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Mansi Handa

PhD, MPhil, MA, BALecturer, Master of Management, UNF Faculty

Mansi Handa is a philosopher and interdisciplinary scholar specializing in climate change ethics, environmental justice, and applied ethics. She holds two master’s and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Delhi and has extensive teaching experience across philosophy, humanities, sociology, and business and management programs in Canada and India. Her research explores moral responsibility, sustainability, AI ethics, and the intersection of philosophy, culture, and public policy. She has published in peer-reviewed international journals and with Springer and is actively engaged in interdisciplinary research and teaching innovation.

Courses taught

Introduction to Management, Organizational Theory and Leadership

Areas of academic interest

Climate change ethics and moral responsibility, environmental justice and sustainability ethics, philosophy of technology and AI ethics, business ethics and organizational ethics, religion, culture, and philosophy (Eastern & Western traditions), sociology

Areas of specialization

Applied ethics (business ethics, environmental ethics, AI ethics)

Publications

Book chapter

Handa, M. (2021). Connection between Faith and Reason in Religious Mysticism. In Quietism, Agnosticism and Mysticism: Mapping the Philosophical Discourse of the East and the West. Springer, Singapore.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Handa, M. (2025). The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Climate Change: Opportunities, Risks, and Responsible Governance. The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, 17(2), 47–62.
Handa, M. (2018). Climate change: achieving justice between the developed and the developing world. Indian Philosophical Quarterly, 45(1), 137–150.
Handa, M. (2018). Responses to climate change: mitigation and adaptation. Research in Social Change, 10(1), 84–99.
Handa, M. (2017). Understanding Environmental Justice. International Journal in Management and Social Science, 5(6), 7–14.
Handa, M. (2017). Ethical obligations to non-human life in climate change issue. The Criterion, 8(III), 1174–1181.

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University of Niagara Falls Canada acknowledges that the land we gather on is located on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Hatiwendaronk and Anishinaabe peoples. We also acknowledge the many other First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples who call this region home.

We commit to building relationships based on respect, reciprocity, and reconciliation as we work, learn, and gather on this land. Furthermore, we acknowledge that the Niagara region is situated on treaty land, and we stand with all Indigenous peoples, past and present, in promoting the wise stewardship of the lands on which we live.

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