Social and economic geography

This group comprises research and experimental development in social and economic geography.

Parent Category

Social sciences

Sub-Categories

Human geography

Urban and regional planning

Other social and human geography

Graduate Degree Programs

Doctor of Philosophy in Geography (PhD)

Our program introduces students to independent research while broadening and deepening their contact with a selected aspect of Geography. Research can be conducted in these general thematic sub-disciplines: Biogeography; Climatology; Economic Geography; Environment and Sustainability; Feminist…

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

SCARP’s mission is to, through education and research, generate and transform knowledge into action by planning in partnership to improve lives and communities and the quality of built and natural environments. We are interested in attracting students to our PhD program who are interested in…

Graduate Certificate in Migration Studies (GCMS)

The certificate focuses on knowledge enhancement in migration and mobilities research through interdisciplinary thinking and engagement. Regardless of your degree program, if you have an interest in migration as a field of research or professional practice, a certificate in Migration Studies can…

Master of Arts in Geography (MA)

Our program introduces students to independent research while broadening and deepening their contact with a selected aspect of Geography. Research can be conducted in these general thematic sub-disciplines: Economic Geography; Feminist Geography; Historical Geography; Indigenous Geographies;…

Master of Arts in Planning (MAP)

SCARP's Research Masters degree is a thesis-based research program of study, intended for any of the following: Those interested in progressing to Doctoral research Mid-career professionals not prepared to undertake a PhD Those building a professional platform of high-level planning and…

Master of Community and Regional Planning (MCRP)

The field of planning has long been recognized as a professional field in Canada and the world. UBC's School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) is one of the larger graduate planning schools in North America. Its Vision is “Knowledge in action - planning in partnership", and in…

Master of Engineering Leadership in Urban Systems (MEL)

TRANSFORM THE FUTURE IN A RAPIDLY EVOLVING INDUSTRY Elevate your career to new heights with the Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) in Urban Systems, an advanced degree crafted for visionary system thinkers eager to tackle complex challenges in infrastructure. This unique interdisciplinary…

Master of Science in Geography (MSc)

Our program introduces students to independent research while broadening and deepening their contact with a selected aspect of Geography. Research can be conducted in these general thematic sub-disciplines: Biogeography; Climatology; Geomorphology; Hydrology and Glaciology; Environment and…

Master of Science in Planning (MSCP)

Master of Urban Design (MUD)

Urban design is the discipline of the design and management of our ever-changing cities driven by urbanization, global economics, and advancing technologies. The Master of Urban Design program is offered in an one-year curriculum with a central focus on urban design at all scales - from the…

Master of Urban Forestry Leadership (MUFL)

Highly-qualified urban forestry professionals are becoming increasingly necessary in cities around the world due to the rapid pace and scale of urbanization, the need to adapt to multiple impacts of climate change in cities, and increasing demand from the public for the recreational, psychological…

UBC Researchers

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Arefin, Mohammed

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Human geography; History of sciences and technology (except medicine and health care); urban geography; discard studies; urban political ecology; Environmental justice; waste; sanitation; geographical political economy; urban geography, discard studies, urban political ecology, environmental justice, waste, sanitation, geographical political economy

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Bergmann, Luke

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social and economic geography; Geomatics; Globalization; Geomatics, Globalization

Bigazzi, Alex

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Land transportation systems engineering, n.e.c.; Traffic and highway engineering; Transport planning; Intelligent transport systems; Road safety engineering; Transportation demand modelling; active transportation; Pedestrians; bicycles; travel behaviour; Transportation Systems; motor vehicle emissions; Climate impacts; Active transportation, Pedestrians, Bicycles, Travel behaviour, Transportation Systems, Motor vehicle emissions, Climate impacts

Byrne, Fionn

School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Landscape architecture; Landscape design; Landscape ethics; Landscape architecture , Landscape design, Landscape ethics

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Campbell, Heather

School of Community and Regional Planning, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

how academics can work more effectively with non-academics to enhance impact of research; how academics can work more effectively with non-academics to enhance the relevance of research; how ethical values can be incorporated into public policy relating to city and regional planning; How academics can work more effectively with non-academics to enhance impact of research, How academics can work more effectively with non-academics to enhance the relevance of research, How ethical values can be incorporated into public policy relating to city and regional planning

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Everhart, Avery

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health geography; Population geography; Geographic information system (GIS and GPS) applications; Health and community services; Bioinformatics, n.e.c.; Social and cultural geography; Sex and gender-based analysis; Ethical, legal, and social issues in health, health systems and health research; Gender and health relationship; Health information systems (including surveillance); Geographic Information Science; Medical Geography; Demography & Population Studies; Critical Data Studies, Critical GIS & Digital Geographies; Transgender Studies; Intersectionality in Empirical Social Science; Health Services Research & Access to Healthcare; Community-Based Participatory Research; Feminist & Queer Theories; Measuring & Combatting STructural Racism; Geographic Information Science, Medical Geography, Demography & Population Studies, Critical Data Studies, Critical GIS & Digital Geographies, Transgender Studies, Intersectionality in Empirical Social Science, Health Services Research & Access to Healthcare, Community-Based Participatory Research, Feminist & Queer Theories, Measuring & Combatting Structural Racism

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Grant, Amber

Faculty of Forestry

Postdoctoral Fellow

Political geography; Environmental policy; Community planning; urban forests; Environmental justice; community stewardship; sustainability

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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; Pan-Africanism and the Black radicalism, Political Economy, capitalism, imperialism, Historical Studies, Social and Economic Geography

Huot, Suzanne

Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Occupational therapy; Human geography; 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

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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; Climate Change, Environmental Sociology, Global Political Economy, Global Environmental Change, Sociology of Development, Population Health , Comparative-International Sociology, Sustainability Science

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Lerner, Jackie

Faculty of Science

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Environmental impact assessment; Land use and environmental planning; Environmental impact assessment; cumulative effects assessment; gender-based analysis plus; regional environmental assessment; strategic environmental assessment; Indigenous-led assessment; :label

Liu, Tina

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Atmospheric pollution and air quality; Earth system sciences; Natural hazards; Climate change impacts and adaptation; Environmental geography; modern human-fire relationships; role of fire in the Earth system; impacts of extreme events on planetary health; air quality and public health; satellite remote sensing and big geospatial data; modern human-fire relationships, role of fire in the Earth system, impacts of extreme events on planetary health, air quality and public health, satellite remote sensing and big geospatial data

Low, Margaret

School of Community and Regional Planning, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Indigenous community planning; Indigenous sovereignty; Reconciliation; Indigenous community planning, Indigenous sovereignty, Reconciliation

LU, JULIET

Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Forest ecology; Economic geography; Environmental sociology; conflicts and governance issues around resource extraction and intensive land use; transnational land investments; promotion of monoculture plantations at the expense of more biodiverse systems; private sector sustainable governance initiatives; conflicts and governance issues around resource extraction and intensive land use, transnational land investments, promotion of monoculture plantations at the expense of more biodiverse systems, private sector sustainable governance initiatives

LU, JULIET

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

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Narayan, Priti

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social and economic geography; urban development; South Asia; state-society relations; urban development, South Asia, state-society relations

Nesbitt, Lorien

Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Land use and environmental planning; Environmental justice; urban forestry; Liveable and equitable urban environments; Socio-ecological interactions in cities; climate change; Ecosystem services; Cities; Environmental justice, Urban forestry, Liveable and equitable urban environments, Socio-ecological interactions in cities, Climate change, Ecosystem services, Cities

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Park, Keun

Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Smart city design and development and related analysis; Landscape studies (except architecture); Urban design and studies; Geographic information system (GIS and GPS) applications; Design of healthy, just, and resilient cities through urban nature; Environmental justice; Human Behaviours in public space; Urban planning; urban forestry; Design of healthy, just, and resilient cities through urban nature, Environmental Justice, Human Behaviours in public space, Urban Planning, Urban Forestry

Peck, Jamie

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social and economic geography; Socio-Economic Conditions; Economic geography; Socio-Economic Conditions, Economic geography

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Schwartz, Naomi

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social and economic geography; community ecology; Ecosystem Services and Conservation Policy; Environmental Change; GIS; remote sensing; Tropical forest landscapes; Community Ecology, Ecosystem Services and Conservation Policy, Environmental Change, GIS, Remote sensing, Tropical forest landscapes

Sunderland, Terry

Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Earth and related environmental sciences; Social and economic geography; biodiversity; Communications; Communities and Livelihoods; conservation; Conservation Biology; Ecosystem services; Environmental communication; Forest policy; Land-use Change; Landscape ecology; Natural Resource Management; social science; sustainability; Tropical Landscapes and Livelihoods; Developing countries; Forest management; Biodiversity, Communications, Communities and livelihoods, Conservation, Conservation biology, Ecosystem services, Environmental communication, Forest policy, Land-use change, Landscape ecology, Natural resource management, Social science, Sustainability, Tropical landscapes and livelihoods, Developing countries, Forest management

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Valadares, Desiree

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

heritage politics and preservation; Asian North American history; war memory and war commemoration; cultural landscapes and architectural history; heritage politics and preservation, Asian North American history , war memory and war commemoration, cultural landscapes and architectural history

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Wyly, Elvin

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Social and economic geography; Urban Spaces and Urbanity; Specialized Services (Housing, Transportation); gentrification; housing; the politics of data and quantitative methods; U.S. politics; Urban Spaces and Urbanity, Specialized Services (Housing, Transportation), Gentrification, Housing, The politics of data and quantitative methods, U.S. politics

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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; 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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