Shannon Hagerman, University of British Columbia

Research

novel interventions protected values risk perception tradeoffs biodiversity conservation resource management climate change adaptation governance

Latest papers

Exploring the emergence of a tipping point for conservation with increased recognition of social considerations.
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2023
Difficult climate-adaptive decisions in forests as complex social-ecological systems.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022 · senior author
Social comfort zones for transformative conservation decisions in a changing climate.
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2021 · first author

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Charting new pathways to achieving recognitional justice in urban greening
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$79,719
Students Speak, Educators Listen: Achieving Gender Justice in Canadian Secondary Schools
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$46,197
Safeguarding what and for whom? Community perceptions of social safeguards in forest landscape restoration
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$71,980

All 7 grants and awards

7 publications.

01

Exploring the emergence of a tipping point for conservation with increased recognition of social considerations.

Melanidis MS, Hagerman S, St-Laurent GP, Oakes LE, Cross MS

Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology2023

DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14086 PMID: 36919451

02

Difficult climate-adaptive decisions in forests as complex social-ecological systems.

Findlater K, Kozak R, Hagerman S

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2108326119 PMID: 35042791

03

Social comfort zones for transformative conservation decisions in a changing climate.

Hagerman S, Satterfield T, Nawaz S, St-Laurent GP, Kozak R, Gregory R

Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology2021First author

DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13759 PMID: 33993550

04

R-R-T (resistance-resilience-transformation) typology reveals differential conservation approaches across ecosystems and time.

Peterson St-Laurent G, Oakes LE, Cross M, Hagerman S

Communications biology2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01556-2 PMID: 33446879

05

Public trust and knowledge in the context of emerging climate-adaptive forestry policies.

Peterson St-Laurent G, Hagerman S, Findlater KM, Kozak R

Journal of environmental management2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.065 PMID: 31075642

06

Public perceptions about climate change mitigation in British Columbia's forest sector.

Peterson St-Laurent G, Hagerman S, Kozak R, Hoberg G

PloS one2018

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195999 PMID: 29684041

07

Barriers to the development of forest carbon offsetting: Insights from British Columbia, Canada.

Peterson St-Laurent G, Hagerman S, Hoberg G

Journal of environmental management2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.07.051 PMID: 28783017

Charting new pathways to achieving recognitional justice in urban greening

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nesbitt, Lorien H.C.

Keywords: environmental justice; urban greening; civic stewardship; recognition

$79,719

Students Speak, Educators Listen: Achieving Gender Justice in Canadian Secondary Schools

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Vanner, Catherine E.

Keywords: education; gender; gender justice; gender-based violence; participatory action research; secondary schools; student activism; education administration

$46,197

Safeguarding what and for whom? Community perceptions of social safeguards in forest landscape restoration

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Lo, Veronica

Keywords: social safeguards; nature-based solutions; forest landscape restoration; restoration; landscapes; forests; resilience; livelihoods; inclusive conservation; governance

$71,980

Silv@21 - advancing silviculture in Canadian forests : adapting to new realities from seed to timber

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Achim, Alexis A

Keywords: adaptation to climate change; forest growth modelling; forest management; remote sensing; risk management; silviculture

$3,167,202

Targets through time: Negotiating knowledge (s) and constructing future possibilities for global biodiversity governance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Hagerman, Shannon

Keywords: (1) conservation; (2) resource management; (3) targets; (4) environmental governance; (5) production of knowledge; (6) epistemic uncertainty; (7) multilateral environmental agreements; (8) expertise

$67,112

Novel environmental management interventions in the Anthropocene

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hagerman, Shannon M.

Keywords: novel interventions; protected values; risk perception; tradeoffs; biodiversity conservation; resource management; climate change adaptation; governance; politics of knowledge

$164,707

Event ethnography: exploring a new method for understanding the social process of adapting conservation policy to climate change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Research Development Initiatives

Principal investigators: Satterfield, Theresa A.

Keywords: event ethnography; climate change; adaptation; biodiversity conservation; scale; discourse; science and policy

$73,500

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

Frequent collaborators

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
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Robert Kozak

Faculty

4 shared papers, latest 2022

George Hoberg

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

2 shared papers, latest 2018

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: novel interventions Dear Professor Hagerman, 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]. I read your paper "Exploring the emergence of a tipping point for conservation with increased recognition of social considerations." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]