Professor
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Contact Details
terre.satterfield@ires.ubc.ca
Website(s)
Terre Satterfield is Professor of Culture, Risk and the Environment in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia. She is an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist interested in problems of meaning and measurement in environmental management contexts. Her work adapts insights from anthropology and behavioral decision theory to understand how people perceive risk, and how biocultural approaches to assessment might improve our understanding of anthropogenic landscapes. Decision contexts in which this work has been trialed include: biodiversity conservation, climate solutions, impact assessment and the regulation of food, fishing and new technologies more broadly.
Research Themes
Environmental and cultural values | First Nations and resource management | Social ecological systems | Perceived risk of new technologies
Geographical Area(s) of Research
Canada | India | Ethiopia | Namibia