Hannah Ascough (PhD 2025) has recently published a paper based on her doctoral research in Reconfiguring Intimacies, Extraction, Land and Bodies, a special issue of Extractive Industries and Society co-edited by Rebecca Hall, Allison Goebel, Marc Epprecht and Lesego Loate.
Her article, takes up the challenge of communicating alternative futures in the wake of the climate crisis. Blending degrowth theorizing and creative writing together, it offers a short, speculative story to highlight how “fictionalizing” research operates as a powerful communication tool for climate researchers and activists.
Hannah completed her PhD in the Global Development Studies Department in September 2025. She lives in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and teaches climate change and gender studies courses at Aurora College. This article is an adapted chapter of Hannah’s dissertation, supervised by Dr. Marc Epprecht.