| Learn More | Academic Profile |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| 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 |