Economics

The PhD Program in Business Administration welcomes applications from individuals planning research-oriented academic careers. As well as gaining access to a world of knowledge and opportunity, Sauder PhD students benefit from the individual attention they receive from faculty members - right from...

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Strategy and Business Economics (PhD)

This PhD specialization covers applications of the disciplines of economics and statistics to topics of relevance for business or business related government policy. Applications include business strategy and international business drawing on insights from industrial organization and international...

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Transportation and Logistics (PhD)

The doctoral program in transportation and logistics (TLOG) focuses on transportation economics and policy analysis. The program is designed to meet the needs of individual students, and there is considerable flexibility in choosing courses.

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Urban Land Economics (PhD)

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (PhD)

The Ph.D. program in economics at UBC owes its strength to the quality of its research faculty, extensive opportunity for student-faculty interaction, and a diverse offering of specializations for thesis work. Our faculty members specialize in a wide range of topics, including development economics...

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

The doctoral (PhD) program in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems creates opportunities for students to develop and strengthen research capabilities and advanced knowledge. Students must plan and complete a doctoral thesis resulting in an original scholarly contribution to knowledge in...

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

The Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is 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...

Master of Arts in Economics (MA)

The M.A. program in Economics at UBC owes its strength to the quality of its research faculty, opportunities for intensive training in theoretical and applied work, and a diverse offering of specializations. Our faculty members specialize in a wide range of topics, including development economics,...

Master of Arts in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (MA)

Master of Business Analytics (MBAN)

In just twelve months, the UBC MBAN gives candidates with quantitative backgrounds sought-after analytical skills within a broader business context. Our graduates will be able to apply advanced analytical tools and methods to address management challenges in today’s business world. Candidates will...

Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE)

MFRE is a unique one-year professional masters program combining Economics, Policy and Business as understood from an Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Environmental perspective. This degree blends the economic and analytical rigour of an MSc with the business and management elements of an...

Master of Land and Water Systems (MLWS)

Land and water are essential resources required to sustain human needs, including food security, maintenance of environmental goods and services, and all forms of useable energy. Managing land and water as an integrated system provides a framework to aid society to achieve the goals of an improved...

Master of Science in Business Administration in Finance (MSCB)

Aimed at students interested in research, the UBC MSc in Business Administration is a challenging and rigorous program designed to prepare students for a PhD program and a subsequent career in academia. As an MSc student, you will not only become part of a rich and stimulating academic community...

Master of Science in Business Administration in Transportation and Logistics (MSCB)

Master of Science in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (MSc)

The MSc program in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems provides opportunities for students to broaden their knowledge base and gain research experiences. ILSFS students work on diverse and often interdisciplinary research topics that address priority food systems questions and challenges...

Master of Science in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (MSc)

UBC Researchers conducting research in Economics

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Barichello, Richard

Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Agricultural economics

Baylis, Patrick

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Climate Changes and Impacts; Economic Planning of Energy; climate change economics; energy economics; environmental economics

Bena, Jan

Division of Finance, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Financial economics; Finance, n.e.c.; Stock markets; International economics and international finance; Economics of innovation and technical change; Industry economics and industrial organization; Innovation; Corporate innovation; Asset pricing of technological progress; Private equity; Corporate ownership structure; Frictions in raising external finance; Entrepreneurship; Ownership of startup companies; Finance and industrial organization; Product market interactions

Bostanci, Gorkem

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Macroeconomics (including monetary and fiscal theory); Industry economics and industrial organization; Firm Dynamics; Input Allocation and Productivity; Labor Demand; intellectual property

Brander, James

Division of Strategy and Business Economics, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Industry economics and industrial organization; industrial economics; Competition policy; international trade and investment

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Cardwell, Ryan

Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Couture, Victor

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Urban economics and transportation; Efficiency of urban transportation systems; Potential for e-commerce to reduce spatial inequality; Preferences for social interactions; Consequences of gentrification

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Dee, Derek

Food, Nutrition & Health, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environment and natural resources economics; Food sciences (including food engineering); Natural resource management; Agri-food Transformation Products; aspartic proteases; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Biophysics; Enzymes and Proteins; food chemistry; food proteins; funtional amyloid; meat analogues; Nanomaterials; Nutriceuticals and Functional Foods; prions; protein aggregation; protein engineering; Protein Folding; protein nanofibrils; Proteins; psychrophilic enzymes

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Gallipoli, Giovanni

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Economic Policies; Economic Phenomena on a National or International Level; Economic Phenomena on an Individual or Organizational Level; applied microeconomics; computational economics; labor economics; macroeconomics

Gulati, Sumeet

Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

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

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Issifu, Ibrahim

Faculty of Science

Postdoctoral Fellow

Environment and natural resources economics; Economic analysis of Marine Plastic Pollution; Blue foods assessment; The Blue Economy

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Jaccard, Torsten

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; international trade

Jongbloed, Janine

Faculty of Education

Postdoctoral Fellow

Education systems; Sociology of education; Economics of education; educational trajectories; inequalities; educational outcomes; longitudinal research; Gender; school-to-work transitions; welfare regimes

Juhasz, Reka

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; international trade; Economic History; Development and Growth; industrial policy and industrialization

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Kanashiro Makiya, Ieda

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Khanna, Tarun

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

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

Kikkawa, Ayumu

Division of Strategy and Business Economics, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

International economics and international finance; Industry economics and industrial organization; international trade; Industrial Organization

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Lindsey, Charles

Division of Operations and Logistics, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Transport economics; Urban, rural and regional economics; Advanced traveler information systems; climate change; Economic Policies; Financing transportation infrastructure; Parking policy; Public transit; Queuing; Road pricing; Traffic congestion; Transportation Systems; Advanced Air Mobility

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Malhotra, Nisha

Faculty of Arts

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Sex and gender-based analysis; Economics of international development; Health care access, privilege or marginalization; Health and gender based violence; Women health; Global Health; Health Care Access; Maternity Care Evaluation; Gender based studies; Global trade and trade remedy measures

Milligan, Kevin

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Labour and demographic economics; Public economics; Economic Policies; Children; Inequality; Pensions; Public Finance; Taxation

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Nunn, Nathan

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Political economy; Economic History; economic development; cultural economics; international trade

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Pratap-Singh, Anubhav

Food, Nutrition & Health, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environment and natural resources economics; Food sciences (including food engineering); Natural resource management; Agri-food Transformation Products; cold plasma; food engineering; food processing; Functional Foods; heat transfer; high pressure; mass transfer; novel non-thermal processing; Nutriceuticals and Functional Foods; pasteurization; pulsed light; sterilization

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Rehavi, M.

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Law; Health Care Organization; Public Finances and Taxation; Algorithms; applied econometrics; criminal law; decision support (algorithms); discrimination; maternal health

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Sarsons, Heather

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; labour, personnel, and behavioural economics

Solimine, Philip

Faculty of Arts

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Industry economics and industrial organization; Econometrics; Data-driven estimation, optimization, and control; Collaborative and social computing; Experimental economics

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Wagner, Katherine

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Environmental and Energy Economics; Public Finance

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Zerriffi, Hisham

Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environmental geography; Forestry biomass and bioproducts; Modelling and applications of systems; Environment and natural resources economics; Environmental policy; 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

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