Lauren is a Graduate Research Fellow at the Institute on Ethics & Policy for Innovation (IEPI) and a McMaster PhD Philosophy student. Her research focuses on environmental ethics and uses a relational approach to understand what ethical obligations we have towards our environment and communities. Her research intersects with political philosophy, care ethics, place-based knowledge, and public policy. Through her work with IEPI, Lauren hopes to promote holistic and community-building ethical practices.

Lauren holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from MacEwan University (Alberta) and a Master of Arts in Philosophy from McMaster University (Ontario). She is currently working towards her PhD under the supervision of Professor Claudia Emerson and in collaboration with Genome Canada’s Omics Guided Technologies for Scalable Production of Cell-Cultivated Meat.