Maeve Rothlin
Title: Graduate Student
Room: EnSo Co-Lab
Degree: Master of Arts
Thesis: Exploring the Influences of Identity Formation on Energy Transitions in Industrial Communities
Supervisor: Dr. Ryan Bullock
Entry: Fall 2025
Research Interests:
My research interests focus on the social implications of how communities navigate energy transitions that require economic restructuring. As a part of the CANSTOREnergy project, my research aims to understand the reception of decentralized low-carbon energy transitions by exploring the influences of individual and collective identities on public perception.
Biography:
Hello! I’m Maeve (she/her), and I’m in the MA stream of the Master of Environmental and Social Change (MESC) program. In 2025, I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) from the University of Alberta. While I have been involved in environmental advocacy all my life, my time in WGS highlighted the nexus between environmental and social justice, which led me to the MESC degree. While I am here, I hope to collaborate and learn from the many people contributing to the interdisciplinary nature of this program. I look forward to furthering my passion for understanding our relationships, individual and otherwise, with the environment and what a changing future might entail.