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Recruiting graduate students (Masters or PhD) for research on earth-centred consciousness, nature/land connection, and relational approaches to sustainability

Exploring ways of knowing and being to reconnect with the web of life, each other, and ourselves

To appropriately 'hospice modernity' and come to terms with our climate nature emergency, human society needs to shift from the mainstream mechanical, siloed understanding of human-nature separation to a relational understanding in which human beings are intimately connected to all living beings and ecosystems. This is a holistic journey and consciousness shift that engages our minds, hearts, and hands.

This work builds on my recent research on "Learning from the Land: Developing Capacity for Place-Based Learning at the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ," and the U��ݮ��Ƶ-based project. It is informed by my experience with community-based research and circle pedagogy, which have been found to reinforce students’ sense of connection to themselves, each other, and the land—or web of life. My research has explored students’ reflections of deep nature connection and feeling more human in a university classroom (“I finally felt like I was an actual human being in class.”). This work draws on the nested model of relationality (below). This model builds on and connects to the work of , , , , ,  among other scholars.

Below are foundational works and key themes in my research. I have included links to explore further. You can also view my 2023 talk, (82 min). I share how I am bringing nature connection and the ecology of love into my teaching and research at .

Foundational works: ·   · · · ��· · ·

Research themes: · · · · · ·  community food systems & food sovereignty · · · · · · · · · · · & ·

Next Steps

Do these themes resonate with you? If so, please reach out by email (sdscott@uwaterloo.ca). We can set up a conversation to explore opportunities. I am accepting graduate students from across disciplines.