The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia integrates world-class scholarship, teaching, research, and policy engagement to contribute towards positive change. SPPGA's approach equips policy leaders with the diverse perspectives, skills, and knowledge needed to contribute towards solutions to complex local and global issues.
As an interdisciplinary hub with particular expertise in Asia Pacific and sustainability policies, SPPGA draws on the expertise of UBC institutes, research centres, and faculties, and invites engagement with communities that span the globe.
The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs was founded in 2017 within the Faculty of Arts. The school encompasses the following units: The Institute of Asian Research (IAR) and its five regional research centres, the Liu Institute for Global Issues (Liu Institute), the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI), and the Office of Regional and International Community Engagement (ORICE).
SPPGA's key programs and initiatives include the Phil Lind Initiative, the Liu Scholars program (Liu Institute), the IAR Fellows program (IAR), the Himalaya Program (IAR), the Program on Inner Asia (IAR), the Xinjiang Documentation Project (IAR), the Institute for Future Legislators (CSDI), and the Scholars At Risk & Human Rights Collective (ORICE).
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Baines, Erin | transitional justice; the politics of humanitarianism and forced displacement; and, the study of gender and armed conflict, with a regional focus on northern Uganda |
| Boyd, David | Environmental justice, environmental rights and responsibilities, the rights of nature, the debate between regulation and economic instruments, urban environmental issues |
| Cameron, Maxwell | Political Regimes (Democracy, Authoritarianism=; The State, Political Systems; Comparative Politics; Democratization; Latin America; Practical wisdom; Political Regimes (Democracy, Authoritarianism=, The State, Political Systems, Comparative Politics, Democratization, Latin America, Practical wisdom |
| Cheek, Timothy | 20th century Chinese history, the history of the Chinese communist party, the role of intellectuals in public life in China |
| Cookson, Tara | Development; Social protection; Care work; Gender equality; Development, Social protection, Care work, Gender equality |
| Gusterson, Hugh | militarism; drug policies and cultures; Science Policy; nuclear weapons; ethnography; militarism, drug policies and cultures, science policy, nuclear weapons, ethnography |
| Hopewell, Kristen | 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; 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 |
| Kandlikar, Milind | Climate Change and energy transition; Technological Risk; Technology and Development; Climate Change and energy transition , Technological Risk, Technology and Development |
| Khanna, Tarun | 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 |
| Kim, Sooyeon | international political economy, trade politics, politics of trade agreements |
| Kunz, Nadja | 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 | Geography, politics, africa, environmental, human geography, development, security |
| Lin, Alex Yu-Ting | |
| LU, JULIET | 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 |
| Macfarlane, Allison | science and technology policy; energy policy, nuclear energy, nuclear waste management; regulation; science and technology policy; energy policy, nuclear energy, nuclear waste management; regulation |
| Margulis, Matias | Global Governance; International Political Economy; United Nations; World Trade Organization; Food and Agriculture; Human Rights; International Organization, Globalization, Human Rights and Liberties, Collective Rights, Global Governance, International Political Economy, United Nations, World Trade Organization, Food and Agriculture, Human Rights |
| Ostwald, Kai | Comparative Politics; Development; Southeast Asia; geopolitics; Elections; hybrid regimes and authoritarian politics; comparative politics, development, Southeast Asia, geopolitics, elections, hybrid regimes and authoritarian politics |
| Ramana, M. V. | 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 | 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 |
| Shakya, Tsering | confluence of politics, ethno-national identity and religious practice in cultural production and social transformation across both historical and contemporary Tibet and the Himalayas; contemporary minority policy and social media in the PRC. |
| Shneiderman, Sara | Indigenous issues; Disaster response and preparedness; Citizenship; migration; Indigenous issues, Disaster response and preparedness, Citizenship, Migration |
| Sriram, Veena | Global health policy; Politics of policy processes; South Asian Studies; Governance; Health workers; power; Global health policy, Politics of policy processes , South Asian Studies, Governance, Health workers, Power |
| Sumaila, Ussif Rashid | 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 |
| Tworek, Heidi | Europe; Germany; history of media and communications; international organizations; international relations; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; Europe, Germany, History of media and communications, International organizations, International relations, Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies |
