Philip Loring
researcher
Philip Allen Loring (born April 29, 1977) is a human ecologist and author. Loring is the Global Director of Human Dimensions Science at The Nature Conservancy. He is known for his work on Arctic food security, natural resource conflict, and regenerative food systems. Loring wrote Finding Our Niche: Toward a Restorative Human Ecology (2020), and hosts several academic podcasts.
Education
Loring was born in Salem, Massachusetts and grew up in coastal Maine. He received a master's degree in anthropology and a PhD in Indigenous studies from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He started his professional career in information technology before changing careers and receiving a master's degree in anthropology and a PhD in Indigenous studies from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Both of his theses focused on the implications of climate change and natural resource policy on food security for Indigenous peoples in Alaska.
Research career
After receiving his PhD, Loring was a research scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for three years. From 2013-2018, he was an assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan’s School of Environment and Sustainability, where among other responsibilities he served as the 2017 President of the Arctic Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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