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I am a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo. I am also an Earth System Governance Research Fellow. 

I research how societies can better govern complex environmental challenges. My research combines theory-building with empirical case studies to understand society-nature relationships and how they can be transformed. My empirical work looks at climate policy, forest governance, cities, and sustainable economic transformations, yielding policy insights and fostering community action.

My current research and policy work focuses on climate action, future cities, and transformative visions of wellbeing. I recently started a project on The Future of Sustainable Cities in Canada. With the TRANSFORM project, I am helping to understand and develop transformative capacity building strategies to help businesses and communities transition to zero-carbon and resilient economies. I was also co-investigator on a project called Sustaining and Strengthening City Climate Action in the COVID-19 crisis for a green and climate-resilient recovery (ClimateCitiesRecovery) funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. 

I teach Sustainability Transitions in Cities (FCIT 606/GEMCC 603) and Climate Change Fundamentals (GEOG 207) at the University of Waterloo.

I completed my PhD in the Economics for the Anthropocene (E4A) project at McGill University in 2020. My doctoral research focused on understanding deep transformations in society-nature relationships and explored their dynamics in the context of Canadian climate change politics. I hold an MSc from McGill University and a BSc in Physics and Environmental Science from the University of Toronto. My Master’s research focused on the legitimacy of collaborative watershed governance in Quebec. 

I co-edited Liberty and the Ecological Crisis: Freedom on a Finite Planet.