Lauren Harding

Harding, Dr. Lauren

she/her

PhD University of British Columbia, MA York University, BA University of Alberta

Assistant Professor
Conservation Science and Practice, Ecosystem Science and Management, Outdoor Recreation Tourism Management
Phone
250-960-5885
Email
lauren.harding@unbc.ca
Office
8-208
Campus
Prince George

Biography

My training is in socio-cultural anthropology and qualitative, ethnographic methods with a specialization in environmental anthropology, critical tourism studies, and settler-colonial studies.

I'm a settler-Canadian from Treaty 6 territories (Edmonton, AB) and am grateful to be living, working, and raising my children on Lheidli T'enneh territories. When I'm not working or parenting, I'm usually hiking, cycling or playing in the mountains.

Research and Expertise

My research examines the intersections between nature conservation, outdoor recreation, and settler-colonialism in the context of western and northern Canada. My current research projects explore the ways local livelihoods shape community attitudes towards human-bear coexistence.

Research Fields
  • Anthropology
  • Climate Change
  • Community
  • Conservation
  • Culture
  • Environment
  • Tourism
  • Wildlife
Areas of Expertise
Environmental anthropology, tourism studies, settler-colonial studies, Canadian studies, human-wildlife interactions, qualitative methods, socio-ecological change
Currently accepting graduate students
Supervises In
MNRES, MA NRES, MSc NRES, MA Outdoor Recreation & Tourism Management, MA NRES Environmental Studies
Prospective graduate students need to supply me with a short research prospectus and writing sample before I will agree to support their application for graduate studies at UNBC.
Available to be contacted by the media as a subject matter expert

Selected Publications

Harding, Lauren. "‘This isn't Canada, it’s Home’: Re-claiming Colonized Space through the Host-Guest Relationship." Ethnoscripts 21, no. 1 (2019).

Harding, Lauren. "What good is a bear to society?." Society & Animals 22, no. 2 (2014): 174-193.

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