Michael Brklacich
Chancellor’s Professor and Associate Dean
Geography and Environmental Studies
Carleton University
Canada
Biography
Mike joined Carleton’s Department of Geography and Environmental Studies (DGES) in 1992 and was the DGES Chair from 2006-2012. His appointment as a Chancellor’s Professor in July 2014 was in recognition by his Carleton colleagues of the “outstanding merit with substantial international impact” of his long-term contributions to human dimensions of global environmental change. He was educated at Trent University (BSc in Geography in 1976), University of Guelph (MA in Geography in 1980) and the University of Waterloo (PhD in Geography in 1986). Prior to joining Carleton, Mike was a research scientist with Agriculture Canada.
Research Interest
Human Dimensions of Environmental Change including Coupled Human-Environment Systems, Global Environmental Change and Human Security, Agricultural Adaptation to Environmental Change), Food Security, Climatic Change Impacts and Adaptations, and Environmental Policy.
Publications
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Oborsteiner, M., Stafford Smith, M., Hiepe, C., Brklacich, M. and Rudder, W. 2010 Green Food Systems for 9 Billion. In Ingram, J., Ericksen P. and Liverman, D. (eds) 2010, Food Security and Global Environmental Change, Earthscan, Washington (pp. 301-317).
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Fast, S., Brklacich, M. and Saner, M. 2011 A Geography-Based Critique of New US Biofuels Regulations Global Conservation Biology: Bioenergy doi:101111/j.1757-1707-2011.01131.x (First published on-line on 17 Oct 2011)
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M Ngo & M Brklacich (2013) New Farmers’ Efforts to Create A Sense of Place in Rural Communities: Insights from Southern Ontario, Canada Journal of Agriculture and Human Values doi:10.1007/s10460-013-9447-5 (First published on-line in May 2013)
