Dr. Stefania Maggi

Dr. Maggi is a researcher, educator, and a children’s and youth’s rights advocate. She is cross appointed between the Childhood and Youth Studies program and the Department of Psychology at Carleton University where she teaches courses on the psychology of climate change, children’s rights, nature connection, human development, and research methods. Her research, teaching, and advocacy focus on the psychological dimensions of climate change; impacts of climate change on children, youth, and families; career development and green guidance; climate change education in the early years; climate change education for professionals; and video games and XR technologies as tools to support meaningful engagement with climate action. Dr. Maggi is the founder of Mochi4theplanet, a youth-centered initiative promoting mental health and children’s rights in the context of the climate crisis. She is an executive member of the Landon Pearson Centre for the Studies of Childhood and Children’s Rights; a member of the Child Rights Academic Network, the Pickering Centre for Human Development, the Climate Psychology Alliance North America, and Teachers for Future International. She is also a certified Motivational Interviewer and a All We Can Save Project Certified Climate Wayfinding Facilitator.