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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moore, Alex | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Applied community and ecosystem ecology; impact of predator-prey interactions on the health and functioning of coastal wetland ecosystems; role of cultural values and knowledge in ecosystem restoration conservation; Global change impacts on coastal environments; Applied community and ecosystem ecology, Impact of predator-prey interactions on the health and functioning of coastal wetland ecosystems, Role of cultural values and knowledge in ecosystem restoration conservation, Global change impacts on coastal environments |
| Murphy, Enda | Faculty (non-G+PS member) | |
| Murphy, Enda | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Coastal and estuarine system dynamics; Nature-based solutions; Whole system thinking; Coastal systems engineering; Transdisciplinary research; Numerical modelling; Physical modelling; Coastal flood and erosion hazard risk; Coastal and estuarine system dynamics, Nature-based solutions, Whole system thinking, Coastal systems engineering, Transdisciplinary research, Numerical modelling, Physical modelling, Coastal flood and erosion hazard risk |
| Pakhomov, Yevhenii | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Feeding ecophysiology of aquatic invertebrates and fishes, Antarctic ecology, Antarctic krill biology, Tunicate biology, Fishery ecology, Stable isotope ecology |
| Pauly, Daniel | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | World fisheries; Marine life; Global catch; Management of fisheries; Fish growth and ecophysiology; Fish growth and ecophysiology, Global catch, Management of fisheries, Marine life, World fisheries |
| Ramana, M. V. | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | arms control; Energy transitions; degrowth; nuclear disarmament; nuclear energy; nuclear policy; political economy of energy; risk of nuclear accidents; Arms control, Energy transitions, degrowth, Nuclear disarmament, Nuclear energy, Nuclear policy, Political economy of energy, Risk of nuclear accidents |
| Ramankutty, Navin | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Agriculture; Climate Changes and Impacts; Climate impacts; Environment and Society; Global food security; Land use change; Sustainable agriculture; Agriculture, Climate Changes and Impacts, Climate impacts, Environment and Society, Global food security, Land use change, Sustainable agriculture |
| Rhemtulla, Jeanine | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Ecological Trends; Landscape and Restoration; Environment Management and Protection; Biodiversity and Biocomplexity; Conservation & Poverty Alleviation; Ecosystem services; Landscape ecology & spatial analysis; Reforestation; socio-ecological systems; Temperate & tropical forest & agroforestry systems; Ecology and Quality of the Environment, Ecological Trends, Landscape and Restoration, Environment Management and Protection, Biodiversity and Biocomplexity, Conservation & Poverty Alleviation, Ecosystem services, Landscape ecology & spatial analysis, Reforestation, Socio-ecological systems, Temperate & tropical forest & agroforestry systems |
| Smukler, Sean | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Agricultural ecology; Soil health; Climate change adaptation and mitigation; Ecosystem services; Agricultural ecology, Soil health, Climate change adaptation and mitigation, Ecosystem services |
| Steel, Daniel | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Addiction; Diversity; ethics; Opioid crisis; Clinical trials; Equity; Philosophy / Ethics; philosophy of science; Values and science risk; Precautionary principle; Addiction, Clinical trials, Diversity, Equity, Ethics, Opioid crisis, Philosophy / Ethics, Philosophy of Science, Precautionary principle, Values and science risk |
| Sumaila, Ussif Rashid | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Bioeconomics, marine ecosystem valuation and the analysis of global issues such as fisheries subsidies, IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) fishing and the economics of high and deep seas fisheries |
| Tansey, James | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Ethics of new and emerging technologies, Emerging markets and institutions for carbon trading, Social determinants of health, GM crops and animals |
| Trites, Andrew | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | marine mammals, seals, sea lions, whales, dolphins, fisheries competition, population biology, ecology, Marine mamals research centre, biology of marine mammals, population dynamics, bioenergetics, fisheries |
| Wittman, Hannah | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | food sovereignty; Sustainable agriculture; socio-ecological systems; Agroecology; food sovereignty, sustainable agriculture, socio-ecological systems, agroecology |
| Zerriffi, Hisham | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Biomass (Energy); Energy Transformation and Energy Using; International development; Environment and Society; Ideological, Political, Economical and Social Environments of Social Transformations; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; energy poverty; Biomass (Energy), Energy Transformation and Energy Using, International Development, Environment and Society, Ideological, Political, Economical and Social Environments of Social Transformations, Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection, Energy poverty |