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Dr. Blane Harvey

Title: 
Associate Professor
Academic title(s): 

William Dawson Scholar

Director, Leadership and Learning for Sustainability Lab

Dr. Blane Harvey
Contact Information
Email address: 
blane.harvey [at] mcgill.ca
Alternate phone: 
514-398-2518
Address: 

Education Building
3700 rue McTavish
Montréal, Quebec H3A 1Y2
Canada

Division: 
Educational Leadership Supervisors
Educational Studies (Ph.D.) Supervisors
Education and Society Supervisors
Department: 
Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE)
Professional activities: 

Associate Member, Bieler School of Environment, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University

Associate, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Associate Editor, Climate and Development Journal

Subject Editor - Integrative Sciences, FACETS Journal

Area(s): 
Social Action and Sustainability Education
Areas of expertise: 
  • Informal and organisational learning,
  • Leadership and sustainability
  • Environmental and sustainability education
  • Climate change impacts and adaptation
  • Climate change and social action
  • Participatory research and knowledge co-production
Biography: 

Dr. Blane Harvey is an Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University (Canada), where he leads the Leadership and Learning for Sustainability Lab. He is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work spans  across the social and natural sciences on the themes of learning, collaboration, environmental change  and education for sustainable development. Dr. Harvey’s research investigates  how climate change knowledge is produced, validated and communicated, and how facilitated learning and knowledge sharing can advance climate justice and support action on climate change, especially within communities most vulnerable to its impacts. He serves as an Associate Editor for the journalÌýClimate and DevelopmentÌýandÌýSubject Editor for the journalÌýFACETS.

Prizes and Awards: 
William Dawson Scholar
Selected publications: 
  • Cundill, G., Harvey, B., Ley, D.Ìýet al.Ìý(2024). ÌýNature ClimateÌýChangeÌý14, 662–664.
  • Huang, Y.S., Harvey, B., & Vincent, K. (2024). . Environmental Science and Policy.
  • Deskin, Z.Ìý& Harvey, B. (2023). . Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.
  • Harvey, B., Leite, S., Heiberg, S. (2023). . In W.M. Purcell & J. Haddock-Fraser (Eds.) Bloomsbury Handbook on Sustainability in Higher Education: An Agenda for Transformational Change, London, Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Harvey, B., Huang, Y.S., Araujo, J., Vincent, K., Sabiiti, G. (2022). . Climate and Development.
  • Huang, Y.S., Harvey, B. (2021). . Frontiers in Sociology.
  • Schipper, E.L.F, Ensor, J., Mukherji, A., Mirzabaev, A., Fraser, A., Harvey, B., Totin, E., Garschagen, M., Pathak, M., Antwi-Agyei, P., Tanner, T., Shawoo, Z. (2021). . Climate and Development. 13(10), 853-856.
  • Harvey, B., Cochrane, L. & Van Epp, M. (2019). Environmental Policy and Governance 29(2), 107-117.
Graduate supervision: 

Please note that for the 2024 calendar year I am on sabbatic leave and am therefore not accepting any new graduate students.

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