Alex Priest
Contact
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology
- aapriest@ualberta.ca
Overview
About
Dr. Priest is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta within the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology. He is also a Research Affiliate at Rice University’s Center for Coastal Future and Adaptive Resilience (CFAR), where he earned his Ph.D. in Sociology. His research examines environmental inequality and justice, with an emphasis on how major climatic disasters create uneven patterns of residential relocation across diverse households and communities.
Courses
R SOC 375 - Public Participation and Conflict Resolution
The anatomy of environmental and resource management conflict is examined through a lens of critical sociological theory and deliberative democracy. Focusing on contemporary case studies of conflict in energy production, forestry, conservation and protected areas management, social practices and strategies for conflict resolution are explored. Prerequisite: 54 units or consent of instructor.
R SOC 675 - Public Participation and Conflict Resolution
The anatomy of environmental and resource management conflict is examined through a lens of critical sociological theory and deliberative democracy. Focusing on contemporary case studies of conflict in energy production, forestry, conservation and protected areas management, social practices and strategies for conflict resolution are explored. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Not to be taken if credit received for R SOC 375.