We’re pleased to welcome our newest Nova Scholar, Hannah Gosnell, PhD. Hannah is a professor of geography at Oregon State University’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, and her research centers on transformations to sustainability, agricultural landscape change, and land and water conservation from a social-ecological systems lens. We are thrilled to have Hannah’s unique perspective join our vibrant community of Scholars and Fellows.
Hannah’s career reflects a belief that collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches to conservation challenges can lead to more durable and equitable solutions. Much of her work unfolds in the American West across public and private agricultural, rural, and working landscapes, where she aims to involve all stakeholders in efforts to address climate and environmental needs. She is especially interested in how worldviews, laws, and institutions evolve to reflect changing geographies and under what conditions they can facilitate practical, political, and personal transformation.
In recent decades, rising concern about climate change, biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, and human suffering has drawn attention to the need for transformative change at the intersection of these crises: global food systems. As a Nova Scholar, Hannah will focus on cocreating knowledge for sustainability and working to transform exploitative food systems into systems rooted in reciprocity, regeneration, and care for nature and people. Drawing from unitive science, Indigenous wisdom, and systems thinking, her work will weave together scientific insights, traditional knowledge, and personal stories to explore how we can shift toward “right relations” with food systems.
We’re honored to support Hannah’s efforts to create new narratives for more relational, caring food systems. Read more about her work.
