Research Interests

Imranul Laskar

PhD Student, NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Doctoral Scholar, Mitacs Accelerate Fellow, UBC Four Year Fellowship Recipient Contact Details imranul.laskar@ubc.ca Research Interests Bio Imranul Laskar is a PhD student in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on global shipping emissions, and investigating the air quality, health […]

Joanne Nelson

PhD Student Research Interests Bio Joanne Nelson is a Ts’msyen woman who grew up in the northwestern BC communities of Port Edward and Prince Rupert where she gained a tremendous appreciation for nature, in particular the ocean environment. She is from Lax Kw’alaams on her mother’s side and Kitsumkalum on her father’s side. Her passions […]

Martin Z Olszynski

PhD Student Contact Details https://law.ucalgary.ca/profiles/olszynski Research Interests Bio Martin is an associate professor of law at the University of Calgary, with several years of public service in environmental and natural resources law and policy. From 2007 to 2013, he was counsel with the federal Department of Justice, practising law in the legal services unit at […]

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.

Neha Sharma-Mascarenhas

PhD Candidate, SSHRC Doctoral Canada Graduate Scholar, UBC Sustainability Scholar, Four Year Doctoral Fellow Contact Details neha.sharma@ires.ubc.ca https://www.grad.ubc.ca/campus-community/meet-our-students/sharma-mascarenhas-neha Research Interests Bio Neha is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Her doctoral research attempts to understand the socio-economic, policy and industrial dynamics that […]

Evelyn Arriagada

PhD Student Contact Details ekarriagada@gmail.com Research Interests Bio Evelyn Arriagada is a Ph.D. student at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (UBC), supervised by Professor Leila Harris. At UBC, she is a member of EDGES Research Collaborative (Environment and Development: Gender, Equity and Sustainability). Her research interests include subjective experiences of environmental suffering, collective […]

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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 […]