Researcher: Using principles of Systems Thinking to understand complex environmental, political and socioeconomic systems, and to identify impediments and promoters of change and intended and unintended effects of interventions, with the goal of informing policies to better the lives of all involved.
Analyst: Leading projects that develop solutions towards society’s greatest problems, including climate change, economic shocks and overpopulation, through engaging local partners in government, research and civil society.
Educator: Facilitating policy development workshops with government, private sector, and academic institutions backed with context-specific decision-making tools.
Doctor of Philosophy, 2018
McGill University
Bachelor of Commerce, 2010
McGill University
Engage with stakeholders (government officials, civil society, value chain actors, research organizations) to prioritize needs and develop solutions using scalable climate-smart livestock practices and critical policies to improve the socioeconomic livelihoods of livestock actors, improving resilience of the value chain while reducing the environmental impact of livestock activities.
Supervise colleagues and collaborate with local partners to develop analytical models and collect data to provide the evidence base to support policies being recommended.
Develop and lead capacity-building workshops with key decision-makers in East Africa, West Africa, South Asia and East Asia to further their development goals
Developed an integrated assessment model to be used by cities to attain the socioeconomic and environmental goals.
Developed and implemented a national planning model for France and European countries in the context of the European Green Deal.
Planned, organized, and developed materials for a month-long online introductory course on Systems Thinking and Sustainability, taught in English and French to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Wrote and prepared the following successful grant applications: CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) - École thématique - De la pensée systémique aux systèmes urbains circulaires; AUF (Association universitaires de la Francophonie) - Outil Multicritères d’évaluation des politiques Publiques des villes à l’aune des Objectifs du Développement Durable; UBA (Umweltbundesamt - German Environmental Agency) - Integrierte Betrachtung der UN-Nachhaltigkeitsziele (SDGs) in Transformationspfaden hin zu einem ressourcenschonenden und treibhausgasneutralen Deutschland; Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Chair - Circular Economy and Industrial Ecology
Worked directly with partners (Ministries of Economy/Planning) to develop and implement planning models, and design and simulate demonstrative scenarios to directly inform national planning for the Sustainable Development Goals and National Targets.
Lead and managed projects, including liaising with donors, discussing project requirements and progress with clients and coordinating with colleagues to define roles and ensure tasks are completed to satisfaction and on schedule.
Constructed a System Dynamics model to analyze mechanisms that hinder healthy food consumption on a large scale in the province of Québec.
In a project with the Ministère de l’agriculture, des pêcheries et de l’alimentation du Québec, analyzed food consumption trends by region and socioeconomic demographics.