Contact among healthcare workers in the hospital setting: developing the evidence base for innovative approaches to infection control
Congrats to Krista English, an IRES PhD Candidate, for her new publication! Contact among healthcare workers in the hospital setting: developing the evidence base for innovative approaches to infection control See link to view the article: https://rdcu.be/LQux “This research examined movements and contact patterns among health care workers within heath care facilities to understand the transmission pathways and potential interventions strategies for hospital acquired infections.” Krista English Bio I am a PhD Candidate with an interest in topics at the intersection of complex systems, health systems, knowledge translation (KT) and evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM), and their general relationship with organizational complexity and public health policy […]
Toward zero waste events: Reducing contamination in waste streams with volunteer assistance
Jiaying Zhao (IRES Professor) and Ivana Zelenika (PhD Candidate) have recently published a paper in the Waste Management journal. Toward zero waste events: Reducing contamination in waste streams with volunteer assistance Jiaying Zhao Assistant Professor, IRES Assistant Professor, Psychology Canada Research Chair (t2, Behavioral Sustainability) Behavioral change, Policy and Decision-making, Resource scarcity,Sustainability Bio What is psychology good for? How can psychology contribute to sustainability? To answer these questions, Dr. Zhao aims to use psychological principles to design behavioral solutions to address sustainability challenges. This approach offers insights on how cognitive mechanisms govern human behavior, and how behavioral interventions can inform the […]
Two publications with Mark Johnson (IRES Faculty) and Michael Lathuillière (PhD Candidate)
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Gunilla Öberg (IRES Faculty) published in Environmental Science and Policy! Read it here.
Gunilla Öberg, an IRES professor has been published in the Environmental Science and Policy journal! The paper is called: On the limitation of evidence-based policy: Regulatory narratives and land application of biosolids/sewage sludge in BC, Canada and Sweden The paper is free for 50 days via link below. Anyone can access this before May 9th 2018. Read it here: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1WlAd5Ce0rS5p2 Gunilla Öberg Professor, IRES Bio Dr. Gunilla Öberg is inspired by her deep knowledge in chlorine biogeochemistry, environment and sustainability, and her experience as a leader of complex interdisciplinary research and education. Her recent projects address sustainable sanitation planning, particularly in […]
Zia Mehrabi (IRES Postdoc) has correspondence published in Nature!
Zia Mehrabi, an IRES Postdoc has a correspondence published in Nature! To view the correspondence click here: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02566-1 Zia Mehrabi Bio Zia Mehrabi is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at IRES, with adjunct positions in The Liu institute for Global Studies & The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems. He obtained an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford in 2011, and a DPhil in Food Security, also from Oxford, in 2016. He has worked in industry on large scale farmland expansion in sub-Saharan Africa, in a non-profit setting on developing environmentally conscious decision support tools for land […]
IRES Faculty Leila Harris and previous IRES Postdoc Crystal Tremblay published a new article
February 21 2018 Faculty member Leila Harris and previous IRES Postdoc Crystal Tremblay published a new article. Click on the link to read the full article: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1WaOP3pILM2z4 This URL has a 50 day free access to the article. Until April 8 2018 this link will be taken directly to the final version of the article on ScienceDirect. Tremblay, C. and L. Harris (2018). “Critical video engagements: Empathy, subjectivity and changing narratives of water resources through participatory video.” Geoforum 90: 174–182. As co-author of the article Critical video engagements: empathy, subjectivity and changing narratives of water resources through participatory video, we […]
Krista English (RES PhD Candidate) co-author of a chapter in the new Handbook of Research Methods in Complexity Science
Krista English (RES PhD Candidate) is a co-author of a chapter in the new minted Handbook of Research Methods in Complexity Science! Click the link below to view the book. https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781785364419.xml “This comprehensive Handbook is aimed at both academic researchers and practitioners in the field of complexity science. The book’s 26 chapters, specially written by leading experts, provide in-depth coverage of research methods based on the sciences of complexity. The research methods presented are illustratively applied to practical cases and are readily accessible to researchers and decision makers alike.” Krista English, MBA PhD Candidate I am a PhD Candidate with […]
Sameer Shah and Scott McKenzie (RES PhD Candidates) published an article in Macleans
An article by two of our RES PhD candidates has been republished in Maclean’s: What Colin Kaepernick can teach us about citizenship Opinion: Kaepernick’s protest, about what and who makes a team and a nation, can also be connected to environmental justice You can read the article here: http://www.macleans.ca/society/what-colin-kaepernick-can-teach-us-about-citizenship/?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&refsrc=email&iid=9e7e6933bc9044b28ee6768c4bc9aba2&uid=331810806&nid=244+272699400 Sameer Shah Sameer Shah is a PhD candidate in Resource Management & Environmental Studies under the supervision of Professor Leila Harris. He examines the social, political, and natural dimensions of water governance and its impacts on marginalized agricultural communities in India. He is deeply interested in promoting efforts designed to […]