Brendon Larson

Brendon is interested in how people’s relationship to nature and their conservation actions are being influenced by interwoven ecological, social, and technological changes. He identifies as a social scientist, but his work is highly interdisciplinary because it draws on his connection to other beings, as a life-long naturalist, as well as his initial training in biodiversity science (evolutionary ecology and taxonomy). His current book project with McGill-Queen’s University Press – expected to be published in Summer 2026 – collates his decades of experience across these domains: its working title is "The Naturalists’ Paradox: How Our Love for Nature May Harm It." For further information about his research, please visit his website https://uwaterloo.ca/environment-resources-and-sustainability/profiles/brendon-larson.