PhD Student in Natural Resources

Megan is a PhD candidate in Natural Resources at the University of Vermont, a member of the Leadership for the Ecozoic Project, and a graduate fellow at the Gund Institute for Environment. She is interested in political economy, just transitions, and sociotechincal futures, with an academic footing in ecological economics and political ecology. Her dissertation research explores the roles of power, narrative, and science and technology in how futures are imagined and enacted in transitioning fossil fuel economies, specifically in the regions of Alberta and Appalachia. She is a degrowth activist, a labour organizer, and a regular collaborator in politically motivated performance art.

Prospective graduate students interested in learning more about research and experiences in the Rubenstein School may contact Megan.

Publications

  • Egler, M. (2021). Not Well Spent: A review of $1-billion federal funding to clean up Alberta’s inactive oil and gas wells. Parkland Institute and Oxfam Canada. Edmonton, Canada.
  • Farley, J., and M. Egler (2021) Panarchy and the Economy. in Applied Panarchy: Applications and Diffusions Across Disciplines, 2021, Island Press, editors: Craig Alan, Lance Gunderson and Ahjond Garmestani. 
  • Diwekar, U., Amekudzi-kennedy, A., Bakshi, B., Baumgartner, R., Boumans, R., Burger, P., Egler, M., … Theis, T. (2021). Resources , Conservation & Recycling A perspective on the role of uncertainty in sustainability science and engineering. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 164, 105140.
  • Bliss, S., & Egler, M. (2020). Ecological Economics Beyond Markets. Ecological Economics, 178, 106806. 
  • Koliba, C., M. Egler, S. Posner. (2020) Governing for sustainable development: rethinking governance and ecological economics. in Sustainable Wellbeing Futures: A Research and Action Agenda for Ecological Economics, 2020, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, editors: Robert Costanza, Jon Erickson, Joshua Farley, Ida Kubiszewski.
  • Vargas Roncancio, I., Temper, L., Sterlin, J., Smolyar, N.L., Sellers, S., Moore, M., Melgar-Melgar, R., Larson, J., Horner, C., Erickson, J.D., Egler, M., Brown, P.G., Boulot, E., Beigi, T., Babcock, M., (2019). From the anthropocene to mutual thriving: An agenda for higher education in the Ecozoic. Sustainability 11, 3312.

Associations and Affiliations

  • Leadership for the Ecozoic
  • International Society for Ecological Economics
  • Gund Institute for Environment
  • DegrowUS
Megan Egler

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

Ecological economics, political ecology, energy transitions

Advisor: Joshua Farley

Education

  • M.Sc. Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Guelph
  • B.Sc Environmental Science, University of Alberta

Contact

Office Location:

202 Farrell Hall, The Gund Institute