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) | Animal movement; Polar ecology; Statistical Ecology; Animal movement, Polar ecology, Statistical Ecology |
| Barichello, Richard | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | trade policy, evaluation of policy instruments, rural labour markets, agricultural development; Capitlization of Government program benefits , quota systems and markets, agricultural policy, trade,industrial and agricultural pocliy reform in South East Asian Countries, economics of raw material export |
| 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) | 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; 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) | climate change; Marine Ecosystems; sustainability; biodiversity; Interdisciplinary; Climate change, Marine ecosystems, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Interdisciplinary |
| Christensen, Villy | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Ecosystem modelling; Ecosystem modelling |
| Dauvergne, Peter | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | international relations; global environmental politics; sustainability governance; global South; Developing countries; transnational corporations; technology; consumption; Plastic Pollution; social movements; environmentalism; activism; deforestation; 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) | Climate Science; climate change impacts; Climate policy; Coastal Ecosystems; Marine Environment; Climate modelling and prediction; Science communication; Net-zero emissions; Coral reefs; 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) | Environmental History; Historical geography; Rivers; Water; Hydro-electricity; Environmental history, Historical geography, Rivers, Water, Hydro-electricity |
| Giang, Amanda | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Atmospheric Pollutants; Chemical Pollutants; Climate Changes and Impacts; Public Policies; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; Atmospheric Pollutants, Chemical Pollutants, Climate Changes and Impacts, Public Policies, Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection |
| Gulati, Sumeet | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | 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; 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) | climate change; community ecology; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; marine algae; marine invertebrates; Climate change, Community ecology, Ecology and Quality of the Environment, Marine algae, Marine invertebrates |
| Harris, Leila | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | 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; 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) | Archaeology; Anthropology; Early China; Shang Civilization; Archaeological Science; Early Urbanism; Geoarchaeology; Data Science in Archaeology; Ceramic Petrography; Jade; AI and Archaeology; social sustainability; 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) | 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; 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 and energy transition; Technological Risk; Technology and Development; Climate Change and energy transition , Technological Risk, Technology and Development |
| Khanna, Tarun | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | energy economics; Evidence synthesis; policy evaluation; electricity markets; energy in development; decarbonization of the energy sector; 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) | agroecological farming systems; Reconciliation of agricultural land use with biodiversity conservation; sustainable landscapes; Agroecological farming systems, Reconciliation of agricultural land use with biodiversity conservation, Sustainable landscapes |
| Kunz, Nadja | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Decision Analysis; Environmental engineering; Hydrology; Risk management; Systems engineering; water resources management; 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; cumulative effects assessment; gender-based analysis plus; regional environmental assessment; strategic environmental assessment; Indigenous-led assessment; :label |
| 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) | Ecosystem services; urban ecology; Biodiversity conservation; social-ecological systems; Landscape ecology; Agroecosystems; , Ecosystem services, Urban ecology, Biodiversity conservation, Social-ecological systems, Landscape ecology, Agroecosystems |