Welcome to the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at the University of British Columbia (UBC). We are a problem-focused and curiosity-driven interdisciplinary research institute and graduate program, with interest and expertise in a wide range of topics under the realm of environment and sustainability
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Affiliated UBC Faculty & Postdocs
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Auger-Methe, Marie | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Fisheries sciences; Statistics; Zoology; Animal movement; Polar ecology; Statistical Ecology |
| Barichello, Richard | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Agricultural economics |
| Callison, Candis | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | changes to media practices and platforms, journalism ethics, the role of social movements in public discourse, and understanding how issues related to science and technology become meaningful for diverse publics. |
| Chan, Kai | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Natural environment sciences; Human Ecology; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; Applied Ethics; Values and Lifestyles; Sustainable Development; conservation finance; Conservation science; cultural ecosystem services; Ecosystem services; environmental assessment; environmental values; incentive programs; payments for ecosystem services; resilience; social-ecological systems; sustainability science |
| Cheung, Wai Lung | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Global change biology; Ecological impacts of climate change; climate change; Marine Ecosystems; sustainability; biodiversity; Interdisciplinary |
| Christensen, Villy | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Fisheries management; Global change biology; Ecosystem function; Ecosystem modelling |
| Dauvergne, Peter | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Social sciences; international relations; global environmental politics; sustainability governance; global South; Developing countries; transnational corporations; technology; consumption; Plastic Pollution; social movements; environmentalism; activism; deforestation |
| Donner, Simon | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Atmospheric sciences; Oceanography; Other media and communication; Climate Science; climate change impacts; Climate policy; Coastal Ecosystems; Marine Environment; Climate modelling and prediction; Science communication; Net-zero emissions; Coral reefs |
| Evenden, Matthew | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | All other social sciences, n.e.c.; Historical studies; Environmental History; Historical geography; Rivers; Water; Hydro-electricity |
| Giang, Amanda | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Atmospheric sciences; Mechanical engineering; Natural environment sciences; Atmospheric Pollutants; Chemical Pollutants; Climate Changes and Impacts; Public Policies; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection |
| Gulati, Sumeet | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Agricultural economics; Wildlife and habitat management; Ecological policy; 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 |
| Harley, Christopher | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Fisheries sciences; Zoology; climate change; community ecology; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; marine algae; marine invertebrates |
| Harris, Leila | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Critical identity, ethnic and race studies; Gender, sexuality and education; Human rights, justice, and ethical issues; Africa; Development Policies; Drinking Water; Environmental justice; equity and social justice; Ethics and Fundamental Issues of Law and Justice; Fresh Water; Gender Relationship; gender and social difference; Ghana; International development; participatory resource management; Resources Management; Social Contract and Social Justice; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; South Africa; Turkey and Middle East; Water; water governance; water politics |
| Harrison, Kathryn | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Canadian politics, environmental politics, environmental policy, climate change, global warming, climate change policy, Canadian public policy |
| Jing, Zhichun | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Prehistoric archaeology; Archaeometry; Archaeological theory; Archaeology; Anthropology; Early China; Shang Civilization; Archaeological Science; Early Urbanism; Geoarchaeology; Data Science in Archaeology; Ceramic Petrography; Jade; AI and Archaeology; social sustainability |
| Johnson, Mark | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Geology; Natural environment sciences; Agriculture; Biogeochemistry; Carbon cycle; Climate Changes and Impacts; data science; Ecohydrology; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Fresh Water; Ground Water and Water Tables; Hydrological Cycle and Reservoirs; Land and Soil; land use; Running Water Hydrosystem; Water and Sustainability |
| Kandlikar, Milind | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Climate change impacts and adaptation; Product life cycle; Environmental policy; Research, science and technology policy; Environmental impacts; Climate Change and energy transition; Technological Risk; Technology and Development |
| Khanna, Tarun | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Economics; Renewable energy systems (except smart systems engineering); Environmental policy; energy economics; Evidence synthesis; policy evaluation; electricity markets; energy in development; decarbonization of the energy sector |
| Koppes, Michele | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | climate change, glaciers, natural hazards, landscape change, polar regions, ice-ocean interactions |
| Kremen, Claire | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Natural environment sciences; Zoology; agroecological farming systems; Reconciliation of agricultural land use with biodiversity conservation; sustainable landscapes |
| Kunz, Nadja | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Mining engineering; Public administration; Public policy; Public security policy; Decision Analysis; Environmental engineering; Hydrology; Risk management; Systems engineering; water resources management |
| le Billon, Philippe | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Geography, politics, africa, environmental, human geography, development, security |
| Lerner, Jackie | Faculty (non-G+PS member) | Environmental impact assessment; Land use and environmental planning; cumulative effects assessment; gender-based analysis |
| Meitner, Michael | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | forest aesthetics and scenic beauty, outdoor recreation, environmental visualization, geographic information systems, visual perception, agent-based modeling, Public involment in planning, sustainability leadership |
| Mitchell, Matthew | Faculty (non-G+PS member) | Terrestrial ecology; Forest ecology; Agricultural ecology; Ecosystem services; urban ecology; Biodiversity conservation; social-ecological systems; Landscape ecology; Agroecosystems |