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Ken Caine is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Arts. He holds a PhD in Rural Sociology (2008) and a BSc in Forestry, with prior experience as an extension forester in Canada’s Northwest Territories and Northern British Columbia. His research focuses on environmental governance, natural resource management, and critical institutionalism in circumpolar regions, blending qualitative methods like ethnography with Bourdieusian theoretical frameworks. Currently in phased retirement, he advises graduate and undergraduate students on topics ranging from Indigenous food sovereignty to climate change resilience in health systems.
Education: PhD in Rural Sociology (University of Alberta, 2008); BSc in Forestry (institution not specified). Professional background includes forestry work for the Government of the Northwest Territories and Indigenous community collaboration on forest stewardship. His interdisciplinary approach combines natural science training with sociological methods to analyze power dynamics in environmental decision-making.
Teaching includes courses on environmental sociology, qualitative methods, social problems, and research thesis supervision. Notable research themes include Indigenous knowledge systems, adaptive governance in Arctic regions, and gender dynamics in agricultural leadership. He has supervised over 15 graduate and undergraduate students, with recent works addressing environmental justice in post-conflict regions and flood risk management in Alberta.
Research collaborations include co-supervision of international students (e.g., University of Oulu, Finland) and interdisciplinary projects like the Climate Risk Research Group (via Dr. Eva Bogdan). His work emphasizes community-based approaches to environmental challenges, particularly in marginalized northern communities.
