Integrating the scientific and generational knowledge of oppressed communities to fight back against social and planetary crises.

Critical Ecology Lab is a non-profit founded by Dr. Suzanne Pierre in 2020 to integrate the scientific and generational knowledge of oppressed communities to fight against social and planetary crises. We facilitate informal education resources, creating novel scientific research, and activating communities towards climate action.

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Science to Action: Grassroots Activism for Scientists
Science to Action: Grassroots Activism for Scientists

On Thursday, December 14th, 2023 Critical Ecology Lab (CEL) Founder & Director Dr. Suzanne Pierre presented a symposium at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual meeting in San Francisco, CA.

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When the window is a mirror: how do dominant theories limit our understanding of nature?
When the window is a mirror: how do dominant theories limit our understanding of nature?

Dr. Pierre contributes to paper published by the Ecological Society of America

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Founding an Independent Research Lab to Change our Planetary Future, a lecture by Dr. Pierre
Founding an Independent Research Lab to Change our Planetary Future, a lecture by Dr. Pierre

On Friday, March, 15th 2024 Critical Ecology Lab Founder & Director, Dr. Suzanne Pierre, will join Rockefeller University's Friday Lecture Series for their Annual Science of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lecture.

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Critical Ecology Lab is Hiring!
Critical Ecology Lab is Hiring!

Hubbard Brook LTER Graduate Summer Assistantship

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Colonization, Enslavement, and Cross-Scale Ecological Change: Critical Quantification of Global Change
Colonization, Enslavement, and Cross-Scale Ecological Change: Critical Quantification of Global Change

Critical Ecology Lab joins international groups for the Society for Human Ecology’s 25th Conference.

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What do we know about the effects of social power disparities on watersheds, plants, and microbial communities?
What do we know about the effects of social power disparities on watersheds, plants, and microbial communities?

A collaboration with the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study.

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Critical Ecology Lab presents the Eco-Afro Futures summit! A Community Activation Event
Critical Ecology Lab presents the Eco-Afro Futures summit! A Community Activation Event

On Saturday, February 17th, 2024, Oakland locals joined Critical Ecology Lab and held a day-long summit-turned-celebration.

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The Center for Diverse Leadership in Science at UCLA Presents: A Discussion with Critical Ecology Lab’s Suzanne Pierre & Em Whalen
The Center for Diverse Leadership in Science at UCLA Presents: A Discussion with Critical Ecology Lab’s Suzanne Pierre & Em Whalen

Dr. Suzanne Pierre (Founder & Director, Critical Ecology Lab) and Dr. Em Whalen (Postdoctoral Researcher, CEL) discussed their work as part of the Critical Ecology Lab, and the organization’s mission more broadly at lunch with UCLA participants of the Center for Diverse Leadership in Science.

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The Wallace Foundation Awards nearly $3M in Research Grants to 11 Arts and Culture, Community Development, and Research Organizations Rooted in Communities of Color
The Wallace Foundation Awards nearly $3M in Research Grants to 11 Arts and Culture, Community Development, and Research Organizations Rooted in Communities of Color

Joining Wallace’s multiyear arts initiative launched in 2021, Critical Ecology Lab will conduct ecological and geo-chemical research which can be deployed by artists to enrich their artistic practices and their contributions to their communities’ well-being.

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The Critical Ecology Lab is a nonprofit, independent research organization focused on developing the discipline of critical ecological research. Our research projects investigate the ways that social, imperial, and racial forces are important factors shaping global environmental change.

We are taking an alternative path to the traditional university research team. We are working independently, without support from any university or parent organization.