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 […]
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+ […]
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 […]
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, […]
Mina Phaisaltantiwongs
IRES Special Projects Coordinator Contact Details Research Interests Bio Projects Courses Featured Publications
Claire Kremen
Professor, IRES; Professor, Zoology; President’s Excellence Chair in Biodiversity
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 […]
Daniel Steel
Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health; Associate Member, Department of Philosophy
Kelsey Robertson
Graduate Program Manager
Kieran Findlater
Adjunct Professor Contact Details kieran.findlater@ubc.ca www.kieranfindlater.com Research Interests Bio I lead interdisciplinary research projects evaluating individual, institutional and societal responses to complex sustainability problems, like climate change, using integrated quantitative and qualitative methods, and continuous stakeholder and policy engagement. I currently work as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Impact and Innovation Unit of the […]