Harris Kuemmerle

Why I'm running for the IAGLR Board of Directors

Hello! My name is Harris, and I am running to be elected a member of the board of directors of the International Association for Great Lakes Research. My academic interests lie at the intersections of environment, politics, and science in society, and I have considerable experience in researching and discussing trans-boundary water politics and governance. While a political scientist by training and experience I am deeply passionate about multi-disciplinary thought and methodologies and have worked to make multi-disciplinary efforts at the heart of everything I do, including my doctoral research which was based in both the Geography and War Studies (IR) departments at King’s College London. If elected, I would bring a passion for bridging the disciplinary silos with a focus on not just great science but also the political, cultural, and discursive dynamics which define what great lakes are, and how we as people interact with and understand them.

Bio

Harris is a researcher and writer specialising in the intersections of environment, politics, and science in society. He has a BSc from the University of Plymouth, an MSc from SOAS, University of London, and an MPhil/PhD from King’s College London. He has held numerous research positions, most recently for the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network and has written extensively on the topics of environmental identity, political will, and the socio-cultural processes of defining environmental interests. Harris was born and raised in the Chicagoland area and spent over a decade in the UK before ultimately settling in Toronto, where he currently resides.