Dr. Lorelei Hanson
Associate Professor & Academic Coordinator, Enviro
Humanities & Social Sciences
Athabasca University
Canada
Biography
Lorelei Hanson joined Athabacsa University (AU) in 2002, working initially as a MA-IS tutor for Researching Society and Culture. She assumed a full-time position with AU in 2004, initially as a coordinator for both Environmental Studies and Human Geography. She now focuses her energies solely on coordinating Environmental Studies. As an active researcher with the five-year SSHRC-funded research project Alberta Climate Dialogue (ABCD): Deliberative Democracy and Climate Change in Alberta and Beyond, she has been publishing research examining the efficacy of public engagement processes in seeding effective social change, be this in relation to food or climate change. Her recent publications also include articles on rural community sustainability and conservation land trusts. Additional projects she is undertaking include the role of permaculture in enhancing community resilience, and the environmental history of women in the conservation movement
Research Interest
Sustainable urban food strategies Democratic deliberation and climate change Land trusts and sustainable rural communities Environmental history
Publications
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Beckie, M.A., Hanson L.L. & Schrader, D. (2013). Farms or freeways? Citizen engagement and municipal governance in Edmonton’s food and agriculture strategy development. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development [on-line] http://dx.doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2013.041.004
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Hanson, L.L. (2012). Exploring the Processes and Perceptions of Citizen Engagement: An Analysis of Public Input in the Development of a Municipal Environmental Sustainability Plan, The International Journal of Sustainability Policy and Practice, 8 (2): 85-96.
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Ryan, S. Hanson, L.L. & Gismondi, M. (2014). Landscape-Scale Prioritization Process for Private Land Conservation in Alberta, Human Ecology - An Interdisciplinary Journal, 42, 1: 103-114.
