In the News: RES PhD Candidate Tugce Conger led workshop on Climate Change in North Saanich, BC
PhD candidate Tugce Conger was in North Saanich leading a workshop on the potential impact of climate change on sea levels.
RES PhD Candidate Michael Lathuillière & IRES Faculty Mark Johnson’s new publication in Environmental Science and Technology
RES PhD Candidate Michael Lathuillière and IRES Associate Professor Mark Johnson have published a new article titled “Land use in LCA: including regionally altered precipitation to quantify ecosystem damage” in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. Photo credit: matryosha from flickr/Creative Commons
IRES Adjunct Professor Colin Levings has a new book out: “Ecology of Salmonids in Estuaries Around the World”
Colin Levings, Adjunct Faculty member, has published a new book with UBC Press. “Ecology of Salmonids in Estuaries Around the World- Adaptations, Habitats and Conservation.” Photo credit: Isaac Wedin from flickr/Creative Commons
RES PhD Student Graham McDowell wins the Vanier Scholarship – Congratulations!
A hearty congratulations to Graham McDowell, who was awarded a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship for his doctoral studies on adaptation to glacial change in high-mountain social-ecological systems.
POLIS: Top 5 Water Issues that Will Define BC’s Future
The POLIS Project has just released its new research report “Top 5 Water Challenges that will Define BC’s Future”. The report is co-authored by IRES alumna Rosie Simms. Photo credit: Tim Geers from flickr/Creative Commons
RES PhD Candidate Krista English recently presented at an international conference
Photo credit: Krista English
RES PhD Candidate Lucy Rodina and IRES Faculty Leila Harris have 2 new publications
August 25, 2016 First publication: Rodina, L & L. M. Harris (2016). Water Services, Lived Citizenship, and Notions of the State in Marginalised Urban Spaces: The case of Khayelitsha, South Africa. Water Alternatives 9(2): 336-355. Second publication: Resilience in South Africa’s urban water landscape https://theconversation.com/resilience-in-south-africas-urban-water-landscape-60461 Photo credit: (South Africa) Christopher Griner from flickr/Creative Commons
RES PhD Candidate Ther Aung’s article is featured in a press release from the University of Washington
July 29, 2016 The University of Washington recently issued a press release about an article that Ther Aung co-authored which is one of her thesis chapters. Please click here to view the press release. For more information please email Ther Aung at theraung@alumni.ubc.ca. Photo credit: Yogendra Joshi from flickr/Creative Commons
IRES Faculty Milind Kandlikar has a new publication
Willingness to Pay for Solar Lanterns: Does the Trial Period Play a Role? Co-Authors: Semee Yoon1, Johannes Urpelainen2 and Milind Kandlikar3 1 Graduate School of International Studies & Underwood International College, Integrated Social Sciences Division, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea 2 Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York, New York 3 Institute for Resources, […]
IRES Faculty Associate Simon Donner and IRES Faculty Milind Kandlikar have a new publication
Measuring and tracking the flow of climate change adaptation aid to the developing world Co-Authors: Simon D Donner1, Milind Kandlikar2,3 and Sophie Webber4 1 Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, 1984 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2, Canada 2 Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, […]