Reem Hajjar

Hajjar, Reem

Position Type:
Faculty
Job Title:
Courtesy Faculty
Department:
Forest Ecosystems & Society
Education
Ph.D. (Forestry): University of British Columbia
M.A. (Conservation Biology): Columbia University
B.Sc (Biology): McGill University
Research Areas
Integrated Social and Ecological Systems
Social Science, Policy and Natural Resources
Research Interests
  • Community Forestry
  • International Forestry
  • Social Science
International and multi-level forest governance; community forestry; socio-ecological systems; forests and livelihoods; social science research methods.
Bio
I'm not currently accepting new graduate students.
Graduate Students:
Selected Publications:
  1. Hajjar, R., Oldekop, J. A., Cronkleton, P., Newton, P., Russell, A. J. M., & Zhou, W. (2021). A global analysis of the social and environmental outcomes of community forests. Nature Sustainability, 4(March), 216–224.

  2. Hajjar, R., Zavaleta Cheek, J., Jagger, P., Kamoto, J., Newton, P., Oldekop, J.A., Razafindratsima, O. (2021) Research frontiers on forests, trees, and poverty dynamics. Forest Policy and Economics. 131, 102554.

  3. Hajjar, R., Engbring, G., & Kornhauser, K. (2021). The impacts of REDD+ on the social-ecological resilience of community forests. Environmental Research Letters, 16, 024001.

  4. Hajjar, R., Ayana, A., Rutt, R., Hinde, O., Liao, C., Keene, S., Bandiaki-Badji, S., Agrawal, A. (2019). Capital, labor, and gender: The consequences of large-scale land transactions on household labor allocation. Journal of Peasant Studies, 47, 566-588.

  5. Hajjar, R., Newton, P., *Adshead, D., *Bogaerts, M., Luis Fernando Guedes, P., *Maguire-Rajpaul, V., McDermott, C. L., Milder, J. C., Wollenberg, E., Agrawal, A. (2019). Scaling up sustainability in commodity agriculture: transferability of governance mechanisms across the coffee and cattle sectors in Brazil. Journal of Cleaner Production, 206, 124-132.