Anne Short Gianotti

Anne Short Gianotti is a member of the GDP Center Faculty Steering Committee, an Affiliate Faculty Member at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center and an Associate Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University. She is a human-environment geographer who studies the social and political dimensions of conservation, wildlife management and climate change. She uses mixed-methods to understand how socio-political and ecological processes catalyze changes in land use, management and policy. Short Gianotti’s research experience spans issues as diverse as wildlife management, climate justice, disaster risk reduction and cannabis cultivation. She often collaborates with researchers across disciplines and works directly with natural resource agencies, local governments, residents and other decision-makers to connect her research with practice.