Shannon Hagerman

In July 2024, Shannon Hagerman, UBC Forestry Professor and Dean and Vice-Provost pro tem in the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, received the prestigious International Union of Forest Research Organizations Scientific Achievement Award for her work on human dimensions of forestry. Shannon is an environmental social scientist and an internationally recognized scholar in the interdisciplinary field of social-ecological systems. Her research focuses on policy and governance dimensions of novel approaches for conservation and resource management in response to climate change. … Most people working in forestry today would agree that addressing complex environmental challenges requires thoughtful engagement with people and communities. But the field of human dimensions goes further than engagement. It encompasses a diverse body of scholarship that examines how people interact with forests and the environment, and how these interactions are shaped by deeper social, political and cultural factors.