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, […]
RES PhD Candidate Simon Harding and IRES Faculty Milind Kandlikar have a new publication
Taxi apps, regulation, and the market for taxi journeys Co-Authors: Simon Hardinga, Milind Kandlikara, Sumeet Gulatib a Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, 2202 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada b Food and Resource Economics, Land and Food Systems, MacMillan 341, 2357 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, […]
IRES Postdoctoral Fellow Nathan Bennett co-organized an event regarding large marine protected areas
In February 2016 at an event co-organized Professor Patrick Christie from the University of Washington’s School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and Postdoctoral Fellow Nathan Bennett from UBC Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, more than 100 participants met for the first-ever major discussion of challenges associated with how people interact with large marine protected […]
IRES Faculty Mark Johnson Featured on CBC News
The CBC News website recently featured Mark Johnson. Mark discussed how the Fraser River can be a possible future water source for Metro Vancouver in addition to our current reservoirs. Click here to view the news article. Photo credit: Julian S. Yates