Professor (Ph.D. University of British Columbia)

Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars

Research Interests

Environmental sociology; Political sociology & social movements, Communication & culture

Contact Information

Ph: 709-864-8862
Em: mstoddart@mun.ca
Office: A-4070

Personal Profile

Professor Stoddart's research, teaching, and student supervision orients around eco-politics, social movements, and environmental governance in relation to climate change, oil and energy transitions, and sustainable tourism development. By making connections across local, national, and cross-national levels of analysis, his work is lauded as “essential reading” for social-ecological sustainability.

Affiliations

President, Canadian Sociological Association.

Co-lead, UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Sustainable Resources and Social Responsibility.

Associate Editor, Environmental Sociology.

Treasurer, International Sociological Association RC24: Environment and Society.

Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement in Resource-Rich Communities: Comparative Cases from the Global South and High North. SSHRC Insight Grant (Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator: Nathan Andrews, University of Northern British Columbia).

Making Sense of Climate Action: Understanding Social Mobilization to Curb Anthropogenic Climate Change through Advances in Social Network Analysis. SSHRC Insight Grant (Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator: David B. Tindall, University of British Columbia).

Co-lead of the Canadian team of COMPON: Comparing Climate Change Policy Networks.

Climate Social Science Network.

Climate Disinformation and Obstructionism Research Cluster, University of British Columbia.

Research

Recent Publications

Books

Haslam, Paul, Nathan Andrews, Karin Buhmann, Ibironke Odumosu-Ayanu, and Mark Stoddart (Eds). Contested Consultations in the Extractive Industries: Rights, Processes, and Tensions. Routledge. Available open access.

Slawinski, Natalie, Brennan Lowery, Ario Seto, Mark C.J. Stoddart, and Kelly Vodden (Eds) (2023). Revitalizing PLACE through Social Enterprise. Memorial University Press. Available open access.

Tindall, David, Mark C.J. Stoddart, and Riley E. Dunlap (Eds) (2022). Handbook of Anti-Environmentalism. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Stoddart, Mark C.J., Alice Mattoni, and John McLevey (2020). Industrial Development and Eco-Tourisms: Can Oil Extraction and Nature Conservation Co-Exist? Palgrave Macmillan.

Journal Articles

Oyedele, Obasanjo Joseph, and Mark C.J. Stoddart (2025). "When Two Elephants Fight, it is the Grass Underneath That Suffers: A Socio-Cultural Perspective on Oceans and Oil in Nigeria’s Niger Delta." Maritime Studies 24, art. 44.

Stoddart, Mark C.J., Yasmin Koop-Monteiro, and David B. Tindall (2025). “Instagram as an Arena of Climate Change Communication and Mobilization: A Discourse Network Analysis of COP26.” Environmental Communication 19(2), 218-237.

Stoddart, Mark C.J., Ásthildur Elva Bernharðsdóttir, and Yixi Yang (2024). “Regionalizing the Sustainable Development Goals for Island Societies: Lessons from Iceland and Newfoundland.” Island Studies Journal 19(2): 168-190. Available open access.

Howe, Adam C., David B. Tindall, and Mark C.J. Stoddart (2023). “Drivers of Tie Formation in the Canadian Climate Change Policy Network: Belief Homophily and Social Structural Processes.” Social Networks 75: 107-117.

Koop-Monteiro, Yasmin, Mark C.J. Stoddart, and David B. Tindall (2023). “Animals and Climate Change: A Visual and Discourse Network Analysis of Instagram Posts.” Environmental Sociology 9(4): 409-426.

Stackhouse, Matthew, Howard Ramos, Karen Foster, and Mark C.J. Stoddart (2023). “Perceptions of Local Environment Change and Ecological Habitus.” Environmental Sociology 9(4): 445-462.

Stoddart, Mark C.J., Karen Foster, Howard Ramos, and Tuomas Ylä-Anttila (2023). “Framing Climate Change During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Competing Crises?” Environmental Communication 17(3): 276-292.

Stoddart, Mark C.J., David B. Tindall, Maria Brockhaus, and Marlene Kammerer (2023). “Conference of the Parties Meetings as Regularly Scheduled Critical Events for Global Climate Governance: Reflecting on COP26 and the Glasgow Climate Pact.” Society & Natural Resources 36(4): 442-450.

Stoddart, Mark C.J., and Yixi Yang (2023). “What are the Roles of Regional and Local Climate Governance Discourse and Actors? Mediated Climate Change Policy Networks in Atlantic Canada.” Review of Policy Research 40(6): 1144-1168.

Stoddart, Mark C.J., Yixi Yang, and Cole Atlin (2023). “Regionalizing the Sustainable Development Goals: Interpretations of Priorities and Key Actors for Creating Sustainable Island Futures.” Ecology and Society 28(2): 4. Available open access.