Integrated Studies In Land and Food Systems

ISLFS students work on diverse and often interdisciplinary research areas to address priority food systems questions and challenges ranging in scope from food production, processing, distribution, access, consumption and dietary practices, to the management of food waste. Applied research projects in ISLFS often address sustainable solutions to food systems challenges that may address environmental, economic and social dimensions of food systems.

 

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Faculty Members in Integrated Studies In Land and Food Systems

Name Research Interests
Barichello, Richard Agricultural economics
Black, Jennifer Human nutrition and dietetics; Community Health / Public Health; food banks; food environments; Nutrition; Public health; school food environments; social determinants of health
Carrillo, Juli Plant-insect interactions; Agroecology; Invasive species; evolution; Ecology; community ecology; Environmental Change; Plant evolution; Population Ecology
Cornelis, Jean Thomas Earth and related environmental sciences; Pedology; Biogeochemistry; Soil-Plant Interactions
Gulati, Sumeet Agricultural economics; Economics of Human Wildlife Conflict; Economics of Urban Transportation; Effectiveness of Carbon Taxes; Effectiveness of Environmental Policy; International Trade and its Effect on the Environment; Political Economy of Environmental and Trade Policy
Jovel Ayala, Eduardo Ethnobotany, mycology, natural product chemistry and Aboriginal health
Margulis, Matias International Organization; Globalization; Human Rights and Liberties, Collective Rights; Global Governance; International Political Economy; United Nations; World Trade Organization; Food and Agriculture; Human Rights
McAusland, Carol Interactions between globalization and public good provision, impacts of trade liberalization on environmental politics, potential use of trade policy to stem damages from exotic species introductions and biological invasions Environmental impacts of international trade, implications of skilled labor migration for the global provision of public goods
Noack, Frederik Interaction of economic development and the environment
Riseman, Andrew plant breeding; plant genetics; horticulture; roots; stress physiology, Plant breeding, intercrop interactions, nutrient use efficiency, root physiology, biotic/abtioic stressor
Robin, Tabitha
Smukler, Sean Natural sciences; Agricultural ecology; Soil health; Climate change adaptation and mitigation; Ecosystem services
Wittman, Hannah Sociology and related studies; Farming systems research; food sovereignty; Sustainable agriculture; socio-ecological systems; Agroecology
 
 

Student & Alumni Stories in Integrated Studies In Land and Food Systems

Elaine Anderson

Alumni
Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)

Colin Dring

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Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)
UBC graduate student Raahil Madhok

Raahil Madhok

Student
Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)

Celina Solís

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Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)

Wilson Mendes

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Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)

Rachel Dickens

Student
Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)

Nicole Davies

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Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)
 
 

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