Anne Short Gianotti

Anne Short Gianotti, core faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Curriculum, Earth & Environment at Boston University where her research and teaching focus on the social and political dimensions of conservation, wildlife management, and urban climate action. Her work investigates how various socio-political and ecological processes shape human interactions with nature and 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 and she frequently collaborates across disciplinary boundaries. In all of her work, Short Gianotti works directly with residents, natural resource agencies, local governments, and other decision-makers to connect her research with practice.