Andreanne Doyon

Education

• BA, University of British Columbia
• MA (Planning), University of British Columbia
• PhD, University of Melbourne

Biography

Andréanne Doyon is an Associate Professor in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University, and the Associate Dean Undergraduate, Faculty of Environment. She is also a Registered Professional Planner and a Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners. Her field of study primarily revolves around planning, climate change, and resilience. Her research focuses on how cities and regions can adapt and transform to respond to environmental and social challenges. Recently this included planning for extreme heat, alternative approaches to costal adaptation, and natural infrastructure in rural and Indigenous communities. Her work often involves interdisciplinary approaches, integrating insights across social and natural sciences to propose comprehensive solutions for more equitable and resilience communities.

Her students describe their collective work using the acronym ANANAS (pineapple in French): Advancing New Approaches and Narratives Around Sustainability. Current research within the ANANAS Lab includes land use regulation for climate risk; planning for extreme heat in relation to wildfire risk, and water availability; Indigenous-settler planning for nature-based solutions; municipal-led community energy; energy transitions, extraction, and Indigenous self-determination.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal articles

• Bush, J. & Doyon A. 2025. Climate emergency declarations by local governments– what comes next?, npj Climate Action. 4(44).
• Chenne, W. & Doyon, A. 2025. How are local governments planning for heat mitigation? A study of Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley jurisdictions, Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning. 1–14.
• Doyon, A., Moore, T., Davies, L., Dodson, J., Butler, D., Leigh-Rosenburgh, J., Fitchett, M., Clair, A., Baker, E., Ali, H., Zhu, Y., Holden, M., Boron, J.M., Atleo, C.G., Horne, R., Lawson, J. & Dorignon, L. 2025. The Housing We Need by 2050 for a Sustainable and Equitable Future: Edited by Andréanne Doyon and Trivess Moore. Planning Theory & Practice, 1–31.
• Jones, D., Doyon, A. & Doberstein, B. 2025. Growing pains: Identifying enabling conditions for a nature-based coastal climate adaptation project in British Columbia, Canada, Regional Environmental Change. 25(59).
• Okamoto, T. & Doyon, A. 2025. Evaluating Equity and Justice in Vancouver’s Sea2City Design Challenge, Local Environment. 1–18.
• Niver, W. & Doyon, A. (2025). An Overview of the Midsummer Miners’ Vacation, Environmental Research: Energy. 2, 025004.
• Tighsazzadeh, M.N., Doyon, A., Hirsch, S.L. & Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M. 2025. Conceptualizing Equity in Offshore Renewable Energy, Ocean and Coastal Management. 263, pp. 107603.
• Doyon, A., McGowan, K. & Antadze, N. 2024. Just transitions: Towards more just research, Energy Research & Social Science. 114, 103571.
• Jang, N. & Doyon, A. 2024. Increasing knowledge and trust to overcome barriers to green infrastructure implementation: A Vancouver case study. Urban Water Journal. Pp. 1-10.
• Moore, T. & Doyon, A. 2024. Victoria’s 2023 housing policy agenda: addressing decades of neglect or a missed opportunity to reframe housing issues and solutions? Urban Policy and Research. 43(1), 68–78.
• Nadeau, N. & Doyon. 2024. Exploring ethical space in land use planning. Critical Policy Studies. 
• Doyon, A., O'Donnell, E. Trousdale, W. & Pletnikoff, R.G. 2023. Localizing a just transitions: a case study of St. George, Alaska. Ecology and Society. *open access*
  
• Rees, A. & Doyon, A. 2023. Unsettling NbS: A pathway towards shifting colonial power relations in nature-based solutions research and practice. PLOS Climate. *open access* 
• Moore, T. & Doyon, A. 2023. A Transition to Sustainable Housing, Progress and Prospects for a Low Carbon Housing Future. Palgrave, Springer. 
• O'Donnell, E. & Doyon, A. 2023. Language, context, and action: exploring equity and justice content in Vancouver environmental plans. Local Environment. 
• Bush, J. & Doyon, A. 2023. Planning a just nature-based city: Listening for the voice of an urban river. Environmental Science & Policy. 
• Bush, J. & Doyon, A. 2021. Tackling intersecting climate change and biodiversity emergencies: Opportunities for sustainability transitions research. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.
• Doyon. A., Boron, J. & Williams, S. 2021. Unsettling transitions: Representing Indigenous peoples and knowledge in transitions research. Energy Research & Social Science.
• Moloney, S. & Doyon, A. 2021. The Resilient Melbourne experiment: Analyzing the conditions for transformative urban resilience implementation. Cities. 
• Williams, S. & Doyon, A. 2020. The Energy Futures Lab: A case study of justice in energy system transition. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.
• Doyon, A. & Moore, T. 2020. The Role of Mandatory and Voluntary Approaches for a Sustainable Housing Transition: Evidence from Vancouver and Melbourne. Urban Policy and Research.
  
• Moore, T., Horne, R. & Doyon, A. 2020. Housing industry transitions: An urban living lab in Melbourne, Australia, Urban Policy and Research. 
• Doyon, A., Moore, T., Moloney, S. & Hurley, J. 2020. Evaluating evolving experiments: the case of local government action to implement ecological sustainable design. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 
• Bush, J. & Doyon, A. 2019. Building urban resilience with nature-based solutions: how can urban planning contribute? Cities, 29, 102483. 
• Bolger, K. & Doyon, A. 2019. Circular cities: exploring local government strategies to facilitate a circular economy, European Planning Studies, 27(11), pp. 2184-2205. 
• Doyon, A. & Moore, T. 2019. The acceleration of an unprotected niche: The case of Nightingale Housing, Australia, Cities. 
• Williams, S. & Doyon, A. 2019. Justice in Energy Transitions, Environmental Innovations and Societal Transitions. 31, pp. 144-153. 
• Moore, T. & Doyon, A. 2018. The Uncommon Nightingale: Sustainable Housing Innovation in Australia, Sustainability, 10(10), pp. 3469. 
• Raynor, K., Doyon, A. & Beer, T. 2018. Collaborative Planning, Transitions Management and Design Thinking: Evaluating three participatory approaches to urban planning, Australian Planner, 54(4), pp. 215-224. 
• Doyon, A., Coffey, B., Moloney, S., de Haan, F.J., & Bosomworth, K. 2017. Exploring the intersections between Sustainability Transitions, Climate Change, and Regional Governance, Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 23(3), pp. 321-343.

Book chapters

• Doyon, A. 2018. Emerging theoretical space: urban planning and sustainability transitions. In Urban Sustainability Transitions: Australian Cases - International Perspectives, eds. Moore, T., de Hann, F.J., Horne, R. & Gleeson, B., Springer, pp. 213-231. ISBN 978-981-10-4792-3
• Doyon, A. 2018. Niches: Small-scale Interventions or Radical Innovations to Build up Internal Momentum. In Thriving Eco-Cities, eds. Hes, D. & Bush, J., Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 65-87. ISBN 978-981-10-7320-5
• Horak, M. & Doyon, A. 2018. Metropolitan Governance in Toronto and Vancouver. In Australia's Metropolitan Imperative: An Agenda for Governance Reform, eds. Tomlinson, R. & Spiller, M., CSIRO, pp. 109-122. IBSN 9781486307968