Shashi Enarth
Adjunct Professor Contact Details Research Interests Bio Shashi Enarth is a development activist from India, struggling to strike a balance between academia and praxis. Starting his career as a community organizer, he has worked with low income segments of the population, particularly with farming communities in India, Nigeria and Tanzania. His area of interest is: […]
Edward Gregr
Adjunct Professor Contact Details Research Interests Bio I completed my PhD with Dr. Chan at IRES, studying the sea otter – kelp forest trophic cascade and the associated changes in ecosystem services. This interdisciplinary work compliments my earlier academic training in Zoology (M.Sc. 2000) and Computer Science (B.Sc. 1992), which is reflected in my over […]
Steven Conrad
Adjunct Professor Contact Details http://stevenconrad.ca/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveaconrad/ Research Interests Bio Steve is a scientist and resource manager with over 25 years research, industry, and policy experience. Steve is noted for his work and leadership on decision sciences and systems engineering through his behavioural and complex system modelling research centred on water, energy, and food systems, climate change adaptation, […]
Rumi Naito
Adjunct Professor Contact Details —rumisen@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/rumi-naito-441373a/ http://chanslab.ires.ubc.ca/people/rumi-naito/ http://zhaolab.psych.ubc.ca/people.html Research Interests Bio I am a conservation social scientist with a background in behavioral science, informing evidence-based solutions to advance environmental sustainability. With 15+ years in research and project management, I specialize in REDD+, community-based conservation, and behavior change. My work explores psychological and social factors driving […]
Rustam Sengupta
Adjunct Professor Contact Details Research Interests Bio Rustam Sengupta is a renewable energy entrepreneur, impact investor and subject matter expert with extensive research experience of over a decade in sustainable social enterprise design, rooftop solar and renewable energy access. He has an expertise in identifying, designing and analysing strategies that affect energy systems and policies […]
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 […]
Justin Ritchie
Adjunct Professor Research Interests Bio Justin Ritchie is an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. His work on climate change and energy technologies, policies and economics has been published in an array of peer-reviewed journals that include Environmental Research Letters, Energy, Energy Economics, and beyond.
Lucy Rodina
Adjunct Professor
Jackie Lerner
Adjunct Professor Contact Details Research Interests Bio Jackie Lerner is an impact assessment specialist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Jackie has been an environmental consulting professional for over 20 years. Her experience includes environmental and social impact assessment of major resource developments across Canada and internationally: primarily mining, oil and gas, and infrastructure projects. Jackie […]
Graham McDowell
IRES Adjunct Professor Director of Science and Knowledge, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative Founder and Leader, Canadian Mountain Assessment PhD in IRES with Leila Harris and Michele Koppes, 2020 (Vanier Scholar) Contact Details graham[dot]mcdowell[at]ubc[dot]ca grahammcdowellresearch.com Google Scholar Profile Bio Dr. Graham McDowell is the Director of Science and Knowledge at the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation […]