Allison Lang

My research focuses on how people make sense of, react to, and resist socioenvironmental problems. I also examine how states, corporations, and other macro-level structures shape these processes. For my dissertation, I use qualitative comparative methods to explore how and why certain social movements endure over time, zooming in on anti-mining movements in Argentina. I received the Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship to carry out 18 months of fieldwork and 120 interviews with activists. In my collaborative endeavors, I work with others to produce scholarly writing on grassroots initiatives, as well as environmental mapping tools for the general public. I also participate in a research team that looks at non-profits in the United States from an organizational standpoint. Overall, as a scholar of the environment, social movements, and politics, my research contributes to knowledge on lasting collective endeavors that address urgent social and environmental problems.

Keywords: Environment, Social Movements, Political Participation, Latin America, Qualitative Methods