

Philip A. Loring
Dr. Philip Loring is a broadly trained environmental social scientist with research interests in food systems, environmental justice, and sustainability. He is currently an assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan School of Environment and Sustainability. He holds a masters degree in Anthropology and a PhD in Indigenous Studies, both from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and is skilled with both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
He has published extensively on food systems and security research in Alaska and the Arctic, on such topics as small scale agriculture, subsistence hunting and fishing, commercial fisheries, and perceptions of environmental sustainability. Currently his research is on the leading edge of so-called "nexus" research, which integrates food, water, and energy security issues within a common framework.
His research group currently involves students, staff, and other faculty at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Calgary, University of Saskatchewan, University of New Hampshire, and University of Colorado Boulder. His lab is a member of the International Comparative Rural Policies Studies network, he is President of the Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, and he is a nominated member of the Sigma Xi scientific research society.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
- Research Methods, Assessment
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No More Heroes (TEDx Univerity of Saskatchewan)
Stories of Coastal Resistance and the Climate Crisis
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Journal Articles:
- Fazzino, D., & Loring, P. A. (2009). From crisis to cumulative effects: Food security challenges in Alaska. NAPA Bulletin, 32, 152-177.
- Loring, P. A. (2013). Alternative perspectives on the sustainability of Alaska’s commercial fisheries. Conservation Biology, 27(1), 55-63. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01938.x
- Loring, P. A. (2007). The most resilient show on Earth: The circus as a model for viewing identity, change and chaos. Ecology and Society, 12(1), 9.
- Loring, P. A., & Gerlach, S. C. (2010). Food security and conservation of Yukon River salmon: Are we asking too much of the Yukon River? Sustainability, 2(9), 2965-2987. doi:10.3390/su2092965
- Loring, P. A., & Gerlach, S. C. (2010). Outpost gardening in interior Alaska: Food system innovation and the Alaska native gardens of the 1930s through the 1970s. Ethnohistory, 57(2), 183-199.
- Loring, P. A., & Gerlach, S. C. (2009). Food, culture, and human health in Alaska: An integrative health approach to food security. Environmental Science and Policy, 12(4), 466-478.
- Loring, P. A., Gerlach, S. C., Atkinson, D. E., & Murray, M. S. (2011). Ways to help and ways to hinder: Governance for successful livelihoods in a changing climate. Arctic, 64(1), 73-88.
- Loring, P. A., Gerlach, S. C., & Harrison, H. (2013). Seafood as local food: Food security and locally caught seafood on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 3(3), 13-30. doi:10.5304/jafscd.2013.033.006
- Loring, P. A., & Harrison, H. L. (2013). That’s what opening day is for: Social and cultural dimensions of (not) fishing for salmon in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Maritime Studies, 12(12). doi:doi:10.1186/2212-9790-12-12
- Loring, P. A., Harrison, H. L., & Gerlach, S. C. (2014). Local perceptions of the sustainability of Alaska’s highly contested Cook Inlet salmon fisheries. Society & Natural Resources, 27(2), 185-199. doi:10.1080/08941920.2013.819955
Courses Taught:
- Food Systems: Issues in Security and Sustainability
- Human Environment Relations
- Sustainability in Action
Philip A. Loring
Geography, Environment & Geomatics
University of Guelph, Hutt Building
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Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
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