Our mission is to foster sustainable futures through integrated research and learning about the linkages among human, technological and natural systems, and to support decision making from local to global scales.
NEWS & EVENTS
The More Who Die, the Less We Care: Confronting the Deadly Arithmetic of Compassion, with Paul Slovic
Join us for this talk and Q&A on Friday, September 28th with special guest, Paul Slovic, on how publics respond or not to humanitarian crises.
David Boyd’s message for the Environmental Rights Initiative in Brazil
IRES Professor David R. Boyd, Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, delivers a video message for the Environmental Rights Initiative in Brazil.
IRES welcomes Interim Director Navin Ramankutty
Please welcome Navin Ramankutty, Interim Director for IRES until July 2019.
How to conserve half the planet without going hungry
New research by Zia Mehrabi, Erle C. Ellis and Navin Ramankutty explores the "Half-Earth" project and how it would affect our food supplies.
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GRADUATE
PROGRAMJoin UBC, ranked top ten globally for environmental and ecological studies, and is #1 in Canada.
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RESEARCH CONCENTRATIONS
Collaborating across students and faculty addressing real-world problems.
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EVENTS AND SEMINARS
The IRES Seminar Series showcase the research of our graduate students, faculty and guests.
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IMPACT
Our PhD and Masters alumni are already leading the next generation of stewardship around the world.