Lorelei Hanson, Athabasca University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Athabasca University profile.

Community energy Community-based research Sustainability transition Political ecology Environmental history Environmental justice

Latest funding

Co-creating Lasting Community Change through Co-design Processes
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$24,606
Communities in transition: strategies and solutions for rural Canada
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$49,600
Social Economy, Community Resilience and the Transition to Sustainability
SSHRC · 2011 · Co-investigator
$200,000

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Co-creating Lasting Community Change through Co-design Processes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Hanson, Lorelei

Keywords: co-design; social innovation; capacity building; sustainable community impact; collaborative community engagement

$24,606

Communities in transition: strategies and solutions for rural Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Hanson, Lorelei L.

Keywords: sustainable rural communities; rural regions; small towns; rural resilience; transition; healthy and inclusive communities; Indigenous well-being; inclusive regenerative design; heritage and economic resources

$49,600

Social Economy, Community Resilience and the Transition to Sustainability

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Lewis, Michael T.

Keywords: sustainability; sustainable community development; relocalization; community resilience; social economy; climate change; peak oil; transition; ecological economics; economic innovation

$200,000

Alberta Climate Dialogue - ABCD: deliberative democracy and climate change in Alberta and beyond

Co-investigatorSSHRC2009

Keywords: climate change; deliberative democracy; environmental citizenship; environmental education; environmental governance; citizen engagement; municipal; Alberta; global warming

$995,904

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Community energy Dear Professor Hanson, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on community energy connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Co-creating Lasting Community Change through Co-design Processes" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]