UBC Forestry wishes to congratulate Dr. Shannon Hagerman on being awarded a 2023 UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship!
About Shannon
Shannon’s research focuses on the interconnected themes of conservation and social-ecological change, exploring the diverse ways in which individuals learn, value, and interact with the non-human environment. Her research and teaching interests lie in human behavioural, institutional, and policy elements of managing social-ecological systems (SES) in a rapidly changing world. As an interdisciplinary social scientist, Shannon’s work plays a key role in advancing knowledge about society and natural societies within the forestry sector, providing insights for meaningful and ethically addressing societal challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss. As an award-winning teacher and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Forestry, she is also training the next generation of forestry researchers.
About the UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship
Every year, six UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships are provided from the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies established through a bequest from the late Dorothy J. Killam. These annual fellowships are intended to support exceptional early career researchers (within 15 years of PhD) across all disciplines who have the potential for significant impact in their field of scholarship and are ready to launch the next stage of their career.