Social sciences

This division comprises research and experimental development in social sciences. Social sciences refer to disciplines concerned with the study of human actions and conditions and the social, economic and institutional mechanisms affecting humans, in the fields of social sciences, which include psychology and cognitive sciences; economics and business administration; education; sociology and related studies; law and legal practices; political sciences and policy administration; social and economic geography; media and communications; and other social sciences. Research consists of systematic investigation carried by means of experiment or analysis to achieve a scientific or technological advance such as acquiring new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts. Experimental development consists of new or substantially improved goods, services, systems, methods or processes.

Sub-Categories

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Policy (EdD)

The Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy provides advanced preparation for education practitioners with leadership and policy responsibilities in both formal and nonformal settings. These settings include, among many others, the post-secondary sector, business and health organizations, unions…

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

The Department of Anthropology advances the study and constructive understanding of human diversity and commonality, across the globe and throughout the long span of human existence. We pursue this aim through excellence in research, teaching, and community collaboration, grounded in multiple…

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Accounting (PhD)

Research and collaboration are at the heart of the UBC Business Administration in Accounting PhD program. Here, you will be equipped with the in-depth knowledge, communication skills, and immersive research capabilities you’ll need to be at the forefront of your discipline. Right from the outset of…

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Finance (PhD)

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 Management Information Systems (PhD)

An active and collegial group of senior and junior academics is the distinguishing feature of the MIS faculty at UBC. These researchers investigate a wide variety of topics, including electronic commerce, economics of information systems, systems analysis, intelligent systems, strategic and…

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Management Science (PhD)

The complexity of modern organizations necessitates the use of mathematical modeling techniques. Management Science and Operations Research are concerned with the application of mathematical models to decision problems in business, industry, government and other organizations.  Our PhD program…

Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Marketing and Behavioural Science (PhD)

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 Organizational Behaviour (PhD)

The emphasis of the PhD Program in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources (OBHR) is on developing research-oriented academics who study problems related to organizations, including the effects of management practices on people, between people within organizational settings, and between…

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)

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 Cinema and Media Studies (PhD)

The Ph.D. program offers students the opportunity to pursue Cinema and Media Studies through coursework, comprehensive exams, a viva, and a dissertation project. Students are expected to give primary attention to an area of expertise of their choice while training in the broader theoretical,…

Doctor of Philosophy in Counselling Psychology (PhD)

The Counselling Psychology Program, in line with the mission of the research-intensive University of British Columbia, creates, advances and critically examines knowledge in counselling psychology, especially with respect to its validity, applicability, limits, and interface with other disciplines…

Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD)

Graduate programs in the field of Curriculum Studies encompass, but are not limited to, investigations into: teacher education, the social construction of knowledge, the curriculum as culturally and politically situated, contemporary curriculum and instructional discourses, and the role of…

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…

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Guhn, Martin

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

social context and child development/well-being; Population health; social determinants of health; social context and child development/well-being, population health, social determinants of health

Gulati, Sumeet

Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

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

Gusterson, Hugh Phillimore

Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Other studies in human society, n.e.c.; militarism; drug policies and cultures; Science Policy; nuclear weapons; ethnography

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Hall, Kathleen

Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Phonology; Phonetics; Laboratory Phonology; Sign Languages; Phonology, Phonetics, Laboratory Phonology, Sign Languages

Hamlin, Kiley

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cognitive development; Moral Judgement and Duty or Obligation Morals; Infant / Child Development; Foundations of Religious, Mystical, Mythical and Moral Thoughts; Infant moral cognition; infant social cognition; Cognitive Development, Moral Judgement and Duty or Obligation Morals, Infant / Child Development, Foundations of Religious, Mystical, Mythical and Moral Thoughts, Infant moral cognition, Infant social cognition

Hansson, Gunnar

Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

theoretical phonology; morphology-phonology interface; phonological typology; historical linguistics (language change); locality relations; Icelandic; theoretical phonology, morphology-phonology interface, phonological typology, historical linguistics (language change), locality relations, Icelandic

Hardisty, David

Division of Marketing and Behavioural Science, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Marketing; consumer behaviour; sustainability; decisions about the future; product attribute framing

Harris, Douglas

Peter A. Allard School of Law

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

property law; condominium law; legal history; Law & Cities; property law , condominium law, legal history, law & cities

Harris, Leila

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Science

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

Hassan, Eman

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Population health interventions; Social sciences; Access and quality of palliative and end of life care; Quality of end of life; Population health outcomes

Heatherington, Tracey

Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environmental anthropology; Critique of neoliberalism; Critical approaches to energy transition; Sustainable food systems; Human and cultural perspectives on the climate and nature emergency; Political ecology of nature conservation; Multispecies ethnography; Anthropocene studies; Ethnographic writing and reflexivity; Anthropocene studies, Environmental anthropology, Critique of neoliberalism, Critical approaches to energy transition, Sustainable food systems, Human and cultural perspectives on the climate and nature emergency, Political ecology of nature conservation, Power, resistance and justice, Multispecies ethnography, Anthropological engagements with fiction, Ethnographic writing and reflexivity

Heinkel, Robert Lee

Division of Finance, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Stock markets; Corporate Finance

Hermida, Alfred

School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Digital journalism; Media innovation; social media; Transformation of news; Entrepreneurship; Digital journalism, Media innovation, Social media, Transformation of news, Entrepreneurship

Hilland, Andrea

Peter A. Allard School of Law

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Law (except legal practice and international law); Aboriginal and Indigenous law; Administrative law and regulatory governance; Environmental law, natural resources, and climate change; Legal ethics and the legal profession

Hirani, Saima

School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioral determinants of health; Mental health nursing; Social sciences; mental health; Mental health promotion; psychosocial interventions; Vulnerable Groups; social support; resilience

Hirsh, Elizabeth

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Law; Structures and Organization; Inequality, Gender and Race Discrimination, Work Organizations, Law; Law, Structures and Organization, Inequality, Gender and Race Discrimination, Work Organizations, Law

Hodges, Nicola

School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

action anticipation and observation; coaching and motor skill expertise; skill acquisition; Motor learning; observational learning and instruction; sports skill development; action anticipation and observation, coaching and motor skill expertise, skill acquisition, motor learning, observational learning and instruction, sports skill development

Hoekstra, Femke

Division of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Knowledge translation and implementation science in health; Patient and citizen engagement research; Health promotion and disease prevention; Other social sciences; Implementation Science; Rural Health; Virtual health innovation; Research partnerships; Health Promotion; rehabilitation

Hofri-Winogradow, Adam

Peter A. Allard School of Law

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Equity and trusts law; Business, commercial and corporate law; Legal institutions (including courts and justice systems); Legal theory, jurisprudence and legal interpretation; Law and society; Administrative law and regulatory governance; Asian legal studies; Banking and finance law; Business, corporate and commercial law; Civil law; Comparative Law; Law and social justice; legal history; Property and real estate; Tax law and policy; Trusts and equity; Urban and municipal law

Hooper, Michael

School of Community and Regional Planning, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social sciences; Urban planning; Urban Policy; Comparative Politics; Spatial Planning and Policy; International development; Disasters; Displacement; Densification; Organizations

Hopewell, Kristen

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Public policy; International Political Economy; international relations; international trade; Trade Policy; Global Governance; industrial policy; Development; emerging powers; China; India; Brazil; World Trade Organization (WTO); US-China relations

Hopkins, Vincent

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Political science; Democratic theory and practice; Federalism and Local Politics; Migration Policy and Politics; Public Management; public opinion

Hoppmann, Christiane

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Aging Process; Social Aspects of Aging; stress; Health Promotion; social determinants of health; Health and well-being across the adult lifespan and into old age; individual differences in goals; Aging Process, Social Aspects of Aging, Stress, Health Promotion, Social Determinants of Health, Health and well-being across the adult lifespan and into old age, Individual differences in goals

Hu, Allen

Division of Finance, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Big Data and AI in Finance; Information in Financial Markets; Behavioral Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Corporate Finance; Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurial Finance, Behavioral Finance, Unstructured Data & Machine Learning in Finance, Information in Financial Markets

Huddart, Emily

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environment and Society; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; Gender; social class; Sustainable consumption; Environment and Society, Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection, Gender, Social class, Sustainable consumption

Hudson, Peter

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Historical studies, n.e.c.; Economic geography; American history; Pan-Africanism and the Black radicalism; Political Economy, capitalism, imperialism; Historical Studies; Social and Economic Geography

Hummel, Callan

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Comparative politics; Why and how communities with little political power organize and negotiate with their governments; Civil society; LGBTQ+ policy; Labor politics; Health Policy; Latin American politics

Huot, Suzanne

Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

asylum seekers; bilingualism; community-engaged research; critical theory; francophone minority communities; francophones; french; Gender; immigration; intersectionality; Migration Studies; Migrations, Populations, Cultural Exchanges; occupational science; Qualitative research; refugees; social inclusion; social integration; Platform economy; Asylum seekers, Bilingualism, Community-engaged research, Critical theory, Francophone minority communities, Francophones, French, Gender, Immigration, Intersectionality, Migration studies, Migrations, Populations, Cultural Exchanges, Occupational science, Qualitative research, Refugees, Social inclusion, Social integration, Platform economy

Hurd, Laura

School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Aging; Gender; health; ageism or age-based discrimination; sociology of aging; sociology of health; embodiment or embodied experience; body image; chronic conditions or chronic illness; disability; Assistive technology; qualitative methods; media representation; LGBTQ+ aging; intersectionality; information and communication technology; aging, gender, health, ageism or age-based discrimination, sociology of aging, sociology of health, embodiment or embodied experience, body image, chronic conditions or chronic illness, disability, assistive technology, qualitative methods, media representation, LGBTQ+ aging, intersectionality, information and communication technology

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Jaccard, Torsten

Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; international trade

Jacobs, Alan Michael

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social Organization and Political Systems; economic inequality; Political economy; public opinion; Public Policy; Research Methodology; Social Organization and Political Systems, Economic inequality, Political economy, Public opinion, Public policy, Research methodology

Jarus, Tal

Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

art-based research; disabled practitioners;; Disabled students;; diversifying health and human service professions; Justice and equity in health professions; Art-based research, Disabled practitioners;, Disabled students;, Diversifying health and human service professions, Justice and equity in health professions

Jeong, Gyung-Ho

Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social Organization and Political Systems; Congress; Foreign Policy; Immigration Policy; Legislative Politics; Public Choice; Trade Policy; US politics; Social Organization and Political Systems, Congress, Foreign Policy, Immigration Policy, Legislative Politics, Public Choice, Trade Policy, US politics

Jorgenson, Andrew

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology and related studies; Social and economic geography; Other social sciences; climate change; environmental sociology; global political economy; Global Environmental Change; sociology of development; Population health; Comparative-International Sociology; sustainability science

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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Kamat, Vinay Ramnath

Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Global Health and Emerging Diseases; Dispossession; East Africa; ethnography; Extractive Industry; Global Health; India; Malaria; marine conservation; Medical Anthropology; Outsourcing of Clinical Trials; political ecology; Tanzania; Global Health and Emerging Diseases, Dispossession, East Africa, Ethnography, Extractive Industry, Global Health, India, Malaria, Marine Conservation, Medical Anthropology, Outsourcing of Clinical Trials, Political Ecology, Tanzania

Kandlikar, Milind

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

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

Karimi, Aryan

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Race and ethnic relations; Sociological methodology and research methods; Sociology and social studies of science and technology; Social relations; migration and refugee studies; ethnic and racial boundaries studies; assimilation, integration, transnationalism; Research methods

Kassan, Anusha

Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Child and youth mental health; Social justice; Multiculturalism and diversity; Feminist-multicultural pedagogy; immigration; Cultural and social justice responsiveness; Anti-oppressive therapy; Child and youth mental health, Social justice, Multiculturalism and diversity, Feminist-multicultural pedagogy, Immigration, Cultural and social justice responsiveness, Anti-oppressive therapy

Keenan, Harper

Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Gender, sexuality and education; Inter-disciplinary, trans-disciplinary learning and education; Colonialism; early childhood and elementary education; Educational Context; Gender; race; sexuality; teacher education; childhood; Transgender Studies; LGBT Studies; queer studies

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 trade; Industrial Organization; International trade, Industrial Organization

Kim, Eric

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health psychology; Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioral determinants of health; Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); psychological well-being; Purpose in life / Meaning in life; resilience; Optimism / Hope; Health Psychology; Social Epidemiology; Aging

Kim, Hyosub

School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sensorimotor control; Motor systems; Sensorimotor neuroscience; Sensory processes, perception and performance; Motor learning; motor control; Computational modeling; Bayesian Methods

Kim, Ji Eun

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Specialized studies in education; Early Literacy Education; Early Childhood Education; Multimodality; Digital books

Kingstone, Alan

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Brain mechanisms of human perception, attention, and behaviour in experimental & everyday situations; Brain mechanisms of human perception, attention, and behaviour in experimental & everyday situations

Klonsky, Elisha

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Suicide (theory, motivations, transition from suicidal thoughts to attempts); Metascience; Emotion; Psychological/Clinical Assessment; Suicide (theory, motivations, transition from suicidal thoughts to attempts), Metascience, Emotion, Psychological/Clinical Assessment

Koralesky, Katherine (Katie)

Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Postdoctoral Fellow

Sociology and related studies; Psychology, social and behavorial aspects; Humane animal treatment; Agricultural biotechnology; Emerging technologies in agriculture; Responsible innovation; Farmer views on animal welfare; Public perceptions of animal welfare; Institutional ethnography; Animal welfare law and policy; Animal sheltering and protection

Krishnan, Harish

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

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Contracts and supply chains; Incentive distortions in supply chains; Management; Operations management; Supply chain management; Contracts and supply chains, Incentive distortions in supply chains, Management, Operations management, Supply chain management

Kroc, Edward

Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

measurement; Measurement error; Statistics; urban ecology; Seabirds; Gulls; Quantitative ecology; Measurement, Measurement error, Statistics, Urban ecology, Seabirds, Gulls, Quantitative ecology

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Dana Johnson

Student

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

Co-constructing a mutualistic city: Envisioning future scenarios to support people and nature in urban landscapes
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Shirley Anne Swelchalot Shxwha:yathel Hardman

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

One Heart at a Time: Indigenizing the Academy
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Meghna Mohandas

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

Private space as political ‘genderscape’: How social and political contexts shape the rental housing experiences of Indigenous migrant women in Bengaluru, India
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Henrik Jacobsen

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Administering shared waters: Transborder governance in North America
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Prerna Gupta

Student

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

Nuclear risk perception in India: risk in the context of political debates and economic insecurities
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Ryan Dwyer

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD)

The Impact of Motivational Interventions to Reduce Homelessness
UBC graduate student Daniel Ji

Daniel Ji

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work (PhD)

Understanding resistance in adult-adolescent interactions
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Frances Macapagal Maddalozzo

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Relational Listening: Podcasts as social scholarship to equip pre-service teachers with reconciliatory, decolonial, and committed listening
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Katarzyna Kabacinska

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)

End-user perspectives on social robots to support mental health in the hospital and at home
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Laen Hershler

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Exploring Holocaust Survivor Reflections Through Community-Based Performative Inquiry
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Gabrielle Berry

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Cinema and Media Studies (PhD)

[♪♪♪]: The Sonic Resonances of Captions
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Susanna Cassisa

Student

Master of Arts in Germanic Studies (MA)

Moral panic and anti-gay rhetoric in East German print media (1950-1955)
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Paul Boniface Akaabre

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

Leasehold of Urban Land: Conceptions on Tenure, Practices and Influence on Housing Delivery
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Brandon Hillier

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

How engineers learn to labour: Elite technology work across borders in the United States and Canada
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Maya Daurio

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Mapping Against the Grain: An Ethnographic Approach to Digital Language Cartography
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Sharayu Jakhotiya

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

People, Policy, And Predators: Studying the impacts of policy, governments, and markets on the governance models of forest dwelling communities in Central India’s tiger reserves
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Kate Kysow

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD)

Clean-outs as a strategy for community agencies to address hoarding
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Emily Amburgey

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

The “condition” of migration: a multi-sited ethnography of belonging and transformation in Nepal, Northeast India, and New York City
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Manvi Bhalla

Student

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

Co-Imagining Just Futures: Advancing Intersectional Environmental Justice in Canadian Environmental Health Policy-Making
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Antonia Soldovieri

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in School and Applied Child Psychology (PhD)

Educators' perceptions and experiences of teacher training and inclusive teaching
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Matthew Yanko

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum Studies (PhD)

Assessment in the arts
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Francois Lachapelle

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Two Case-Studies in the Sociology of Global Scientific Field
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Eric Simons

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

Archaeological Contributions to Canadian Indian Residential School Reconciliation
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Sophie Ma Zhu

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Measurement, Evaluation and Research Methodology (PhD)

Validity evidence for self-report psychological measures based on participants' response processes
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Sarah Skinner

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Special Education (PhD)

How Universal Design for Learning influences collaborative practices of multi-disciplinary school teams to facilitate inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities in general education classrooms
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Laura Werbitsky

Student

Master of Arts in Curriculum Studies (MA)

Teachers experience with curriculum change at an international education company in China
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Bronwen Grocott

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD)

The role of inflammation in positive and negative social experiences

Brett Schrewe, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation scholar

Brett Schrewe

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

Turning Canadian Medical Education Inside Out: Medical Citizenship In The Service Of Health Equity
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Daniel Gallardo

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

Dragging education to imagine otherwise: cultivating decolonial learning environments for Indigenous queer futures.
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Anne-Cécile Delaisse

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD)

The transnational practices and sense of belonging of recent Vietnamese immigrants in France and Canada
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Dane Pedersen

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

Seeing the forest through the trees: collaborative climate-informed forest governance in Quesnel, British Columbia
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Fabiola Bazo

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (PhD)

Exhibition: Feminist and queer interventions in contemporary urban popular music in Peru
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Adam Howe

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Canadian Climate Change Policy Networks
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Blair MacDonald

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology (PhD)

The prioritization of shared decision-making opportunities for medication choices within the context of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
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Max Cohen

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Placing the Just Transition in Scotland and New Zealand
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Louisa-May Khoo

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

Ageing in a Neuropolis: The Social Epidemiology of Stress in Late Life among Older Adults in Global-City Singapore
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Nicole (Nikki) Kaechele

Student

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

Reparations, compensation, and Indigenous governance: operationalizing reconciliation through theory and practice.
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Darryl Gray

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work (PhD)

Residential schools

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Zana Mody

Student

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

Counting blue carbon for coastal communities: understanding socio-ecological contexts of nature based climate solutions and mangrove restoration
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Annie Lalande

Student

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

Food as medicine: Transforming hospital food to improve patient satisfaction, health, and the environment
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Mahdi Ebrahimi Kahou

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (PhD)

Can machine learning enhance economic models with heterogeneity?
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Saattvic Saattvic

Student

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

The effect of digital distribution platforms on experience and credence goods industries, with a focus on the media
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Sarah Panofsky

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Counselling Psychology (PhD)

Wet'suwet'en Nation approaches to wellness and healing trauma

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Matthew Billet

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD)

Morality & Religion in Environmental Concern
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John Harvey O'Hara

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Germanic Studies (PhD)

Lives of transgender people in the 19th century
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Harris Wong

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in School and Applied Child Psychology (PhD)

An arts-based engagement ethnography of Chinese Canadians’ experiences of critical consciousness development
Mollie Holmberg, UBC graduate student ambassador

Mollie Holmberg

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Finance goes viral? Investigating the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovation’s novel strategies for mending vaccine markets and preventing emerging infectious disease outbreak
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Jeffrey Hicks

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics (PhD)

Using large-scale administrative data to study the long-term causes and consequences of social assistance use
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Antonin Lacelle-Webster

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Democratic theory and citizen participation

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Parker Muzzerall

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Climate politics and public policy
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Daniel Lipshutz Forrest

Student

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

Co-constructing a mutualistic city: Envisioning future scenarios to support people and nature in urban landscapes

Department of Anthropology

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering

Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy

Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education

Department of Educational Studies

Department of English Language and Literatures

Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences

Department of Forest Resources Management

Department of Geography

Department of Language & Literacy Education

Department of Political Science

Department of Psychology

Department of Sociology

Department of Theatre & Film

Department of Wood Science

Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability

Office of Research in Education

Peter A. Allard School of Law

Robert H. Lee Graduate School

School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture

School of Community and Regional Planning

School of Creative Writing

School of Kinesiology

School of Nursing

School of Population and Public Health

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

School of Social Work

Vancouver School of Economics

French Name

Sciences sociales

French Description

Cette division comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en sciences sociales. Les sciences sociales réfèrent aux disciplines relevant de l'étude des actions et des situations humaines, ainsi que les mécanismes sociaux, économiques et institutionnels touchant l'être humain, dans les domaines des sciences sociales, lesquels incluent la psychologie et les sciences cognitives, l'économie et l'administration des affaires; l'éducation; la sociologie et les études connexes; le droit et l'exercice du droit; la science politique et l'administration des politiques; la géographie sociale et économique; les médias et communications; et les autres sciences sociales. La recherche consiste en l'investigation systématique par l'expérimentation ou l'analyse, afin de réaliser un progrès scientifique ou technologique, comme l'acquisition de nouvelles connaissances sur les fondements des phénomènes et des faits observables. Le développement expérimental consiste à réaliser de nouveaux biens, services, systèmes, méthodes ou procédés, ou d'améliorer substantiellement les biens, services, systèmes, méthodes ou procédés existants.