Profiles

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Paige Olmsted

Adjunct Professor Contact Details Research Interests Bio Paige is an environmental scientist whose research focuses on how we account for, make decisions about, and value nature – from a personal as well as economic standpoint. She is currently based at the Smart Prosperity Institute, a policy think tank based in Ottawa. There she leads their […]

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Stephen Chignell

PhD with Mark Johnson & Terre Satterfield, 2024

Erika Gavenus

Erika Gavenus

PhD with Terre Satterfield, 2024

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Luis Felipe Melgarejo

M.A. Student at IRES Contact Details melgfelip@gmail.com Research Interests Bio M.A. student at the Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability IRES UBC (2018-2020) interested in Biodiversity and Ecosystem-based Entrepreneurships and value chains aimed at conserving and sustainably managing tropical forests with rural communities. Former Amazon Regional Coordinator in the Forest and Climate Protection Program /REDD+ […]

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Cameron Bullen

MSc Student, Ocean Leader Fellow Contact Details Research Interests Bio Cameron joined IRES in 2018 as a MSc student supervised by Dr. Kai Chan. Cameron is broadly interested in marine conservation, marine ecology, and changing ecosystem dynamics in the context of ecosystem function and contribution to people. Before beginning at IRES, Cameron worked on Marine […]

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Victor Lam

MA Student Contact Details victorwaiyinlam@gmail.com Research Interests Bio Victor is broadly interested in cultural and social-behavioural dimensions of climate change. Specifically, he has been focusing on the interaction between climate change communication, climate movements, and religious environmentalism. His current thesis focuses on how religious publics articulate and disseminate messages on climate change, by examining how […]

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Prerna Gupta

PhD Candidate, UBC Public Scholar,Institute for Asian Research Fellow, Nehru Humanitarian Award Recipient, UBC Global Reporting Programme Fellow, James and Setsuko Thurlow Scholarship in Peace and Disarmament Studies Recipient, Simons Graduate Award in Disarmament, Global and Human Security Recipient  Contact Details prerna01@mail.ubc.ca Google ScholarLinkedIn Research Interests Energy transitions, Energy policy,  Nuclear energy, Nuclear weapons and disarmament, Risk perception, […]

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Mina Phaisaltantiwongs

IRES Special Projects Coordinator Contact Details Research Interests Bio Projects Courses    Featured Publications

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Claire Kremen

Professor, IRES; Professor, Zoology; President’s Excellence Chair in Biodiversity

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Andrea Byfuglien

MA Student Contact Details andreabyfuglien@gmail.com Research Interests Bio Andrea joined IRES in 2018 as an MA student under the supervision of Dr. Jiaying Zhao. She grew up on the Norwegian countryside and has been in close contact with nature from a young age. This undoubtedly contributed to her keen interest in people’s perceptions of the […]