Who we are

Interdisciplinary, Passionate, and Attuned

The Environmental Science in Society's research team is made up of an array of scholars with diverse academic and professional backgrounds. Our training spans the natural sciences (forestry, invasive species, fisheries, climate change mitigation, and adaptation) as well as the social sciences (political science, geography, Indigenous and settler studies). These different backgrounds bring unique insight and analysis to the contemporary problems of environmental governance.

Regardless of the particular lens through which we approach our research, all of us have a passionate commitment to better understanding the complex and dynamic relationships between science and society in order to address our most pressing environmental issues.

Click on the meshwork members below to learn more about our particular research interests, publications, and how to stay connected.

Nicole Klenk

Educator, researcher, collaborator, supervisor

Associate Professor, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough

N. Gadfly Stratton

Ph.D. Candidate

Research interest in aquatic invasive species, Great Lakes, risk perception and management

Raúl Salas Reyes

Ph.D. Candidate

Research interest in international climate change governance, common but differentiated responsibility, norm contestation.

Miriam Castillo Orozco

Ph.D. Student

Research interest in Indigenous epistemologies, reconciliation, forest governance in Latin America

Ambika Tenneti

Ph.D. Candidate

Research interest in recent immigrant engagement in the urban forest.

Jessie Armstrong

MSc. Environmental Sciences

Research interest in connecting Indigenous and Western science-based knowledge, Indigenous resurgence and place-based stewardship.

Zachary Johner

M.A. Geography

Research interest in what knowledge tree planting affords and how such knowledge informs forest management.

Gabriela Massip Figueredo

Documentary film producer, M.A. Geography

Research interest in the different kinds of knowledge that environmental documentary film making affords.

Kateline To

Research Assistant

Kateline is a research assistant who is currently involved in SAIL pedagogy and Back to the Land (ESTB03) projects. She studied Environmental science, biology, linguistics, and received a Sustainability Scholar Certificate from the University of Toronto. Kateline also has experience as a seamstress and in various other fibre crafts. She is eager to learn more about natural fibres, ways we can use them, and learn from them.

Former Lab Members

Doctoral students and Post-Doctoral Fellows

Valerie Berseth, Post-Doctoral Fellow 2021-2023. Perceptions of risk related to genomic science applications.

Brian Pentz, PhD Environmental Sciences 2022. On the role of resource epistemology and epistemic tensions as explainers of fisheries management outcomes.

Jennifer Taylor, PhD Geography 2022. Wind energy, environmental governance, knowledge politics.

Masters students

Caroline Lou, M.A 2024. Geography and Planning. Assessing Exemplar Case-Based Ethics Training for Research with Indigenous Communities.

Christine Song, M.Env.Sc. 2020. Indigenous engagement and participation in fisheries research

Clarissa Costa, M.Env.Sc. 2020. Covid19 science-media-policy

Kerronia Thomas, M.Env.Sc. 2020. Covid19 science-media-policy

Sandip Cruz, M.Env.Sc. 2020. Covid19 science-media-policy

Andrew Morgan, M.A. Geography 2017. The everyday evaluations of public participation by urban planners

Andrea Reyes Chejin, M.Env.Sc 2017. Ecuador’s tuna fisheries in a changing climate

Rashique Khandker, M.Env.Sc. 2016. Analysis of residential building code enforcement policies in Canada

Dragos Flueraru, M.Env.Sc. 2015. An experimentalist approach to climate change adaptation in New Brunswick

Surbhji Jain, M.Env.Sc. 2014. Governance networks in Rouge National Park

Undergraduate students

Graham Horrocks, B.Sc. 2019

Geniffer Emmanuelm B.A. 2019

Kiana Bonnick, B.Sc. 2018

Teresa Gomes, B.A. 2017

Kerry Thompson, B.A. 2015

Alexandra Mirella B.A. 2015