Current and Recent Positions
- Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Masaryk University (2020 – present)
- Senior Policy Analyst, Environment and Climate Change Canada (2020 – 2021)
- Fellow, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University (2019 – present)
- Economic Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (2018 – 2020)
- Visiting Researcher, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford (2018)
Education
PhD in Political Science, University of British Columbia (2019)
MA in International Affairs, the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University (2012)
BA (Hons) in International Studies, University of Northern British Columbia (2009)
Policy Experience
- Senior Policy Analyst. Environment and Climate Change Canada (2020 – 2021)
- Economic Advisor. Environment and Climate Change Canada (2018 – 2020)
- Economist. Environment Canada (2011-2013)
- Analyst. Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) (2011)
- Junior Economist. Environment Canada (2010)
Research and Consulting
- UiT the Arctic University of Norway (2022 – present)
- Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) (2021)
- Global Interconnections LLC (GlobalInt) (2011 – present)
- University of British Columbia, Liu Institute for Global Issues (now part of the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs) (2014 – 2017)
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Barbados (2010 – 2011)
- Environment Canada (2010 – 2011)
- United Nations Association in Canada (2009 – 2011)
- Northern Uganda Development Foundation (2008 – 2009)
- University of Northern British Columbia (2007 – 2009)
Research Grants and Fellowships (selected)
- UBC Faculty of Arts Graduate Research Award (2019)
- J.F.K. Presidential Library Marjorie Kovler Research Fellowship (2017)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) (2014-2017)
- Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Doctoral Fellowship (2014-2016)
- SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS – Doctoral (2014, declined)
- UBC Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (2013-2017)
- UBC Olav Slaymaker Fellowship in Environment (2013-2014)
- SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS – Master’s (2010-2011)
Academic/Research Excellence Awards (selected)
- GAMU MUNI Scientist Award (2021) (awarded for “significant scientific achievements”)
- Australian Journal of International Affairs‘ Boyer Prize (2018) (for the article “The politics of repressing environmentalists as agents of foreign influence” that was “judged to be innovative, original and will most likely have a wide impact upon and application to a myriad of international issues”)
- UBC Donald N. Byers Memorial Prize (2014) (awarded to “the highest-ranking Killam Doctoral Fellow”)
- Carleton University Graduate Scholarship (2009-2011)
- Carleton University Dean of Graduate Studies Academic Excellence Scholarship (2009-2020)
- Rhodes Scholarship university nomination (2008)
Professional and Leadership Awards (selected)
- Common Ground Networks Emerging Scholar Award (2019)
- Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC) Graduate Student Award of Merit (2017)
- Canada’s Ministry of Environment Regulatory Excellence Award (2014)
- UNBC Alumnus of the Year in Professional Excellence Award (2012)
- UNBC Co-op Student of the Year Award (2007)
- Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation Millennium Excellence In-course Award (2006-2008)
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