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Pele Cannon is a Human Ecologist and qualitative researcher focusing on the intersection of conservation, agriculture, natural resource management, and human systems. His recent research has concentrated on the relational context of human-nonhuman coexistence and environmental governance. Pele completed a Bachelor of Arts at the Australian National University with an Honours project in Human Ecology examining farmer decision-making processes regarding change. He has held various interdisciplinary roles, including Project Manager at the Fisheries Research & Development Corporation and as an Operations Education Caretaker at a non-profit wolf sanctuary and nature center in Colorado, USA. His PhD thesis, titled "Don't Scare Wolves: Response-able Human-Nonhuman Coexistence," explores the ways narratives shape biopolitical decision-making and discusses relationality as an alternative moral framework. Following his PhD, he is focusing on human-nonhuman relationships within environmental governance and is assisting Associate Professor Sarah Clement with the DECRA-funded project on bushfire management. Furthermore, he is convening the Fenner School's Honours Masters Research Skills coursework.
Australian National University • Canberra
Working on interdisciplinary research projects regarding environmental governance and human-nonhuman relationships.
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